Rasul Allah (S.A.W) said: "If you knew what I know you would laugh a little and cry a lot!"
Once Hasan al-Basri passed by a young man who was laughing a lot. Hasan al-Basri asked him: "Oh my nephew, did Allah promise to free you from Hellfire?" The man replied, "No." Hasan al-Basri then asked: "Did Allah promise to give you Jannah?" The man said, "No." Hasan al-Basri said: "Then why are you laughing?"
The horror of Jahhannum is such that one look at it will have a man willing to escape it by throwing his children in, his wife in, his brother in, his parents in, his entire clan in. We cannot imagine throwing our children into any fire one earth to escape it ourselves, yet this is what we will be doing as a result of just a glance at Jahannum. Fear will make us mindless!
On the Day of Judgment Allah will ask a sinner that if he had equivalent to the world in gold would he give it to ransom himself from the fire. In fact, a sinner would readily agree to give twice as much. Then
Allah will say: Did I not ask you for something much less than this in the world? Only a few sujood, only to make guest feel welcome, only to say 'La ilaha ilAllah'. Unfortunately the most ordinary and easy task seems difficult to us because we don't see Jahannum before our eyes. But when we will it will be too late to do anything.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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