Do You Want Paradise?
This should be our goal in life, "I want to go to Jannah (Paradise)." It should be written in bold letters on our foreheads so that it serves a constant reminder for us. The Prophet (saws) has left with us a very small key to Jannah, which we Muslim’s today have become oblivious of. Just like you need a key to open your car door, or house door, or office door; similarly you need a key to open Jannah to you. What is this key?
Prophet Muhammad (saws) said," Whoever goes down a path/road searching for Knowledge, Allah will make it easy for him the road to Paradise." [Saheeh Muslim, Vol.3 Hadith No. 99]
Travelling on the path to knowledge refers both to walking or driving along an actual road/pathway, such as going to Conferences, Conventions of ISNA, ICNA etc. going to your local Masajids whenever there is either an international scholar/speaker or a local Scholar/speaker speaking. Searching also entails a metaphysical road, such as studying and memorising Qur’an and Hadeeth. Not merely memorising like a parrot, but understanding it first and then memorising it.
The above Hadeeth of the Prophet (saws) means that Allah makes learning the useful knowledge that is sought after easier for the seeker, clearing the way for him, and smoothing his journey to Paradise.
This is why some of our pious predecessors used to say, "Is there anyone seeking knowledge, so that we can assist him in finding it?"
So brothers and sisters, be LOVERS of Knowledge, be seekers of Knowledge. "Yes, where is my Qur’an, where is my Hadeeth Bukhari."
Getting up every morning with a purpose: to seek Jannah by seeking Knowledge! Knowledge is also the shortest path to Allah. Whoever travels the road of knowledge reaches Allah and Paradise by the shortest route. Knowledge also clears the way out of darkness, ignorance, doubt and skepticism. It is why Allah called His Book, Qur’an, "Light."
Knowledge is the ROAD to Paradise, and Islam is the vehicle that takes you to this destination of Paradise. Just like you get in a car to go from one destination to another, but how? By finding out the directions to get there, either by seeing a map or asking someone. Similarly, our Qur’an and Hadeeth are our maps, and our scholars are the people who give the directions from this map to get to our ultimate destination, Paradise.
Ask yourself, "Is Paradise easy?" Have you ever seen, how easy it is for our Hafizul-Qur’an brothers and sisters, who memorize the whole Qur’an by heart? Have you ever seen how easy it is for some of us to study Qur’an and Hadeeth for hours and hours, whilst others cannot even open the Qur’an or Hadeeth at least once a year or month? Why?
Narrated Ali ibn Taalib (raa), While the Prophet was in a funeral procession he picked up something and started scraping the ground with it, and said," There is none among you but has his place written for him either in Hell-Fire or Paradise." They said, "O Messenger of Allah! Shall we not depend upon what has been written for us and give up deeds?" He said, "Carry on doing (good) deeds, for everybody will find easy to do such deeds as will lead him to his destined place for which he has been created. So he, who is destined to be among the happy (in the Hereafter) will find it easy to do the deeds characteristic of such people, while he who is destined to be among the miserable ones, will find it easy to do the deeds characteristic of such people." Then the Prophet recited the following verses: [Qur'an Al-Layl (92), Verses 5-10]
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