The way to Jannah

The following is a lecture (bayan) by Maulana Tareeq Jameel.

The nikah of Ali (Radi Allah anhu) and Fatima (Radi Allah anha) took place 2 months prior to Fatima's 'sending away'.

When the time came for her 'sending away' ....

The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) calls Umm Aiman.

Umm Aiman was the slave of his (saws) mother Amina. He (saws) has spoken that ' if you want to see a Jannati woman, then look at Umm Aiman '.

It was then that Zaid bin Haritha (RA) , a Companion (Sahaba) of the Prophet wed Umm Aiman and through this nikah came Usama bin Zaid (RA).

On the day that Fatima was to be sent away to her husband's home , she (Fatima) says 'I was working in the house , I had no idea what was to happen then.'

When Umm Aiman came , the Prophet says , "Umm Aiman , leave Fatima at Ali's house."

This is the 'sending away' of the daughter of a ruler ; a Badshah's (King's) Shehzadi (Princess) daughter.

A princess going to her husband's home on feet.

No ceremony. No people to see her off.

Atleast he (saws) could have called his Sahaba to attend this auspicious occasion.

There was a man who spent 50,000 on his daughter's wedding outfit. People still said it was rather 'cheap'.

In that much money , 5 poor daughters could have been married!

He (saws) wanted his Ummah's poor girls to find it easy in their marriage.

When spending so much today , people argue :
' What will society say ? '
( Hamari naak kat ja-aygi = Our nose will be cut off = infront of society we will lose esteem )

CUT that nose which breaks the Prophet's Sunnah.

Life is well spent/lived with ' akhlaq ' (ethics).

There are people who are 5 time namazi's yet break sunnah's in marriage.

Example : Mehndi ceremony. This is a Hindu's tradition.
How will you do Jihad against kafirs if you follow their ways instead of the Sunnah ?

When the call to prayer (azaan) is heard :
Close the market , shops , bazaars.
Women stop working.
Reply LABBAYK = I am here , my Lord!

Men to the mosque. Women to the prayer mat.
Boys to the mosque. Girls to the prayer mat.

This is the way to Jannah.

History has written a few lines for kings and moved on but it has left a great place for a woman , Rabia Basri.

At night , she would do ghusl(bath) , apply perfume and go to her husband.

She would ask , "Do you need me ?"

He replies , "No."

"Then I have permission..."

She would say 'Allahu-Akbar' and spend the night in prayers till Fajr.

Her husband died in youth itself.

Then came the proposal from Hasan Basri. The Imam of his time ; he came himself to her for her hand in nikah.

In women , they look for :
(1) Beauty - she was a black , even that would be fine , but she was no beauty still.
(2) Family - she had none
(3) Money - she was a slave

BUT , she had a heart of gold!

She said to him , "Answer me 4 questions and I will marry you."

(1) Will I get Heaven or Hell ?
(2) In which hand will I receive my deeds register ?
(3) Will my good deeds or bad deeds be more ?
(4) From the Bridge of Sirat , will I go successfully or will I fall down ?

Hasan Basri , what could he say ??
"I do not know."

So she said , " Go away then , let me get ready , I am not free for nikah. "

He who becomes Allah's , Allah becomes his.

One day , she went to cook and found there were no onions in the house ; nothing. From the sky , a bird came , clasped in its feet were onion that came and fell directly into Rabia's lap.

Tableeg (propagation of Islam by individuals) is the hard work to learn the Sunna way of life. From which , love comes alive ; ' akhlaq '(ethics) are learnt ; forgiveness is given (by people to each other).

A mother says on her daughter's wedding :
"I gave her everything. Jewels , clothes , property. Everything."

You adorned her neck with necklace , ears with earrings , hands with bangles ...

Why did you not adorn her heart ?
( You did not give her Allah's connection ! You did not give her the Sunnah way of life ! )

A father says :
"I made my son a good businessman , he can handle everything now. Just his marriage is left. "

The same son fights with his wife over trifles :
'Why didn't you sow my button on ?'
Over that he belittles his wife.

You did not give him anything , if you did not give him the Sunnah way of life.

Did you teach Akhlaq (ethics) ?

People do not know their limits today.
Son does not know his limit. Daughter does not know her limit.
Father-in-law does not know his limit. Mother-in-law does not know her limit.

Small family , life easy - NO.
Religious family : life easy .
If one has 10 children , all brought up according to the Quran and Sunna : life easy.
Even 2 kids can make life hell if raised against the principles of Islam.

Learn to forgive.
There is a lot of respect(Izzat) in it.

The Prophet says : " Take my guarantee , and forgive people ( for their wrongs to you ) . "
" Forgive. Allah will give you Izzat (respect , esteem)."


In Surah Luqman , we have a lesson on Child rearing.
Every father , mother , teacher , professor should read Sura Luqman.

Teach the baby to say , 'Allah ....Allah...Allah...'

His first word should NOT be Abba , Amma , no no!


" And (remember) when Luqman said to his son when he was advising him: "O my son! Join not in worship others with Allah. Verily! Joining others in worship with Allah is a great Zulm (wrong) indeed. "

Verse 13 , Chapter 31

(1) Join not in worship others with Allah.

La ilaha il-lal-lah.
La ilaha il-lal-lah.

Repeat it to the baby !

A child was sent to learn Alif , Ba , Ta to a teacher.
He read Alif Lam Meem and finished 15 Juz of Quran infront of a surprised tutor. The tutor came to the mother and inquired if she had intended some joke.

She said , " When I used to breast-feed him , I would be reading the Quran simultaneously...."

Today , in our room , we have music , songs.
And we expect the child to be loyal to us (parents) ?
First day onwards his mind has been poisoned!

Nobody does anything except Allah's will.

"O my son! If it be (anything) equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Verily, Allah is Subtle (in bringing out that grain), Well-Aware (of its place). "
Verse 16 , Chapter 31

(2) The day of Judgement is going to take place. Prepare for it!

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (Rahmathullahi alayh) was sent out in search of knowledge as a child aged 11/12 years old. On the way dacoits attack their caravan.
One dacoit asks him , 'You have anything , child ?'

Sheikh : ' Yes , I have 40 dinars.See here , sewed inside my sleeves.'

The dacoit is suprised and says , ' If you did not tell me , I would not have known! '

The child replied , ' My mother has said never to tell lies. '

They take him to their Chief Dacoit. And say 'Listen to this child !'

The Chief asks the child , ' You look so innocent , if you had not told , we would not search you. Why did you tell boy ? '

" Always tell the truth , my mother has said. "

On hearing this , the Chief is moved to repentance :
" O my Lord , this innocent boy is so loyal to his mother and I , being adult and matured , am disloyal to You ! "

Keep your tongue straight.

(3) " O my son! Aqim-is-Salat (perform As-Salat) "

Tell your child : Read namaz. Get up. Read namaz. Keep telling again and again.

At no cost a salat be lost.If parents had given this lesson , there would be no emptiness in Masjids.

In Tableeg , we say , come pray , learn.
This was PARENTS WORK !

" O my son! Aqim-is-Salat (perform As-Salat), enjoin (people) for Al-Ma'ruf (Islamic Monotheism and all that is good), and forbid (people) from Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief in the Oneness of Allah, polytheism of all kinds and all that is evil and bad), and bear with patience whatever befall you. "
Verse 17 , Chapter 31

(4) Go spread goodness and stop evil.
PARENTS WORK !

Sufyan Thawri was sent by his mother on Allah's way. After 19 years he returned. Still his mother urged him to go on the same way as she had gifted him to Allah and to meet her with pleasure on the day of Judgement. So he went and came to Makkah.

Abu Jafar Mansoor's caliphate had given orders to hang him. Sufyan was lying in someone's lap when he got the news. He stood up and came straight to Multazam ( a part of Ka'bah ) and prayed , "If you let Abu Jafar come here , friendship will not remain ( between You and me )."

Abu Jafar died before entering Taif.

This is the way to Jannah.

Verse 17 says , " Ya bunayya... "
" O my son! ...."

With love call them.
It is a rebellious generation. Don't try scolding and beating.
Explain them with love....

O' my little son ; my sweet son !

(5) Don't be of bad akhlaq (ethics).


"And turn not your face away from men with pride, nor walk in insolence through the earth. Verily, Allah likes not each arrogant boaster."

"And be moderate (or show no insolence) in your walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the voice (braying) of the ass."
Verses 18 , 19

Allah has said for :
Tawheed - a few words (see 1)
Salat - a few words (see 3)
Tableeg - 1 line (see 4)
Akhlaq - 2 whole verses are devoted to it (Verse 18 , 19)

It is through Akhlaq (ethics) that 'homes' are made.

Religious families inquire about the prospective son/daughter -in-law's Salat , but what about 'Akhlaq' ???

Allah has given us a whole program on which to train our children.


When the Companion , Saad bin Muaaz (RA) died , Angel Jibreel (alayhis salam) came to the Prophet (saws) and asked , 'Who passed away today ?'

The Prophet (saws) asked , 'Why ?'

Jibreel (A.S) : ' Allah's Arsh (Throne) is rejoicing in pleasure that someone is coming. And all the angels of seven heavens are celebrating that someone is coming......'

When a Mu'min (believer) dies , his soul goes straight and prostrates under the Arsh.

The Prophet exclaimed , 'Ah! My Saad went...'

And he (saws) made haste to Saad (RA)'s home with the Companions running behind him.
'Make haste , make haste , I fear the angels will give him ghusl before us!' , explained our Prophet (saws).

When they carried his Janaza , his body weight seemed to be none at all (and he was a well-built man). So the Munafiq (hypocrites) started whispering that since he (Saad) was a Munafiq , hence his Janaza seemed weightless.

The Prophet retorted that 'It is not your shoulders that are bearing him (Saad) , it is angels who are shouldering his Janaza , you are merely providing your touch.'

Aashiq ka janaza hai , zara dhoom se nikle.
Mehboob ki galiyon se , zara ghoom ke nikle.

To die , let us die like this !

For it , come , come to the Sunna way of life.
Do Tauba (repentance) !
Atleast make the intent of repenting.
Who knows when Death will come calling ?

And Allah is ready to forgive all sins.

Even a mother will not forgive so easily. She will scold , she will be a little angry (even after seeking forgiveness).

BUT ALLAH , when you seek forgiveness , says :
"Go ! I forgive you ! I was waiting just for you to come ,to seek forgiveness , so that I may forgive."

There was a man from Banu Israel. He killed 99 people. Then thought of seeking forgiveness.

He asked an illiterate person , 'Will I be forgiven ?'

'No way! You will go straight to Hell ; you have killed 99!'

So the man killed the illiterate and completed 100 murders.

Then he thought , I must ask a scholar.
The Scholar advised , 'Your tauba must be sure for complete forgiveness. For that you must adopt a good atmosphere. Leave your place / city for sometime and go to so and so town where good people live.'

( That is why we say , go on Tableeg jamaaths. Leave your home , city , place for sometime to clean out the evil long time effects of the common bad atmosphere found almost everywhere. Cut yourself from daily routine life and devote yourself to Allah's way for a few days ; then increase it to month/s ; and so on )

So the man left. On the way he fell sick and Death gripped him. Still he walked. Then fell. Then crawled till Death overtook Life.

Allah loved his act and a made a trial.

Angels of hell came and said , 'He is our prisoner!'
Angels of Heaven said , 'He is our guest!'

Angels of Hell , 'His tauba was not complete ; he did not reach the town yet.'
Angels of Heaven , 'When he made intention of tauba , it was done!'

Allah sent a third angel to measure the distance ; if he was close to his home then hell ; if he was close to the town then heaven.

Land is also Allah's , the world is also Allah's ; to the distance between the man and his home , Allah ordered it to contract ; to the distance between the man and the town , Allah ordered it to spread out !

They contracted , spread out....
Allah said , 'Now put the man in Jannah !'