Key To Felicity

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Paradise is surrounded with hardships and hell is surrounded with desires." (Muslim)

We need patience to endure the hardships and matters we dislike, and we need patience to control our desires and avoid the temptations. There is never too much patience. Those who are patient, Allah reward them without measure. So, patience is key to felicity.

When the prayer adhan comes on especially during fajr, do you jump out of bed to take wudu' or you hide yourself under your covers? Yes, it is not easy to wake up for fajr especially when fajr is 3 o'clock in the morning and you didn't go to sleep until after midnight and you have to go to work in the morning. There are many people who are in similar circumstance but they wake up for fajr. Why? Because they have patience in this matter--patience in overcoming what they desire to do--in this case, sleep.

We should remember this saying a lot because it helps us to put everything in perspective. Will my action lead me to Paradise or Hell? Then, choose! Remember, nothing we do is without consequence in this life before the next.

فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ ﴿٧﴾ وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا

"So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it"

(Qur'an Zalzala 99:1)

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفًّ۬ا صَفًّ۬ا (٢٢) وَجِاْىٓءَ يَوۡمَٮِٕذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ‌ۚ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ۬ يَتَذَڪَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ (٢٣) يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيۡتَنِى قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِى (٢٤) فَيَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ۬ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ ۥۤ أَحَدٌ۬ (٢٥) وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ ۥۤ أَحَدٌ۬ (٢٦) يَـٰٓأَيَّتُہَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَٮِٕنَّةُ (٢٧) ٱرۡجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً۬ مَّرۡضِيَّةً۬ (٢٨) فَٱدۡخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى (٢٩) وَٱدۡخُلِى جَنَّتِى (٣٠)

"No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed - And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank, And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance? He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life." So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment, And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers]. [To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul, Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], And enter among My [righteous] servants, And enter My Paradise."

(Qur'an Al-Fajr 89:22-30)

May Allah guide us and protect us from the Hellfire. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam