Mercy of Allahﷻ

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

⚠️ Auto-generated transcript: We are speaking about the importance of feeling grateful and expressing gratitude to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and to those people through whom Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala's blessings reach us. We spoke about worldly blessings for which we must express our gratitude to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and to those people who were instrumental in our receiving them. Now let's see what Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala said about the reward in the Akhira. Al-Bukhari Muslim narrated from Ibn Abbas Wadiyyul Anuwa that Rasulullah said relating from his Rabb Jalla Jalaluhu, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala decreed good deeds and bad deeds. Then he explained that whoever thinks of doing a good deed and does not do it, whoever thinks of doing a good deed but does not do it, Allah will write it down as one complete good deed. He only thought of that. He didn't do it yet. Allah will write it down. If he thinks of doing a good deed and then does it, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala will write it down between ten and seven hundred fold or many more. If he thinks of doing a bad deed then he does not do it. Allah will write it down as a complete good deed. And if he thinks of it and then he does it, then Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala will write it down as one bad deed. Again from Al-Bukhari Muslim, also narrated from Abu Hurairah radiya'l Anhu that Rasulullah s.a.w. said, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala will forgive my Ummah for whatever crosses their minds so long as they don't act upon it or speak about it. Imran Rajab Ramatullahi said that these texts refer to four matters. The recording of good deeds and bad deeds and thinking of good deeds and bad deeds. Then he said out of these, the third matter which is thinking of good deeds, it is recorded as one complete good deed even if he does not do it. As it says in the hadith of Ibn Abbas radiya'l Anhu and elsewhere. In the hadith of Huraym bin Fatih radiya'l Anhu, it says if a person thinks of doing a good deed but then does not do it and Allah knows that he thought of it and was keen to do it, he records for him one good deed. And this is in Musnad imam Ahmad. This indicates that whatever is meant by thinking of here is the actual conscious thought and determination and resolve that are present when one is keen to do an action, not merely a passing thought that is not accompanied by any resolve or determination. Abu Dardar al-Ansari wa Dall'anhu says that if a person goes to bed intending again with the clear resolve to pray during the night, which is qiyam, which is tahajjud and then sleep overtakes him until morning comes, then what he intended to do will be recorded for him as if he has done it. It's narrated that Sayyid bin Musayyib radiya'l Anhu, he said if a person thinks of fasting, praying, going for ayat or umrah and so on, but he is prevented from doing that, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will grant him the reward of what he intended. If the intention is accompanied by words or effort, the reward is ensured and the one who intended it is like the one who does it. As Abu Khafshah al-Dall'anhu narrated that Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, people in this world are of four types, a person to whom Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grants wealth and knowledge, so he fears his Rabb with regards to it, upholds his ties of kinship with it and acknowledges the rights of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala concerning it. He is of the highest talent, so he has wealth, he has knowledge and he uses his wealth according to the knowledge of Islam in the right places, that is the highest status. The second is a person to whom Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grants knowledge but he does not grant him wealth, so he is sincere in his intention and he says, if I had wealth, I would do the same as the other one, as what so and so does and of course Allah knows the truthfulness of that. If that is true, then he will be rewarded according to his intention and the reward will be the same.