Life Has Consequence

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

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

What we do in this life has a consequence in our next life and we should be concerned about this because the next life is our permanent life. Our religion, Islam, is meant to make us in tune with this reality so we live a life that will bring us the most benefit in the next life.

The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not bring a "feel good" religion nor philosophies nor abstracts. He brought actions, i.e details on how to live our lives--how to pray, make wudu', marry, divorce, transact, earning a living, etc.--and through these details we change. This is the idea of closeness to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. We hear and we obey.

One should exhaust every effort to learn the religion and learn the details of how to live one's life according to what his Creator wants. Ignorance is no excuse when we face the Lord on Judgment Day and we had fallen short of doing what Allah wants from us in this life. It would be too late to correct ourselves on that Day. If that happens, we can only hope for His Mercy but remember Allah is also Just. Evildoers and sinners will have their share of punishment by His Justice and good doers and the righteous will have their reward from the great bounties and favors of Allah.

May Allah make us His obedient slaves and protect us from disobedience and from His wrath and anger. Ameen. Please keep us in your prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam