Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb Madrasah Isha'atul Haq · Albert Falls Albert Falls, KwaZulu-Natal
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Growing The Portfolio Of The Hereafter By Moulana Shakir Hansa | Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb
Growing The Portfolio Of The Hereafter By Moulana Shakir Hansa Moulana Shakir Hansa
Hijri date 20 Jumaadal Ukhra 1441
Date 14 February 2020
Duration 21:11
Venue Masjid Taqwa Summary Main Topic
Reflecting on the verse of Surah Al-Hashr to understand the temporary nature of this worldly life, the certainty of the Hereafter, and the vital role of sincerity (ikhlas) and Taqwa in preparing for Akhirah.
Key Lessons
Allah refers to the Day of Judgment as "tomorrow" (ghad) due to its extreme proximity; no matter how long one lives, worldly life will feel like a single day or a fleeting moment in the Akhirah.
People exert immense effort and worry over an uncertain future in Dunya, while neglecting the absolute certainty of their eternal future in Akhirah.
Small righteous deeds can yield immense rewards in the Hereafter if performed with sincere intention.
The command to adopt Taqwa is mentioned twice in Surah Al-Hashr verse 18: first to prompt good deeds, and second to ensure those deeds are genuine and free from hypocrisy or showiness.
Sincerity (ikhlas) multiplies the value of actions endlessly; a small action with high ikhlas far outweighs grand actions done with poor intentions.
Forgiving others and sacrificing one's ego/emotions is a high form of sacrifice that carries immense honor on the Day of Resurrection.
Quranic/Hadith References
Surah Al-Hashr (59:18-19): "O you who believe, fear Allah and let every soul look to what it has sent forth for tomorrow..."
Surah Al-Mu'minun (23:112-114): Address to disbelievers regarding how brief their stay on Earth was ("a day or part of a day").
Story of Nuh (Alayhis Salam): Described worldly life after 1,050 years as entering a room with two doors, pausing briefly, and exiting the other.
Hadith (Sahih Muslim / Sunan): Recommendation of Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) to Abu Dharr (Radiyallahu anhu) not to despise any good deed, even greeting a brother with a smile.
Hadith (Sahih Bukhari / Muslim): A man granted Jannah for removing an obstructing tree branch from the pathway.
Hadith (Sahih Bukhari): Comparison of Sahaba's charity (a handful of grain) vs. non-Sahaba spending Mount Uhud in gold, highlighting the disparity in ikhlas.
Surah Al-Hashr (59:9): Praise for the Ansar who gave preference to the Prophet's (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) guest over themselves despite their own poverty.
Hadith: An announcement on Qiyamah asking who is owed a reward by Allah, and only those who forgave others in Dunya will stand.
Practical Advice
Regularly evaluate your "Akhirah portfolio" by checking the quantity and sincerity of your daily good deeds.
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— Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. 0:04 Alhamdulillah. 0:06 Alhamdulillah wa kafa wa salamun ala ibadihi alladhina astafa. 0:10 Amma ba'd. 0:12 Faqad qalallahu subhanahu wa ta'ala fil quranil majeed wal firqanil hamid. 0:18 Ba'da a'udhu billahi minash shaitanir rajim. 0:20 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 0:24 Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu ittaqullaha wal tanthur nafsum ma qaddamat ligad. 0:32 Wattaku Allah. 0:34 Inna Allah khabirun bima ta'maloon. 0:38 Wala takoonu kalladhina nasu Allah fa ansaahum anfusahum. 0:44 Ulaaikahum alfasiquoon. 0:47 Sadaq Allah al-Azim. 0:48 Wa sadaq Rasuluhun Nabi al-Kareem. 0:51 Wa nahnu ala dhalika min ash-shahideen wa ash-shakireen. 0:54 Walhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. 0:56 Respected Ulema-e-Kiram. 1:00 Honorable Elders. 1:02 Beloved Brothers in Islam. 1:05 I was listening to a lecture of Fazl-e-Mu'ayyad. 1:07 Yaspadil Sahib Damat Barakatuhu. 1:10 And most of what I am mentioning today is what Mu'ayyad had mentioned in that program. 1:17 Now this ayah, this verse, or these verses of the Quran-e-Kareem that I have recited before you, 1:25 Adi. 1:26 Verses that come in the last ruku of surah. 1:29 Hashad. 1:31 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala instructs us in this verse. 1:34 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says. 1:36 Ya ayyuhal ladhina amanu. 1:39 That all you who have iman. 1:42 Ittaqullah. 1:44 Fear Allah. 1:46 Adopt taqwa. 1:49 Have the consciousness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 1:53 Wal tanzur nafsum ma qaddamat li ghad. 1:58 And let every soul consider what he has sent forth for tomorrow. 2:04 Wattaqullah. 2:06 And fear Allah. 2:07 Inna allaha khabeerun bima ta'maloon. 2:10 Indeed Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is aware of what you do. 2:15 So in this verse of the Quran al-Kareem, we find that 2:22 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala refers to the day of Qiyamah as tomorrow. 2:29 That let every soul see what he, let him consider what he has sent forth for tomorrow. 2:35 So this is referring to the day of Qiyamah, the day of judgment. 2:39 So the day of Qiyamah is being referred to as tomorrow because of its closeness. 2:47 That a person may live 2:50 Even a long life in this world. 2:54 But when the person reaches the hereafter and he looks back, then the entire life that he lived in this world will seem like yesterday. 3:10 We find in the Quran al-Karim Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions in Surah Al-Mu'minun. 3:18 Qala kam labistum fil ardi adada sinin. 3:21 Qalu labisna yawman aw ba'da yawmin fas'alil aad din. 3:26 Qala in labistum illa qaleelan law annakum kuntum ta'lamun. 3:30 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions that on the day of tiyamah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will address the disbelievers. 3:38 And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will ask them that how long did you live in this world? 3:44 Now a person lives however long life that he lived. 3:48 So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will ask the disbelievers that how long did you live? 3:53 And they will answer that we think it was a day or part of a day. 4:02 A day or part of a day. 4:05 So this is now if a person takes the life of this world and as we are saying even if a person lives a long life. 4:14 But if we have to compare it to the everlasting life of the Akhira of the year after, then the life of this world will seem like nothing. 4:23 So they will say it seems as if we live for a day or part of a day. 4:29 We had mentioned before that narration of Hazrat Anas radiallahu ta'ala anhu regarding Hazrat Nuh alayhi salatu wasalam that the angel of death had come to Hazrat Nuh alayhi salatu wasalam 4:44 And Nuh a.s. was that Nabi, that Prophet who had lived for very long. 4:50 We had discussed previously that the lifespan of Nuh a.s. was 1050 years. 5:00 And the angel of death had come to him and had asked him that how did you find the life of this world and its pleasures? 5:10 And Nuh a.s. was 5:13 After having lived a life of a thousand and fifty years, he answers and he says that like a person who enters a room that has two doors. 5:26 So he enters from one door. 5:29 He pauses for a moment and then he exits through the other door. 5:36 That is the reality of the life of this world in relation to the everlasting life of the Akhira, of the Hereafter. 5:44 But if we have to really analyze and think about it, then we find that for the life, for our lives in this world, then there is so much that we do. 5:58 There is so much that a person does to secure his future in the life of this world. 6:04 A person invests. 6:06 A person has worries with regards to his children, grandchildren, etc. 6:11 So a person has worries and he makes efforts. 6:15 We make effort with regards to our future in this world. 6:22 But the reality is that do we even have a future in this world? 6:30 This is something that is uncertain. 6:33 We don't even know whether we are going to see the end of today. 6:40 How much time, how much of a future do I have left in this world? 6:44 Do I have half a day? 6:46 Do I have one day? 6:48 Do I have one week? 6:50 One year? 6:51 Do I have a decade? 6:52 Do I have a century left? 6:54 How much of time do we have in this world? 6:58 We don't know. 7:00 Our future in this world is uncertain. 7:04 Yet we make so much of effort for it. 7:08 Of course, a person making some effort in this regard is permissible. 7:13 A person saves, etc. 7:16 This is something that is encouraged but within reason. 7:20 But here we are talking about it at the expense of the Akhirah, at the expense of the Hereafter. 7:26 So for the life, for our lives in this world, which is our future in this world, which is uncertain, 7:34 We make so much of effort. 7:39 But the future, our future in the akhirah, in the hereafter, this is something that is certain. 7:47 Our future in this world is uncertain. 7:50 But the fact that we are going to reach the akhirah, the hereafter, this is something that is certain. 7:56 And the life of the akhirah, the life of the hereafter, is everlasting. 8:02 It is something that is eternal. 8:04 So how much more effort we need to be making for this? 8:08 So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this verse of Surah Hashr, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is commanding us, encouraging us that we need to constantly check the growth of our portfolios of the hereafter. 8:28 That what are we doing for the akhirah? 8:31 What are we doing for the hereafter? 8:33 So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is encouraging us that we need to make that effort to do a'mal saliha. 8:40 To carry out good deeds that will benefit us in the hereafter. 8:47 We find Nabiya Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam in the hadith. 8:52 Nabiya Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam had once advised Hazrat Abu Dharr radiallahu ta'ala an. 8:58 That la tahtiranna minal ma'rufi shay'a. 9:02 Nabi Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam had said to Abu Dharr radiallahu ta'ala anhu that do not regard any good deed as insignificant. 9:13 Walau an talqa ahaka biwajhin talq. 9:17 Even if it is meeting your brother with a cheerful face. 9:22 That don't regard any good deed as insignificant. 9:25 Something that we may be regarding as insignificant. 9:29 But that action is 9:32 May be the cause of our eternal success. 9:35 So here also Nabi Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam is encouraging that every avenue to increase our portfolios in the Akhirah should be exploited. 9:48 Now we find in the Ahadith also many examples of this. 9:52 Nabi Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam had once mentioned to the Sahaba radiyallahu ta'ala anhum Hazrat Abu Hurairah radiyallahu ta'ala anhum narrates 10:02 That Nabiya Kareem sallallahu alayhi wasallam has said, لقد رأيت رجلا يتقلب في الجنة في شجرة قطعها من ظهر الطريق كانت تؤذي الناس. 10:07 That Nabiya Kareem sallallahu alayhi wasallam had said, that I had seen a person moving about, enjoying himself in Jannah, enjoying himself in Paradise. 10:27 And what was the action that had got him there? 10:30 Was that there was a tree that was on the road. 10:34 It was obstructing people. 10:36 And he had removed it. 10:38 And as a result of this, what we would call an insignificant, a small action, this person was granted entrance into Jannah, into Paradise. 10:51 So Nabi al-Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam is also teaching us this. 10:55 That every avenue, every opportunity, 10:59 To do something that will benefit ourselves in the hereafter, we need to take with two hands. 11:07 And we know that when it comes to doing good, then it is not just about carrying out the action. 11:14 But very important is the intention behind the action. 11:20 That the right action needs to be done and it needs to be done with the correct intention as well. 11:26 Now in this verse of Surah Hashar that we are discussing, we find that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given us the command to adopt taqwa, the consciousness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, twice. 11:42 In this one verse, Allah ta'ala is saying, Oh you who believe, adopt taqwa. 11:47 Be conscious of Allah. 11:49 Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala encourages us, instructs us, 11:53 To worry about growing our portfolios in the hereafter. 11:57 And then again Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, Wattaqullah. 12:00 Fear Allah. 12:01 Have the consciousness of Allah. 12:03 So in one verse, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is twice giving us this instruction to have taqwa. 12:11 Now the Mufassirin mention many different reasons that the first time that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is giving this command, what is it for? 12:20 And the second time, what is it for? 12:22 But one of the explanations that the scholars give is that the first time Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is instructing us to adopt taqwa and then to carry out good a'mal. 12:36 That a person should be conscious of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and make an effort to carry out those actions that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants us to carry out. 12:46 And the second time Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling us Wattakullah. 12:51 The second command to fear is to ensure that what is being sent is not fake. 12:58 That whatever actions we are sending forward, those actions have to be genuine. 13:03 Those actions have to be done with sincerity for the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 13:08 Hazrat Abdullah bin Mubarak rahimahullah has mentioned that rubba amalin saghirin tukabbiruhun niyah wa rubba amalin kabirin tusaghiruhun niyah. 13:19 He says that how often it is 13:22 That a small action becomes great because of the intention. 13:28 And how often a big action, a great action becomes small because of the intention. 13:35 Now we take one example. 13:39 The example of the hadith when Nabiya Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam had mentioned regarding the Sahaba radiallahu ta'ala anhum. 13:48 The hadith that we had mentioned on many occasions. 13:50 That Nabi Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam has said, La tasubbu ashabi. 13:55 Do not revile. 13:57 Do not speak ill. Do not insult my companions. 14:01 Falaw anna ahadakum anfaqa mithla uhudin dhahaba. 14:05 Ma balagha mudda ahadihim wala nasifa. 14:08 That Nabi Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentioned that if any of you has to spend the equivalent of Mount Uhud in gold as charity, 14:19 Then that would not equal a handful or half a handful that a sahabi had spent in the path of Allah. 14:28 Amin. 14:28 As per that, S.A.W. 14:30 mentions that we're not talking of a person that is spending a mountain of gold without sincerity. 14:41 If a person is spending a mountain of gold or even more without ikhlas, without sincerity, then that is nothing. 14:50 But Nabi Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam in this hadith is speaking of a non-Sahabi spending a mountain of gold with sincerity. 14:59 And Nabi Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam is saying that that person would not equal a handful of grain or even half a handful that a Sahabi had spent. 15:12 And the difference is, the difference lies in the extent of the ikhlas, the sincerity. 15:19 Ikhlas. 15:19 Sincerity. 15:20 This is something that has no limit. 15:22 It is something that is uncapped. 15:25 The more ikhlas, the more sincerity that a person has, the greater the reward. 15:34 And the opposite is also true, as Abdullah ibn Mubarak rahimahullah is mentioning, that sometimes a person is carrying out a great deed, a big action, but because he doesn't have the correct intention, 15:48 Dua. 15:48 Dua. 15:48 Dua. 15:48 Dua. 15:49 Dua. 16:14 Asr. 16:14 Asr. 16:14 Asr. 16:43 Carrying out an action. 16:46 One is the intention. 16:48 Together with that, the condition of the person at the time of carrying out the action also impacts in the reward that the person will get. 16:58 So we take the example, the famous example of that sahabi and his wife who had taken the guest of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam home. 17:12 And they had food that wasn't even sufficient for themselves as a family. 17:20 It was food that was barely enough for one person. 17:23 But it was the food that they themselves and their children were going to eat. 17:27 But they take this guest of Rasulullah s.a.w. 17:30 home and they dim the light. 17:32 They put the children off to sleep hungry. 17:35 And all that food that they themselves desperately needed, they gave to that 17:41 Guest of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 17:45 So this, what they had spent wasn't a huge amount. 17:50 It was a little food that they had given. 17:52 But they had given it with ikhlas, with sincerity. 17:56 And then you look at the condition that they were in at the time of giving. 18:01 And what was the outcome of this? 18:05 The outcome of this was that they have now been referenced in the Quran-e-Kareem till the day of Qiyamah. 18:11 That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the Quran-e-Kareem speaks of them and the likes of them. 18:15 That they give preference to others over themselves. 18:24 Even though poverty is their own lot. 18:27 That something that they themselves needed. 18:30 But they gave preference to somebody else over them. 18:37 Respected elders and brothers. 18:40 This... 18:41 Effort that needs to be made. 18:43 The sacrifice that needs to be made. 18:46 It is not confined to spending our wealth. 18:51 It is not only about spending our wealth. 18:54 This effort, this sacrifice can even be made in sacrificing our emotions. 19:01 That a person is in a position of strength. 19:08 Al-Fatihah. 19:38 That Nabi Karim Sallallahu alayhi wasallam has mentioned in the hadith. 19:42 That on the day of Qiyamah an announcement will be made. 19:50 That ala liyaqum man kala lahu ala Allahi ajr. 19:55 Fala yaqumu illa man afa fid dunya. 19:58 That on the day of Qiyamah an announcement will be made. 20:01 That is there anyone 20:04 Who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala owes anything to? 20:08 Let that person stand up. 20:10 Is there anyone that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala owes a reward to? 20:14 Let that person stand up. 20:16 And Nabi al-Karim sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentions that the only people who will stand up are those that had forgiven others in this world. 20:26 This is the honor that will be granted by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on the day of khiyamah to those that overlook and forgive the faults of others. 20:36 Make dua to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us from amongst those fortunate ones that can keep the bigger picture in front of us. 20:46 The reality of the life of this world in relation to the everlasting life of the Akhirah. 20:51 And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it such that we can make the required effort to increase the good in our lives with ikhlas, with sincerity. 21:00 And inshaAllah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it such that we reap the rewards of all of this in the Akhirah. 21:06 Ameen.
Never look down on small acts of kindness or physical assistance, such as smiling at others or clearing obstacles from a path.
Purify your intentions continuously before, during, and after performing any good deed.
Practice forgiving people who wrong you in Dunya to secure Allah's special reward and honor on the Day of Judgment. 51:16
Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb