Assalamualaykum, I know it's been a long hiatus as I was very busy with work, online business as well as my Islamic Online University study.. However, as of now, I'm trying to do one thing at a time and set my priority first. At this stage, I know working especially in engineering field is not mandatory for me, so I quit and focus on other things which is of more important to me.. Ok, so anyway, I stumbled across a very beneficial blog which focus on answering questions by young adults who are facing with daily crisis revolving the religion Islam. It's called Dear Little Auntie. So, I read this article about someone who asked her about Jannah. You can read it at this link. So, in addition to what has been written, I would like to add more points in the light of Hadith which I received from a brother through email which I'd like to share with everyone else. InshaAllah we will all benefit from it:
25 ways to attain Jannah:
1. Whoever meets Allah without ascribing anything to Him will enter Jannah.[Bukhari]
2. Whoever believes (has emaan) in Allah and His Messenger (sal Allahu
alayhi wa sallam), and establishes the prayer and fasts the month of
Ramadan, it is incumbent upon Allah that He enters him in
Jannah.[Bukhari]
3. Whoever builds a masjid seeking by it the Pleasure of Allah, Allah will build for him a similar place in Jannah. [Bukhari]
4. Whoever prays the two cool prayers (Asr and Fajr) will enter Jannah. [Bukhari]
5.
Whoever goes to the masjid (every) morning and in the afternoon (for
the congregational prayer), Allah will prepare for him an honorable
place in Jannah with good hospitality for (what he has done) every
morning and afternoon goings. [Bukhari]
6. Whoever can guarantee (the chastity of) what is between his two
jaw-bones and what is between his two legs (i.e. his tongue and his
private parts), I guarantee Jannah for him. [Bukhari]
7. Whoever prays 12 rakaat in the day and night, a house in Jannah will be built for him. [Muslim]
8. Whoever treads a path in search of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him the path to Jannah. [Bukhari]
9. Whoever repeats after the muadhdhin from his heart (i.e., sincerely) will enter Jannah. [Abu Dawud]
10.
There is not one of you who perfects his wudhu and prays two rakaat
setting about them with his heart as well as his face except that Jannah
would be mandatory for him [Abu Dawud]
11. Whoever says: “I am pleased with Allah as my Rabb, and with Islam as
my Deen, and with Muhammad (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) as my Prophet,
Jannah would be mandatory for him. [Abu Dawud]
12. Whosoever's last words are: Laa ilaaha il Allah, will enter Paradise. [Abu Dawud, Saheeh]
13. Whoever says “SubhanAllah al-Adheem wa biHamdihi, Glorified and
Exalted is Allah, The Great, and with His Praise”, a date-palm will be
planted for him in Jannah.[Tirmidhi]
14. Whoever dies and is free from three: arrogance, grudges and debt will enter Jannah.[Tirmidhi]
15. Whoever raises two girls, he and I will enter Jannah. [Tirmidhi]
16. Whoever calls the adhan for 12 years, Jannah will become mandatory for him[ibn Maajah]
17. Whoever asks Allah for Jannah three times, Jannah will say: “O Allah, enter him into Jannah.” [Tirmidhi]
18. Whoever visits an ailing person or a brother of his to seek the
Pleasure of Allah, an announcer (angel) calls out: May you be happy, may
your walking be blessed, and may you be awarded a dignified position in
Jannah.[Tirmidhi]
19. Indeed, truthfulness leads to righteousness and indeed righteousness leads to Jannah. [Bukhari]
20.
Allah guarantees him who strives in His Cause and whose motivation for
going out is nothing but Jihad in His Cause and belief in His Word, that
He will admit him into Jannah. [Bukhari]
21. O people, spread the
salaam (greetings), feed the hungry, and pray while the people are
asleep, you will enter Jannah in peace. [Tirmidhi]
22. (The performance of) Umrah is an expiation for the sins committed
between it and the previous Umrah; and the reward of Hajj Mabrur (i.e.,
one accepted) is nothing but Jannah. [Bukhari]
23. Allah has ninety-nine
Names, one hundred minus one, and whoever believes in their meanings
and acts accordingly, will enter Jannah. [Bukhari]
24. Removing harm from the waylike glass, I saw a man going about in
Jannah (and enjoying himself) as a reward for cutting from the middle of
the road, a tree which was causing inconvenience to the
Muslims[Muslim]
25. O Allah, You are my Lord, none has the right to
be worshipped except You, You created me and I am You servant and I
abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can, I take refuge in You
from the evil of which I committed. I acknowledge Your favor upon me and
I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for verily none can forgive sin
except You. “If somebody recites this invocation during the day, and if
he should die then, he will be from the people of Jannah. And if he
recites it in the night, and if he should die on the same day, he will
be from the people of Jannah.” [Bukhari]
What do we say to people who say that the description of Jannah in the Koran is really the description of the astral world and not of heaven? See www.sentforlife.com/death.html
ReplyDeleteIf that person is a Muslim, then I would say to him to check on his imaan. The Qur'an is the word of Allah. When Allah describes Jannah as it is, we take it as it is. And Subhanallah, it's beautiful. So why do you want to interpret it in other way. And what we should be worry about is whether we will enter Jannah or not.
ReplyDeleteIf that person is a not-yet-Muslim, then I would advise him to embrace and understand the oneness of God first. Otherwise, however we explain to him, he will persistently think and carry on with his own arguments, not just about Jannah but about any matters in Islam.
May Allah guides us all to the truth. Ameen.