- A car accident happens.
What's the first word that comes to your mouth?
You see something that amazes you.
What's the first word that comes to your mouth?
You hear that someone that you love died.
What's the first word that comes to your mouth?
You recognize that you committed a sin.
What's the first word that comes to your mouth?
There is so much emphasis in the Quran and the Sunnah
about the first moment
as-sabaru inda as-sadmati al-ula
the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
said patience is at the very first strike.
For you to be able to say,
alladhina idha asabathum musibah
qalu inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon
For you to be able to say at that moment,
inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon
The moment of patience is more valuable
than anything this world has to offer you.
For you to be able to say Alhamdulillah
as soon as you have a blessing
to where it is instinctive,
you don't even have to think about it,
right away it's Alhamdulillah.
For you, inna alladhina ittaqaw idha massahum taifun
min al-shaytani tadhakkaru fa-idha hum mub'sirun
For you to be able to immediately say Astaghfirullah,
I seek forgiveness from Allah,
as soon as you come across something sinful is a gift.
And for you to be able to say la ilaha illa Allah
at the moment of death
literally makes the entire strive
of this life worth it
because you will certainly enter Jannah in that regard.
In Jannah, there are certain things that we say
and we don't even think about.
Now obviously,
you're going to want to listen to
the dhikr of the angels and you know,
I often think to myself
what would it be like to actually hear
Ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu Anhu
read the Quran for example.
When the The Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
said whoever wants to hear the Quran fresh,
like the day it was revealed
let them listen to Ibn Mas'ud.
So walking up to Ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu Anhu,
and saying, can you read some Quran to me
the way you read to The Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
or maybe the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam himself.
And you have the dhikr of Dawud 'Alayhi Salaam,
and the glorification of the angels and all of that.
But what about your own dhikr in Jannah?
What do you sound like?
What comes to you naturally in Jannah?
As you're seeing all of this beauty.
Now there is our dhikr in this dunya
and what does it lead to?
We already have covered that.
The value of one tasbih
is greater than the kingdom of Sulaiman 'Alayhi Salaam.
You're planting trees
and you're seeing every single tree,
and maybe as a gift to you,
Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la even reminds you
remember when you said this SubhanAllah.
Here it is now.
Remember when you said this Alhamdulillah.
Here it is now.
So you're seeing the fruits of your dhikr
that you made in this dunya.
And the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
said for example,
that la hawla wa-la quwwata ʾilla bi-llah
there is no power or might
except by Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
is a treasure from the treasures of Paradise.
And he said SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
that it is written under the throne of Allah,
and this phrase Safwan ibn Sulaym radiAllahu Anhu said
No angel has risen from the earth until he said,
la hawla wa-la quwwata 'illa bi-llah
and every time you leave your home,
you say Bismillah wa tawakkaltu 'ala Allah
wa-la hawla wa-la quwwata 'illa bi-llah.
So this is a treasure of Paradise
the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam said.
But in all reality,
everything from the dhikr of Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
is a treasure in Paradise.
And that's why Imam Ibn al-Jawzi Rahimahullah.
He said,
fasr'i bi akhdi ma khaffa wazanu wa ghalaa thamanu
So rush towards those things
that are lightweight but heavy value.
And what does he mean by that?
Dhikr is a steal in this dunya of a deal
and how much it benefits your agenda.
You literally dedicate
a few moments, a few breaths.
And you have palaces and gardens in Jannah.
And he's saying if you're trying
to steal from a house,
though we would never steal from a home.
I hope none of us would steal from a home.
You look for the things
that are lightweight, high in value.
And he says, dhikr, in this life is like a steal.
Just say,
SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah,
Allahu Akbar, La hawla wa-la quwwata 'illa bi-llah,
Allahumma salli wa sallim 'alaa nabiyyinaa Muhammad
Keep yourself busy with these adhkar,
and the best form of dhikr
La ilaha illa Allah
But that's all here
and you see the result in Jannah.
What about dhikr you make in Jannah?
Now again,
you don't have to do anything in Jannah.
But what we learned from our messenger
SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
Is that acts of worship are suspended
in Jannah except for the dhikr of Allah,
which continues.
The Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
said that the people of Paradise
will eat and drink,
and they will not blow their noses,
or relieve themselves or urinate.
Their food will be digested
in the form of belching and sweating
like the fragrance of musk.
And they will be inspired to
tasbih and tahmid
SubhanAllah and Alhamdulillah
the way that you naturally breathe
and the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
said they will glorify Allah morning and evening.
SubhanAllah
So in Jannah,
just naturally you're saying
SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar,
La ilaha illa Allah
You're looking around,
and it's like you're breathing
because you used to do it so frequently.
In this dunya,
and because just everything in Jannah
just inspires a form of dhikr.
Like what else are you going to say
when you see those beautiful animals,
and those beautiful palaces and those rivers.
SubhanAllah, Masha-Allah, Alhamdulillah,
La ilaha illa Allah, Allahu Akbar
And what did we already learn
from the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam?
Ahl al-Dhikr
The people who remember Allah
will be the first people to enter Paradise.
They are Al-Hammadoon.
And they're literally the opposite
of the last people to enter Paradise who are?
Al-Jahannamiyoon
The people of praise enter Paradise first.
And the people who just get pulled in
are people that were maybe stingy
with their dhikr.
But we are not a people that
are stingy with our dhikr.
And when we are used to it here
we will be even more used to it there.
Imam Al-Qurtubi Rahimahullah
He said this tasbih in Jannah
It's not a matter of obligation
or being imposed on you.
It's what Jabir radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu narrates that
they will be inspired with tasbih and takbir
just like they breathe.
And he said that the analogy of breathing
is because it's something that a person
does with no conscious effort.
So your breathing in Jannah
becomes tasbih.
And the reason for this
is that the hearts will be illuminated
with the knowledge of
Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
And filled with so much love for Him.
And whenever you love something,
you frequently remember it.
So you're just thinking of Allah,
and saying Alhamdulillah
all these amazing things that Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
has provided for us and given to us.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah Rahimahullah
He said that this tasbih and takbir
is one of the pleasures of the people of Paradise.
It's not like one of the obligations
or deeds that are done
because you're trying to attain a specific reward.
It's the same thing that people do
for pleasure and enjoyment in Jannah.
So you're saying dhikr,
and you're enjoying your dhikr in Jannah
even more so than you enjoy sipping wine in Jannah.
And what are they saying?
SubhanAllah
There's something very beautiful here by the way
that the Alhamdulillahs of Jannah
are connected to things right?
They're connected to very specific things
that you're thanking Allah for.
And we're taught to do that here as well right?
So when you eat Alhamdulillah il-ladhi at'amani hadha
all praises be to Allah who fed this to me.
Or when you dress yourself
you say Alhamdulillah il-ladhi al basanee hadha al-thawb.
All praises be to Allah,
who provided me this garment.
So you say Alhamdulillah as a believer
in this life and you attach a reason
to why you're saying Alhamdulillah
In Jannah what are you saying?
Alhamdulillah il-ladhi adhaba 'an al-hazn
A moment goes by and you go,
all praises be to Allah
who took away sadness from us.
Like I'm not sad anymore.
I don't have any trauma,
I don't have any worries.
I'm not concerned about anything.
Alhamdulillah il-ladhi adhaba 'an al hazn.
And then you look around and you see some
of the things that you've earned in Jannah
and you realize that you couldn't
have earned these things by your own affair
because you guided yourself.
So you Alhamdulillah il-ladhi hadana li-hadha.
wa ma kunna li-nahtadiya lawla 'an hadanAllah
All praises be to Allah,
who guided us to this.
We would've never been guided to this
had it not been for Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la .
And then you look around,
and you see something that you remembered,
you were promised in this dunya.
You say that's exactly what I learned about Jannah.
And it's happening here.
And I remember when I was tempted
to forsake my principles and almost lose my Paradise,
but Allah's promise was true,
and you go Alhamdulillah il-ladhi sadaqna w'ada
All praises be to Allah,
who is truthful with His promise.
Wa awrathana al-arda natabawa wa min al-jannati haythu nasha
And Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la has given us the choice,
to take from Jannah whatever we want.
Whatever we desire,
is now at our disposal in Jannah.
And the last person to leave hellfire,
and enter in to Jannah.
What does he say?
Alhamdulillah il-ladhi najanee mink
He looks back at hellfire and even he,
the first thing he says is,
Alhamdulillah all praises be to Allah
who saved me from you.
So it's a lot of,
SubhanAllah
It's a lot of Alhamdulillah.
It's a lot of la ilaha illa Allah.
It's a lot of Allahu Akbar.
And you have very specific reasons
why you're saying it.
And finally
Da'wahum fiha subhanaka Allahumma
wa tahiyyatuhum fiha salaam
Wa akhiru da'wahum an-ilhamdulillahi rabbil'alamin
Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la says that they're saying,
all glory and praises to
Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la.
SubhanAllah watahiyyatuhum fiha salaam
And as they're glorifying Allah,
they're saying salam to one another.
And how many times
do you put your head down in Jannah,
and go Alhamdulillahi Rabb il-'alamin.
All praises be to Allah,
who granted us this amazing gift.
Even though we were totally undeserving of it.
Ya ayatuhu
nafsul mutma'innah
irji'i
ila rabbiki raadiyatan
mardiyyah
fadkhuli fi 'ibadi
wadkhuli jannati
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