Crossing the Sirat Judgment Day Ep 27

in this life the straight path is difficult to stay on and that's why we ask allah to keep us on it every single time we read surat al-fatiha at least and when you're walking it here you have doors with shayateen calling you to them on each side of you all the way until you die and you also have these sins that are like thorny bushes and you have to hold yourself tight seeking to avoid those sins and the only thing that gets you through is that you are hearing the call of allah ahead of you consistently and you're moving towards it the sirat in this life has the paradise of certainty ahead jannatul the paradise of certainty and the hooks of sin and doubt are on its sides the sirat in the next life has the paradise ahead and the hooks of punishment are on all sides the prophet saws said that the sirat is thinner than hair and sharper than sword and abu rayallah said that will be the first to cross the sirat this bridge over the fire and he said the supplication the du'a of the rusu of the messengers of that day and no one is going to be speaking on that day except for the messengers of allah is that all of them will be saying allahumma sallam allahu safar allah keep us safe allah keep us safe and so as the prophet saws and the prophet's cross the prophet saw some said that there are hooks on the sides and they have these huge thorns like the thorns of asadan which is known to the arabs for its size but the enormity of those hooks are only known to allah and so as you're standing there and you are hoping to cross this very quickly your prophet has already crossed and ibrahim alaihis islam these prophets have crossed and they are all saying allah keep us safe allah keep us safe allah keep us safe then the prophet saws went on to say take up your shields they said ya rasulullah is there an enemy that's present the prophet saw islam said no he said rather your shields from the fire on that day are subhan allah al-hamdu lillah all glory be to allah all praise be to allah there is no god but allah and allah is great and he said verily they will come on the day of judgment as saviors and guardian angels and he said and they are al-barr they are the everlasting righteous deeds and so you have your tasbih all of the times that you made vikir they are shields for you as you're about to take that trip across the silat the prophet saison also said that your sadaqa you'll see the similarities here it's also shield on that day and the prophet saws very famous hadith set up barrier between yourself and the fire will be even if it's with half of date now there are other things that the prophet saw mentions to us that are going to guard us so essentially you want to be guarded from the punishment of the fire and you want to be able to cross with great speed so one of the ways that you guard yourself from the fire touching you as you're about to cross over the silat is guarding the honor of your brother or sister the prophet saws said if anyone guards believer from hypocrite allah will send an angel and that angel will stretch out and extend and will guard your flesh on the day of judgment from the fire but look at what he said on the other hand the prophet saws said but if anyone attacks his brother or sister saying something hoping to humiliate him then allah will restrain him over the sirat over jahannam until he is acquitted of everything that he said so subhanallah we see once again how allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is defending the honor of the believers now remember we said that the opposite of the punishment of harming is the reward of helping so in this station as well the prophet salallahu says something very beautiful he says woman whoever walks with his brother or sister regarding need until he secures it for them allah will make his feet firm on the sirat on the day when the feet will be slipping so as you approach now to make this move the prophet saw mentions another group of similar deeds he says that trustworthiness and the ties of kinship they will be sent and they will stand at either side of the silat to the right and to the left and they're going to protect you as you start to make your way across and he said the first of you is going to cross like lightning and one of the sahaba he said may my mother and father be sacrificed for you allah what does it mean to cross like lightning and the prophet saws said have you not seen lightning how it comes and goes back in the blink of an eye so some people will cross the silat like blink of an eye may allah make us amongst them mean then he said sallallahu islam that some people will cross like the wind and he said some people will fly like birds they'll cross it like birds some people like fast horses and there will be some people that will be crawling on that day and so the speed at which people cross is according to what once again in accordance with their deeds and the prophet saw islam tells us that all along he's standing on the sirat saying allah save us allah save us and he said sallallahu alaihi sallam that people's deeds will be failing in strength and so you'll have person that's holding on to whatever he has but as he's running out of deeds he's crawling and at the edges of the silat you have those hooks and they catch those who allah subhanahu allah has commanded to be caught and he said sallallahu islam some of them will be scratched but they'll still be saved and some of them will be piled up and they will spend some time in jahannam until allah subhanahu wa ta'ala frees them from that punishment now as for those who allah subhanahu wa ta'ala called his jiran his neighbors on the day of judgment in one narration the messenger of allah said that the masjid is the home of every righteous person and that allah subhanahu ta'ala has guaranteed that those who take up residence that find home in the masajid will have jaws they will have blessings they will have mercy and they will have safe passage over the silat until they reach the pleasure of allah and so you have those people of the masjid and allah takes care of them and the masjid of course is therefore what the primary component of salah in the masjid is prostration it's called place of prostration and the prophet saw islam said that allah is will call out to the angels and tell them to pull out from the fire all of those who have trace of iman in their hearts and how are they going to be known the prophet saw some said by the trace of sujud on their foreheads listen to what the prophet saw islam said he said the fire of jahannam cannot consume the place of sujud subhanallah you imagine that there are some people whose bodies are entirely burned but the forehead is not because of the sajda the one place of their bodies that is not burned is the place of their sajdah and the prophet saws allah will cast them into the water of life from which they will be completely restored now what are some other things you take with you to this momentous trial to this occasion you never lose allah you never lose good assumption of allah subhanahu wa ta'ala expect well from your lord prepare for the moment and then put your trust in his mercy but expect well from him so long as you are trying the prophet saws said saw this man that was falling and just as he was about to fall his hasn't won in allah his good assumption of allah came and it settled him on the silat and he was able to cross in safety and the reminder once again all along the prophet saws is on the other side of the silat saying allah and then the prophet saws finally that saw this man from my ummah crawling across the silat at times he was kneeling at times he's just clinging on to it and then suddenly his salawat on the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam they came to him and they took him by the hand and they stood him up upon the sirat until he passed over and so as you've passed the final station of trial on that day and you've arrived saying and as the salawat grabbed you by the hand to keep you on that silat what then when you make it across to your prophet and he's waiting with your cup from his fountain foreign you