A Message 4 You* [[--- Part 25 ---]] -

 *A Message 4 You*

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بسم الله الرحمان الرجيم

Imagine the hottest day you have ever felt. Now imagine it is a million times hotter.

One day, everyone who ever lived will stand together. Your mother, your father, you. Everyone. The sun will be right above our heads, so close it will feel like fire. There will be no trees. No buildings. No shade anywhere.

People will try to run. But there is nowhere to go.

On that day, you will sweat. But this sweat will come from your sins. Every bad thing you did in secret, every lie you told, every time you turned away from Allah (swt)—it will all come out as sweat. The more sins you have, the more you will sweat. People will drown in their own sweat. They will be lost and terrified.

But.

On that terrible day, there will be one Shade. The Shade of Allah (swt). And under it, people will be safe, cool, and at peace.

Who are these lucky people?

The Prophet (peace be upon him) told us. Allah will shade seven kinds of people:

“There are seven whom Allah will shade on a day when there is no shade but His. They are a just ruler, a youth who grew up in the worship of Allah, one whose heart is attached to the mosques, two who love each other, meet each other, and depart from each other for the sake of Allah, a man who is tempted by a beautiful woman of high status but he rejects her, saying , ‘I fear Allah,’ and one who spends in charity and hides it such that his right hand does not know what his left hand has given (that's nobody knows about it), and one who remembered Allah in private and he wept.” 📚Source: S‌ah‌i‌h‌ al-Bukha‌ri‌ 660, S‌ah‌i‌h‌ Muslim 1031

Now,

Look at the second category from the above hadith:

*A young person who grew up obeying Allah*.

This is you (whether you are young or old). This is your chance. This is everyone’s chance. It means: the person who spends their life—their last 10, 20, 30 years or more—trying hard to please Allah (swt). They avoid what Allah forbids. They help others know Allah, through their words, their actions, or the financial support they give to the propagation of the Deen. They choose Allah (swt), every single day.

On that Day of heat and sweat, they will not sweat. They will not panic. They will be called to the only Shade that exists.

My People,

Every day you live is a day you can choose. Choose to be from those people. Choose the path that leads to the Shade.

Do not wait until you see the sun coming down. By then, it is too late. The time to act is now. The time to earn your place is in the life you are living this very moment.

Pleasure Allah with what remains of your life. It is the only thing that will matter when everything else is burning. When people are sweating.