Know Your Destination: A Journey for those who Dare

Asalamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullah,

I want to take every single one of you on a little journey. But first, you have to be willing to tackle some very touchy issues. You have to be willing to face those realities which you have stored away in the back of your head. I challenge each and everyone of you to take this journey. If your ready...let's begin...but I warn you now its not for the weak. The next 15 minutes could change your life...that's if you dare to challenge yourself, open your mind, and be truthful to yourself.

Bismillah walhamdolilah wasalatu wasalam 'ala Rasool Allah

My brothers and sisters, the truth of the matter is...you and I are both on a journey towards the inevitable. We are on a journey towards something we fear, something we don't want to think about, but the truth is we will meet it whether we like it or not. We are all on a journey towards our graves. Can you doubt the fact that you will face death sooner or later? Can you guarantee when death will come and take your life? No. Yet, we live a life doubting the fact that we will die; we live our life thinking we know when death will come. Truth be told, there is no doubt that we will face death and that it can come whenever, wherever, and take your life at a blink of an eye. The question is are you ready? Play the video below.

How many times have you and I done the same as the person in the video? How many times have me heard the adzaan, we know its time to pray, yet we neglect our prayers. Are we so certain that Allah will not chose to take our life in that instant? Is that how we want to meet Allah? Think about it.

Allah says:

"Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception (a deceiving thing)." [Surah ale-Imran V.185]

My brothers and sisters, reality is that we live, we die, and we will face Allah alone on the Day of Judgment. Some people that Day will behappy with uncontrollable joy, knowing that they served a life of obedience to Allah, knowing that they're abode will be the everlasting Paradise. However, others on that Day will be sad and gloomy, knowing that they served a life of disobedience to Allah, knowing that their abode is the Hellire.

We all want to recieve our books in our right hands. We want to be successful on the Day of Judgment, we wan't to be of those who have no need to regret on that Day. So lets work towards it. Let's make use of this blessed month we are in to make an oath with Allah that we will start praying, starting today. Let's make an oath today, with Allah, that will try our best to cut out the evil things we are doing in our lives. Let's make an oath today, with Allah, that we will seek His forgiveness for all the wrong we have done in the past. Let 's all come together, holding on to the rope of Allah, and make sincere du'a to Allah that He makes our affairs good and that He guides us upon the straight path and that He give us strength to do whats right and to stay away from that which is displeasing to Him.

Why should we do this?

Because very simply, we want to be of the people of Paradise and not the people of Hellfire. We want to be of those that attain the pleasure of Allah and not His displeasure. We all want to be of those that get to see our Lord, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.