I Am Enjoying Being A Muslim
[Quran 23:115]
[quote]"Did you think that We created you in vain, and that to Us you will not be returned?"[/quote]
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
[quote]“A slave of Allah will remain standing on the Day of Judgement until he is questioned about four things: his life on earth and how he spent it, his knowledge and how he utilized it, his wealth and how he acquired it and in what way he spent it, and his body and how he wore it out.”[/quote]
I learned that if I fear becoming deluded and impressed by my deeds, then I should remember whose pleasure I am seeking, and the joy (paradise) in which I want to be, and what punishment I fear. Whoever thinks about these things will diminish his/her deeds. Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
Every gulp of air that goes out in a cause other than the cause of Allah will turn to sorrow and regret on the Day of Judgement. The year is like a tree, months are its branches, days are the branch sticks, hours are its leaves, and the breaths are its fruits. Therefore, if one’s breaths are in obedience [to Allah and His Messenger], the fruits of his tree are good. If they are in disobedience, his fruits are bitter. [b]The harvest is on the Appointed Day, when one’s fruits are found out to be either good or bitter.[/b]
[quote]"Did you think that We created you in vain, and that to Us you will not be returned?"[/quote]
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
[quote]“A slave of Allah will remain standing on the Day of Judgement until he is questioned about four things: his life on earth and how he spent it, his knowledge and how he utilized it, his wealth and how he acquired it and in what way he spent it, and his body and how he wore it out.”[/quote]
I learned that if I fear becoming deluded and impressed by my deeds, then I should remember whose pleasure I am seeking, and the joy (paradise) in which I want to be, and what punishment I fear. Whoever thinks about these things will diminish his/her deeds. Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
Every gulp of air that goes out in a cause other than the cause of Allah will turn to sorrow and regret on the Day of Judgement. The year is like a tree, months are its branches, days are the branch sticks, hours are its leaves, and the breaths are its fruits. Therefore, if one’s breaths are in obedience [to Allah and His Messenger], the fruits of his tree are good. If they are in disobedience, his fruits are bitter. [b]The harvest is on the Appointed Day, when one’s fruits are found out to be either good or bitter.[/b]
