Of all the people that you want to celebrate with,
it's family.
You think of family at your graduation,
you think of family at your wedding.
And there's nothing more beautiful
than the idea of graduating into Jannah together.
It's the companionship and celebration
with those who were a part of your journey in this life.
And in some cases,
even those who came before you,
from whom you descended.
You see, Jannah would not be Jannah
without some sense of family.
And you can't get to Jannah unless you treat your family
in a way that Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
is pleased.
"jannaatu 'adniy yadkhuloonahaa
waman salaha min aabaa-ihim
wa-azwaajihim wadhurriyyaatihim"
Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
says, "Everlasting gardens, which they shall enter,
along with all of those who acted righteously,
from among their parents,
from among their spouses,
and from among their offspring.
Let's start with the parents.
A young man comes to the Prophet
SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
and he says,
"Ya Rasulullah,
I want to go out and fight alongside you."
And the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
says, "Do you have a mother?"
And he said, "Yes."
The Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam said,
Falzamhaa fa innaljannata tahta rijlayhaa
"Then go stay with her,
because paradise is beneath her feet."
And SubhanAllah
Another young man comes out to strive alongside the Prophet
SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
and he says,
"Yaa Rasulullah
I left my parents crying."
And the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
said, "Then go back to them,
and make them laugh the same way that you made them cry."
So yes, Jannah is under your mom's feet.
And the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam said
that your father is the middle gate of Jannah,
So either squander the opportunity or take advantage of it.
And do you really want to try to get into Jannah
through a side door around your father,
or anywhere above your mom?
This is where you have to exert yourself.
And when we think about this idea
of parents wanting their children
to be the coolness of their eyes,
raising their children in righteousness,
and then those children growing up to want to please Allah
Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
by being the coolness of the eyes of their parents,
there's this beautiful reunion that takes place in Jannah.
and Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la says,
"Walladheena aamanoo
wattaba'at hum dhurriyyatuhum bi-eemaanin
alhaqnaa bihim dhurriyyatahum
wa maa alatnaahum min 'amalihim min shai"
"And those who believe
and whose offspring follow them in faith,
to them shall we join their offspring,
and we shall not decrease the reward of their deeds
in anything."
What is this speaking about?
Look at the mercy of Allah
Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la,
because no two people are gonna be equal in righteousness.
What if the parents are more righteous than the children,
but the children still make it to Jannah?
What if the children are actually more righteous
than the parents?
Ibn 'Abbas RadiAllahu 'anhuma
He said, "Allah will raise the offspring of the believer
to the same degree as them, even if they are lower
than them in terms of good deeds,
because that brings joy to the heart of Allah
Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la's servant
So he recites the aayah.
So if the parents are higher,
Allah will put them at ease by bringing the children higher.
And if the children are higher, then Allah
Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
will join them at the higher level.
But Allah will never decrease anyone
out of his mercy and out of his generosity.
Now, how much does this extend to?
What about early ancestors?
What about their righteousness?
Many 'ulamaa,
they said that this is of the blessings of Allah
Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la upon us
That this doesn't just include your parents,
but it could be your grandparents, your great-grandparents,
or someone along the line.
Imagine this reunion in Jannah with your great ancestors.
It might be that you descended from a sahabi,
from a companion,
and you get a chance to not only meet your parents
or your grandparents, but your ancestors all the way up.
You might be related to one of the heroes of Islam,
or to someone who converted to Islam as a result of them.
And all of the descendants, including yourself,
were of those who pray to Allah
Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
And Allah joins you at the highest level possible.
Imagine somewhere down the line,
your children's children's children,
maybe a few hundred years of descendants, of believers,
and Allah
Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
joins you all together.
And this is not just where it stops,
it's also those that you love
that aren't necessarily directly your descendants.
Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la gives us another gift,
and that is the gift
of being able to intercede on behalf of our family members.
You can intercede on behalf of your believing relatives
who may not be in Jannah yet,
but even those who will never make it
will not cause you sadness, because in Jannah,
there is no sadness.
So even if you couldn't intercede on behalf of some,
Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la is not going to disappoint you
on that day when you enter into his paradise.
Now what about spouses?
You know, even Adam 'Alayhis Salaam
needed a companion in Eve.
And so the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
said in an authentic hadith,
"No one is single in Jannah."
So if you didn't have a spouse in this dunya,
you will certainly have a spouse in Jannah,
and Allah says, "Enter you and your spouses,"
"Antum wa azwaajukum",
eating together,
enjoying the couches together,
enjoying the new homes together,
enjoying the memories together.
"Innaaa ansha-naahunna inshaaa-aa'
You're a new creation altogether,
person and personality,
"Faja'alnaahunna abkaaraa"
You're like newlyweds,
" 'Uruban atraabaa"
and of the same age.
So that's if you were not married,
and that's if you were married.
And someone might say, "Well, what if me and my spouse
had a troubled relationship?"
Someone's like,
"I don't want to be with that particular person in Jannah.
I'm kind of being patient with it right now."
In Jannah, you're different.
Don't worry.
You're not gonna remember the fights.
You're only going to remember the good memories.
Remember, the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
said that one dip in Jannah,
and a person is told,
Harra-ayta bu-san qat
"Have you ever seen any sadness?"
And they don't even remember anything of this dunya
that troubled them.
And just like your imperfections are gone, so are theirs.
And when you're in Jannah, you will miss each other a lot.
Ibn Abi Rubaabah
He narrates that you miss your spouse 70 times more
every time you part from one another.
And you're in that much more joy
every time you come back to each other.
Now, what if a woman was married
to more than one husband at different points in her life?
According to one narration, she would be with the last
of her husbands, as a husband,
according to the majority,
which would be the wisdom of the Prophet
SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam's wives not marrying after him,
but still all the believers celebrate together,
and no one is sad or feels left out.
Some of the scholars, they said that perhaps
she could pick which one she wants to be married to.
Some said she would have the best of her husbands
as a husband, but again, she would certainly be pleased.
And by the way, you might see your ex in Jannah,
and you won't want to throw anything at them in Jannah.
Everyone will be okay in Jannah.
Grudges don't exist in Jannah, and neither does jealousy.
These are worldly features.
So when Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
talks about spouses and the maidens of Jannah,
we can't project our worldly feelings onto a Jannah reality.
Everyone has their happiness in Jannah,
and everyone is pleased,
both in their desire for companionship and intimacy.
Now SubhanAllah there is another special thing here,
which is specifically,
and just like we're talking about the day of judgment -
for people whose children died early,
one of the most difficult tests in this life,
and the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam said,
"the children of the believers
will be in paradise being cared for by
Ibrahim 'Alayhis Salaam and Saarah
until they give them back to their parents
on the day of judgment."
And the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam said,
about his own son, Ibrahim when he died,
he said there's a wet nurse for him in Jannah.
SubhanAllah, so it's not just the Baytul Hamd,
the house of praise that you have for being patient
when you lost that child in this life.
It's also the child themselves meeting you once again.
And Maalik ibnu Dinaar Rahimahullah
in the famous dream that he had
about his daughter who passed away,
he saw the children waiting
under a special dune of musk for their parents.
And the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam said,
"They wait at the gates of paradise
and they refuse to enter Jannah without their parents."
And he said, SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam,
that one of them will meet their parents
and grab their cloth or their hand.
And the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam said,
"just like I'm holding onto your cloth,
just like I'm holding onto your garment,
and will not let go until Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
admits the parents into Jannah.
And someone might say,
"Does that mean my children never grow up?"
I've been asked this question,
"Do they stay as kids in Jannah?"
And the answer is no.
You wanted to see your children grow up in this dunya;
Now you get to see them grow up in Jannah.
And, so, they are children at the time of resurrection.
They're children at the time of the reckoning.
But, once we enter into Jannah, we all become 33 years old.
And so you get to see your child all grown up in Jannah
in a way that's pleasing to you.
So, now, you can dwell in the house of praise
that was built for you together,
and you can praise Allah Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la together
Yaaa ayyatuhan
Nafsul mutma-innah
Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki
raadiyatam mardiyyah
Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee
Wadkhulee jannatee
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