I hope you all were taken by our beautiful abode as I, explained in Glimpse into Jannah.
I am still in dreamy mode and astounded by this thrilling place Jannat. I also know that there's Jahannam. I was hoping to continue the zeal amongst my friends. Haitham had completely changed and i was really impressed with him maasha Allaah. We also tried expanding our circle of da'wah and encountered many youth who were quite eager. I now wanted to find out the one who spoke so passionately about Jannat and ask him to enlighten us on Jahannam.
We were very fortunate to meet him in person, his name is Khalid and he was enthusiastic to inform us. We sat in the halqa (gathering) at our local masjid. Muhammad said to me:" Ya Omar you certainly have changed more than ever" I batted my wet eye lashes and smiled knowing I was the worse of the lot, I had encouraged them to sin and here Allaah again used me
to call them to Him. So just to give you hope Allaah uses the worse to become the best, the sinners to become the leaders, the haters of Islam like our great Khalifa Omar (radiyallahu anhu) to be the lovers of Islaam. ALLAAH U AKBAR!
Moulana khalid started his lecture in the most gentlest voice , but with fear too: Hellfire he said, the word seem to echo in my head -is indeed something no one wants to experience even in a nightmare. No one can be completely fearless of it unless he safely crosses over it. My heart shook.
He continued.: The Qur'an and Sunnah are full of the blood-curdling and terrible descriptions of hellfire - their purpose is not to scare us or make us despondent, but to make us aware of them. The more we know about the fire, the more we will prepare to distance ourselves from it. These hair-rising descriptions are not meant for us to say, "Look how cruel our Almighty is. He is scaring His own servants!!" No, the reason for their presence is for people to connect evil deeds with their punishment. If a murderer knows he will be hanged, he will not commit murder. Likewise, if people know the consequence of their evil, they will not commit any evil. He paused and took a sip of water. By now Asad had pulled his arms across his legs seeming to not bare what is coming.
I listened intently , as he continued; I discussed paradise in my pre, but there is a need to also discuss its opposite. There are those stubborn people who do not respond to rewards, only to threats. The following saying applies; 'If the carrot doesn't work use the stick'
Until next time
Ruby in the snow
