format_quote Originally Posted by
Riham
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To ask for the highest reward in Jannah means nothing if our words and deeds do not prove that we are striving toward that goal.
Wa Alaikum Asalaam,
Using your logic then why do we repent if we keep sinning? Why do we keep asking of Allah when we don't show by our actions that our duas deserve to be accepted? Regardless of whether we are striving towards it or not we should still ask for forgiveness,we should keep asking of Allah, and we should also ask him for the highest place in Jannah just as the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wasallam) advised us to:
...if you ask Allah for anything, ask Him for the firdaus, for it is the last part of Paradise and the highest part of Paradise, and at its top there is the Throne of Beneficent, and from it gush forth the rivers of Paradise.”
Bukhari (Book #93, Hadith #519)
Subhanallah then everyone one of us should from now on ask for firdaus regardless of how much effort we are making for it maybe that Allah gives us the ability to strive towards it.
We should ask Allah: Oh Allaah grant me the highest place in Jannah if I am worthy, and if I am not worthy then make me worthy of the highest place in Jannah. Ameen
format_quote Originally Posted by
Riham
The highest reward in Jannah goes to people like Abu Bakr, Umar, Ali, the martyrs of Badr, Uhud, the righteous scholars and saliheen.
Where are we near such people in righteousness and striving?
Consider the following:
Abu Sa’eed al Khudri [ra] narrated that the Prophet [Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam] said:
“The people of Jannah will look at the dwellers of the lofty mansions (a superior place in Jannah) in the same way as one looks at a brilliant star far away in the East or in the West on the horizon. That is because of their superiority over one another (in rewards).” Because of that, the people said, “Oh Allah’s Messenger! Are these lofty mansions the prophets mansions which nobody else can reach?” The Prophet [saw] replied,
“By Allah, in whose hands my life is, some men who believe in Allah and trust His Messengers will be able to reach them.” [Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim]
This hadith proves that the top ranks are not just for the the Prophets and Sahaba but normal Muslim can also make it to the top ranks of Jannah.
format_quote Originally Posted by
Riham
To be able to escape just being thrown into Hell would be sufficient for me.
I care not if I do not get the highest level in Jannah. But I do worry about being thrown into Hell.
If Allah sends me to Jannah without reckoning, I'd be super happy with that, even if it isn't the highest level in Jannah.
It is easy to say right now that you will care not but everyone of us will be in utter regret on the day of judgement for what we could have achieved:
“Every gulp of air that goes out in a cause other than the cause of Allah will turn to sorrow and regret on the Day of Judgement.”
– Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
“The Inhabitants of Paradise will not be grief stricken or sorrowful about anything they did in the life of the world except for the time they spent without being in the remembrance of Allah”
(Tabaraani)
We will deeply regret not being able to achieve higher ranks. So let no one decieve themselves into thinking they won't be.
May Allah enable us to achieve the highest ranks of Jannah. Ameen