one of the things about second place
is that no matter how nice the silver is
you may be pained by knowing it's not
gold
and so if you get into jannah and you
feel the lowness of your rank it kind of
defeats the purpose
jannah isn't just janna for the physical
blessings it's also jannah because the
hearts and minds are being settled as
well so how merciful is allah subhana
ta'ala that when you enter into jannah
and you take your place
you will not feel like you're in a lower
place no matter where you are now the
prophet saws said when you ask allah ask
him for al-fir
ask him for the highest rank don't ask
him for anything less and make sure that
you work for it but in jannah even the
masakeen of it the people of the lowest
rank will think they have it all
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the prophet saws mentioned the last
people as a group that come into jannah
and enter into their residences and the
homes of jannah actually have names on
them so people are waiting for them to
come
and this last batch of people enter and
the prophet saws said that jannah the
people that have been there for a long
time they call them al-jahanname the
people of jannam not in a way that's
derogatory but these were the last
people to come out of hell fire and
enter into jannah the prophet saws
i saw this man
who
came to the gates of jannah and the
gates were shut in his face
and then the only thing he had was
came and it took him by the hand and it
entered him into jannah now the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam said in
another narration this is a very famous
story that comes through several hadith
he said sallallahu that i have seen
the last person the very last human
being
that will enter into paradise from hell
fire now i want you to think about how
bad this person must be right what major
sins did this person commit
how little faith was left in their
hearts that they were the last person
that
will leave jahannam and enter into
jannah right and look at the mercy that
allah is going to show this person that
has committed probably all sorts of
crimes all sorts of evil and just had a
trace of iman left in his heart the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said
that this man comes out of the fire
and
he's walking and stumbling and crawling
and he's scorched
and
as he looks back at hellfire
he says
you know
all praises and glory be to the one who
saved me from you i am the most blessed
person today i mean there is nothing
that could be better than my situation
to just escape from the torment that i
have been in for as long as i have been
in it
and so as he is there
allah subhanahu wa ta'ala causes this
tree to sprout
and he looks at that tree
and he says a rabbi o my lord edna min
let me come close to that tree give me
that tree so that i can benefit from its
shade
i can drink from the water under it ya
allah let me have that tree
and allah says to him
how do i know o my servant
that
if i give you that tree you're not going
to ask me for more he said no no no
that's it yeah allah oh my lord that's
all i'm going to ask you for so allah
gives him the tree and then allah causes
another tree to sprout
and this tree is bigger and more
beautiful
and the shade of it is greater and the
water underneath is greater
he says
oh my lord let me have that one
i'm not going to ask you for any other
tree but let me have that tree so i can
benefit from its shade and i can drink
from its water and the last parenthesis
says yeah oh my servant
didn't you say last time that you
weren't going to ask for anything else
he says ya allah that's it
and then there's a third tree and this
tree sprouts
right next to the gates of jannah and
it's bigger and more beautiful
and the water is sweeter
and this person says ya allah
let me have that tree
and i promise i'm not going to ask you
for anything else and allah says but you
asked twice already
you know how do i know you're not going
to ask for more ya allah that's it
and the prophet saws says something very
beautiful here
he says when he's that close to jannah
yes
ma'am
he's hearing the voices of the people of
paradise their joy and their happiness
and he can see through the gates
and so he calls out to allah and he
starts to cry
ya'll
oh my lord enter me into it oh my lord
enter me into it oh allah enter me into
it
and allah subhanahu ta'ala says oh my
slave
what is going to stop me from your
asking how would you like that i give
you the entire world and what is like it
with it and what is like it with it up
to 10 times in blessing of the entire
world would that stop you from asking oh
my slave
and he says
oh my lord are you making fun of me
are you mocking me
and you are the lord of the worlds
and
who started to laugh
and they asked him why he was laughing
he said because when the prophet saws
was telling us this story when he was
narrating us this incident the prophet
saw some laughed and he said your lord
laughed and your lord says
i'm not making fun of you
but i am the lord of the worlds and
allah takes this man and he enters him
into jannah
and he gives him in the lowest rank of
jannah 10 times this entire world
and that person would think that he is
the luckiest person in the world
so you enter into jannah
and the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam said that when you enter into
jannah you know your way to your home in
jannah even better than the way that you
knew your home in this world you don't
need a guide you don't need a gps you go
straight to your palace in jannah you go
straight to your residence
and as you enter into your palace and
you marvel
at your new residents may allah make us
amongst them you're not just saying
alhamdulillah for jannah but you're also
saying alhamdulillah for allah giving
you the means to enter jannah
all praises be to the one who fulfilled
his promise to us
and you're talking about the things that
are around you and you're praising what
allah has given you and praising allah
for what he has given you
and what a blessing for those who worked
for this day
alhamdulillah
all praises be to the one who guided us
to this
and we would not have been able to be
guided if allah did not guide us so
you're thanking allah for the moment
you're thanking allah for the blessings
of jannah and you're thanking allah for
having enabled you to do the deeds
that qualified you for this moment
qualified you for his mercy
that entered you into jannah but does
allah subhanahu ta'ala make you feel bad
does allah make you feel like you did
not do anything to deserve this moment
no
in fact again allah azzawajal puts you
at ease
enjoy what you have
this is a reward for what you used to do
the angels are entering upon you from
every single gate of your palace all
around you the angels are celebrating
with you and they're saying peace be on
to you
for the patience that you showed you did
this you earned this and that's part of
settling the person
and allowing them to truly feel jannah
as janna
and so there you are
and as you're hugging and embracing your
family your loved ones
you are embracing the prophets and the
pious people that you always wanted to
live around
and
you're just in complete
joy with everything that's around you
things that you'd heard about but
you could have never imagined this
ta'ala makes an announcement remember
the opening announcement on the day of
judgment
this time allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
calls the people of paradise forward
and allah subhanahu wa ta'ala shows you
that your places in hell fire are
destroyed
that death is destroyed this is eternal
you are never going to leave this place
you can't mess up
and get kicked out of jannah you're
there that's it
and so as you are seeing that this is it
i've succeeded there is no station after
this one of trial the day of judgment is
over
the trials of the day of judgment are
over
and
as you enter into jannah the prophet
saws said that the entire day of
judgment for the believer
was like the time between
us you know
all of that we just spoke about for ah
agenda for the people of jannah it would
have felt like it was just the time
between
and allah calls out and allah
says
o people of paradise this is the first
time you're being called as people of
paradise
and you say love
here we come oh allah we're ready to do
what you what you're going to ask of us
whatever it is oh allah this is amazing
and allah says
are you pleased
allah is asking you are you pleased are
you happy or is this what you expected
is this what you wanted
and
jannah respond and they say
why should we not be pleased
you gave us what you have not given to
anyone of your creation before
this is
didn't you give us
lighten our faces
didn't you make our scales heavy didn't
you enter us into jannah didn't you
protect us from the fire
and allah subhanahu ta'ala says
i'm going to give you something better
than all of that and they would say
you say
oh our lord
what could possibly be better than that
in allah
i want you to know that i'm pleased with
you
i'm pleased with you you're pleased with
jannah
i want you to know that i'm pleased with
you
and i'm never going to be angry with you
again
you know
if you think about someone that you love
and they tell you that
like
you know i i i'm pleased with you and
there's nothing that you could possibly
do
that would
disqualify you from my love at this
point
for the believer to hear that from allah
directly in paradise is greater than
anything in paradise
and this is forever you never have to
worry again the short life that you
worked with and this is your reward and
allah being pleased with you is more
beloved than paradise and anything in it
which is why there is one more thing
allah says
for those who excelled for those who
worked deeds of excellence is excellence
in return and more on the sahaba said
allah what is more
prophet salla islam said at that point
for hijab allah removes his veil and you
can see him
and seeing him in paradise is not like
seeing him on the day of judgment
and the only thing that could top
entering paradise and knowing that allah
is pleased with you
is when you're staring at him in
paradise
and seeing him smiling back at you and
pleased with you and the prophet saws
said they are not given anything more
beloved to them in paradise
than that gift
and just like all of the bounties in
paradise its rivers and palaces its musk
and his gardens are not equal to the
beauty of seeing him while he is pleased
with you
the bounties of this world and
everything that it has to offer
don't come anywhere close to the beauty
of doing deeds that you know are
pleasing to allah even if you can't see
him yet may allah
grant us
that pleasure of paradise and may allah
allow us to love
the deeds
that get us into paradise o allah we
believe in you
we believe in your prophet
we believe in your religion o allah
we are pleased with you as our lord we
are pleased with islam as our religion
and we are pleased with muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam as our
prophet so allah be pleased with our
deeds be pleased with us keep us sincere
keep us guided to what is beloved to you
enable us to do good and to abstain from
evil grant us safety on the day of
judgment
and enter us into paradise in the
eternal companionship of your prophet
salallahu
with the blessing of being able to see
you day and night for the rest of our
existence
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