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bamboozled
Right,
First please keep all praises expect those directed entirely towards Allah away from this thread. And also personal opinions away from this thread
So, my problem. Whenever I read about a Prophet (pbuh) or a sahaba I cannot help but get jealous of their rewards and blessings. Like for example Abu Bakr (ra) who ALLAH titled the truthful one, or Khalid ibn Walid (ra) who ALLAH called his sword, or like Ibrahim (PBUH) who ALLAH called HIS FRIEND. Or Musa (pbuh) who spoke to Allah. May Allah forgive me but sometimes I am even jealous of the Prophet pbuh who has been promised a level ABOVE Jannah Firdous!!!
Now, these are men all derserved what they get, they really do. They were brave, and honest and fair. They shed blood for the sake of Allah, but I cannot help but feel that no matter what I do I will never even scratch the surface - But I want that type of reward! Maybe if I lived in THAT time when the Prophet (pbuh) was alive I would have been better and more worthy. I kind of feel its unfair sometimes, may Allah (swt) Master of the Universe who is indeed the most Fair and Just, forgive me and my greed and selfishness. But just some of the rewards Allah promised these men, what about me?
Please no personal comments whatsoever, they are of no benefit. What I really want are just quotes from authentic hadith and the Quran, that show that people like me have a chance. Is there any hadith that mentions how an average person can earn a prophets reward. Are there any people who will get to visit the Prophets (pbuh) platform above jannah firdous? How does that work? Is there any mention of some average person being promised jannah, specifally jannah firdous, for a seemingly small deed. Allah when the Prophet (pbuh) was alive passed a lot ot titles to worthy men and women of Islam, is there any mention in the Quran or Hadith of Allah saying normal people are would get such lovely titles?????.....
Hadith and Quran quote relating to that are all I want so lets keep it stricly that please. No personal opinions or praise whatsoever.
Jzk
Peace.
:sl:
My brother it is praiseworthy to have the highest aspirations, as every Muslim should want the best in the hereafter and want to gain the most rewards and highest level of Paradise. Allah favoured certain people to become his Prophets and he picked them due to their qualities. It maybe that we would have failed miserably to fulfill such a notoriously difficult role and therefore Allah favoured us to be normal people so that he does not burden s with more than we can handle. But what we should also realise is that Allah has favoured us because firstly he has given us imaan (faith) when millions upon millions of others die without imaan. He could have created us in a non Muslims destined to die without imaan, but instead he favoured us and gave us imaan. What a gift and it is a gift that we do not appreciate like we should do.
Secondly he favoured us so much more than countless others that he made us of the ummah of the greatest Prophet of Allah - Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). Every Prophet wanted to be born in our Ummah and only the dua of Prophet Isa (As) was accepted, so he will enter upon our Ummah soon inshallah.
So blessed is our ummah that we have recieved the greatest book of Allah - The Qur'an. We are also the best of all the 70 nations: Hakim bin Mu`awiyah bin Haydah narrated that his father said that the Messenger of Allah said:
You are the final of seventy nations, you are the best and most honored among them to Allah.
(Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and Al-Hakim)
The Ummah of the Messenger of Allah, Mohammad (SallAllahu `alaihi wa sallam) will also enter Paradise before others:
Prophet (salAllahu `alaihi wa sallam) said: "We are the last, but we will be the first on the Day of Resurrection. We will be the first of mankind to enter Paradise".
(Bukhari)
On top of that Allah has given us wealth, health and a family when so many other Muslims do not have such blessings. They can only dream of having what we have, so we should be appreciative and thank Allah. So we must never think that we are not of the favoured because if we look at all of the creations of Allah then we will realise how much Allah has favoured us out of countless others.
What we must also realise is that EVERYONE of us has the chance of reaching the highest level of Paradise which is Firdaus al Ala:
The Prophet (salAllahu `alaihi wa sallam) said: Paradise has one hundred levels which Allah has reserved for the mujaahideen who fight in His Cause and the distance between each of the two grades is like the distance between the heavens and the earth. So when you ask Allah for something, ask for al-Firdaus which is the best and highest part of Paradise. Above it is the throne of the Most Merciful, and from it.
[Bukhari]
But what we must realise is that achieving even the lower parts of Jannah will require being patient, persevering, striving and remaining steadfast through trials, hardships, suffering and much anguish. The Prophet (salAllahu `alaihi wa sallam) said, "Hell has been veiled with desires, and Paradise has been veiled with [surrounded by] hardships."
Paradise is very high; the greatest blessing of Allah; thus, it requires much exertion. The way to Paradise is filled with things that go against human wishes and inclinations. This needs strong determination and willpower. It also requires us to have the best intentions and sincerety in EVERY single action we do.
We must also try to attain the highest level of ihsaan (worshipping Allah as though we can see him).
We must also realise that we will not be able to get into Jannah with our deeds alone: The Prophet (salAllahu `alaihi wa sallam) said: "No one of you will enter Paradise by his deeds alone."
They asked, "Not even you, O Messenger of Allah?"
He said, "Not even me, unless Allah covers me with His Grace and Mercy"
Nobody will enter Paradise, no matter how good he was, through his deeds. Good deeds will only be the means to acquire Allah's Mercy and Permission to enter Paradise.
So we should ask for Jannatul Firdaus in every dua. I hope the following thread helps us all to be able to achieve the highest level of Jannah:
30 ways to gain the top ranks of Jannah
http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...ks-jannah.html