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- I want you to tell me the first word
that comes to your mind, all right.
The Day of Judgment.
- Scary.
- Fear.
- My children.
- What's scary about it to you?
- You can protect your kids from everything
to a certain degree here
but on that day they're gonna be alone.
- It's the day of reckoning.
And so now it's the ultimate day
where we're standing in front of our Lord.
- I just feel like your whole life,
you lead up to that moment, right?
- I think about the fact
that I won't be able to make any excuses, right?
It'll be very real, very raw, very honest.
- You know, when you're faced in Yawm al-Qiyamah,
the day of judgment
you're just surrounded by darkness
and may Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
protect us from that
and grant us light and noor. Ameen.
- The moment that you
bi-idhnillah Ta'ala, are called forth
from the mahshar
you're standing
right in front of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
If there was a word that you could say
if there was something that you would say
to Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la in the very beginning,
what would it be?
- What will be the first thing I will say?
- Yes.
Oh, man.
That's a tough one, man.
I've never thought about that.
- That's a good question.
I haven't imagined myself saying anything.
I imagine if I had to say something,
I would hope I would say that I've tried my best.
- Oh, Allah, please...
forgive me.
Forgive my parent, my wife, forgive my kids.
Forgive all the Muslims.
- I don't know if I'd even be able to speak
if I was standing in front of Allah.
But if I did, I would just make dua'a
- Ya Allah, I love you.
And I look for Your forgiveness and look for Your mercy.
Have mercy on me.
Forgive me for my sins.
I've tried my best.
I've made mistakes.
Ya Allah, help me and, and, and save me
because without your mercy, I would be, I'll be doomed.
I'll be lost.
- Let me ask you this,
bi-idhnillah Ta'ala
you receive your book in your right hand,
- inshaAllah
- Who's the first person you want to go to,
to celebrate with?
- My mother
'cause that's one thing they've always,
like, Ali I want you to memorize the Qur'an, so
you could put that crown on my head one day,
I say, mama inshaAllah, inshaAllah
I will do it inshaAllah.
I will do it for you so I can do it.
- My mother and my teachers.
I think my mother's also my teacher.
Yeah, them first.
And if they're not there where I wanna see 'em,
Jannatul Firdous, inshaAllah ameen
I will ask about them.
- I go to my parents.
I want see
if they also got the book in their right hand
- Who you're gonna go to first?
- Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- Talk to 'em about your good deeds.
- I don't know.
I just wanna be able to say like,
Hey, I'm from your ummah
I hope you recognize me.
- Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And then find my parents,
my husband, my grandparents, and siblings
- Go to my Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and try to have some kind of special connection
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
I feel like I know him.
(serene music)
Yes. I feel like I know.
(serene music)
Alhamdulillah
- If you get past the As-Sirāt
- bi-idhnillah Ta'ala
- inshaAllah
- Is there a particular gate of Jannah
that you wanna be called from?
- I would hope charity,
because I've had moments in my life where I needed help
especially when I was a new convert, you know?
I've always tried my best to emulate
and follow in their footsteps as well.
- bi-idhnillah Ta'ala, you pass through it safely.
You wanna be called to the gate of fasting.
- Yes.
- Why?
- When you're fasting,
you are weak and you are much closer to
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
- So what gives you the most hope on the day of judgment?
- Nothing is perfect except Allah.
So no matter what I do will be imperfect.
So I hope to be forgiven
and hopefully be shrouded by his mercy on that day.
- Oh, absolutely Allah's mercy
When Allah says,
don't despair of Allah's mercy, it's in Quran
and that's repeated in our tradition in the Quran,
in hadith, in literature
in so many different ways,
Allah's mercy is what gives me hope.
- Just knowing that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la is
al-Wadud, ar-Rahman, ar-Rahim
knowing that we, inshaAllah tried our best and that
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la knows that we are flawed,
but he loves us.
- He's merciful.
He's not gonna get me to Jannah because of my deed.
Because no matter what I do, it's not gonna be enough.
God, please, just give me...
good end.
That's all I want.
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