The Currency on the Day of Judgment is Accepted Good Deeds | Ustadh Abdul Baseer

Respected listeners, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the Quran says Whoever does any good action or one good action he or she will get a better reward for that. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also says man ja'a bil hasanati falahu ashrun amthaliha. Whoever does any good action and when that good action is pure, sincere unadulterated, uncorrupted, untainted that will be multiplied 10 times minimum, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says. On the day of judgement even the good deeds, good actions are few but they are pure and sincere that will be enough for a person to enter paradise. Imam Ghazali rahmatullahi alayhi gives a beautiful example. Let me say it in my words. On the day of judgement, for example, a person has done 10 good deeds. And this those 10 good deeds are multiplied by 10 minimum by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala out of his generosity. The 10 * 10 is equal 100. A person will say this 100 good deeds I have. This is enough for me to enter paradise. He or she starts walking towards paradise. The angels will stop and say, "Wait, stop." We're going to take away 30 of your good deeds, hasanat. Maybe you didn't protect your eyes. Maybe you eat some haram food came into your halal food. You miss some salats. We're taking out 30 out of your 100. 70 are remaining. 70 are plenty for a person to enter paradise. He or she is walking towards paradise. Angels stop and say, "Wait. Stop." We're going to take away 50 of your good deeds because they were not sincere. You did for show off. You did under pressure. You did for name. You did for fame. You did for gain. You're going to take away 50 out of 70. How many are remaining? 20. 20 are plenty for a person to enter paradise. If they are accepted hasanat, good deeds, accepted deeds. Ahsan alladhi khalaqal mauta alladhi khalaqal mauta wal hayata liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu amala. Good accepted deeds. This is a test for all of us. Allah says we created death and life to see who who amongst you comes with those accepted good deeds. Not tainted and corrupted and impure and insincere. So, out of 70, 50 are taken away for insincerity. Now, he has 20. She has 20. They are plenty for a person to enter paradise. Imam Ghazali rahmatullahi alayhi says. Now, he or she is walking towards paradise. Mhm. Ecstatic, happy. The angels say, "No, wait. Stop. Out of your 20, we're going to take away 19 of your hasanat, good deeds, for your bad akhlaq. For you violating the rights of fellow human beings, we're going to take away 19 out of the 20." Mhm. On the day of judgement, Allah prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam said in the sahih hadith, "A person, a believer, will come with mountains of good deeds. Mhm. And he will be a poor person," said prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam, "because out of those mountains of good deeds, many, many, many will be taken away for his bad akhlaq." Mhm. So, out of the 20, the angels say, "We're going to take away 19 out of your hasanat, good deeds. How many are remaining? Just one. One good deed. Untainted, pure, clean, uncorrupted, sincere. One good deed. Nothing else but one hasanat. One accepted good deed." On this, Imam Ghazali rahmatullahi alaihi quotes the verses of the Quran. In surat al-haqqa, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, "Fa amma man utiya kitabahu bi yaminihi." And when the book of deeds is given in the right hand of the person, mhm, this person with one good deed, one accepted good deed, has been given the book of deeds in his or her right hand. He will say for you all Read my book. Look, read. Read my book. I knew for sure I will meet my account. I will meet my account, the things I did in this world. I knew for sure this is going to happen. Look, it has happened. Here it is, my record, my book of good deeds. Now, he starts walking, she starts walking towards paradise. Allah continues in Suratul Haqqah, the angels say Enter into a peaceful, happy life. Enter into a happy life. Into a lofty paradise. Eat, pluck the fruits at your hands' disposal, lowered bunches of fruits. Eat and drink with ease, with comfort. No worries, no anxieties, no insecurities. Eat, drink for the good things you have done in this life. One hasana. But one accepted good deed. He had 20. 19 were taken away, but one will take him into paradise. Having 20 on the same token, conversely, if he had 20, she had 20, but 21 needs to be taken away. 21 needs to be taken away out of 20. Because on the day of judgement, the currency Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said will be hasanat. Will be accepted good deeds. Not that you come with 100 deeds, 1,000 deeds, a million deeds, they can take away from mine. No, people will take away from the accepted hasanat. The pure. You bring fake money, fake dollar, nobody's going to accept that. She in, you know, not valid. Only the valid currency will be accepted in this world. Similarly, on the day of judgement, only accepted, clean, sincere hasanat, good deeds will be accepted. A person has 20. Now, 21 needs to be taken away. Al yawma la tudhlamu nafsun shay'a. On this day, Allah says, there will be no injustice done on that day. No injustices will be done. This world, respected listeners, the law of the land is made by human beings, and human beings are not perfect. The law is not perfect. The law is not just because the human being is not just. He's a human being. He's weak. He has made the laws. But the laws of Allah subhana wa ta'ala There will be no injustice done on this day, Allah says. 21 needs to be taken away from 20. Will someone give him one hasana or her? No one will give. On the day the man will run away from his wife, from his parents, from his children. Everyone will be heedless of one another on that day, Allah says. A man will run away from his brother, from his parents, children from their parents, from his wife, wife from her husband. You must Allah says you will see all of them around you, but you will run away from each one of them to the point woman feel Jimmy and Allah take all of them. No, Allah take the entire world. Let me go, Allah. Let me go, Allah. Now the angels will say "The verdict has been given. The book of deeds has been given to him to him on the left hand. Nobody's giving him any one good deed." 20 instead of 20 he has 21 bad deeds. He cannot give to anyone. Nobody can take because in on conversely Rasul others bad deeds will be given to him for him violating their rights. That will be a day of burdens that Prophet Muhammad tears rolling down his eyes. Fear Allah and make reconciliation amongst yourselves that says the Quran. Nobody will give respected listeners. Allah protect us. And then Allah describes in the Quran continuing those verses in Imam Ghazali says, "The book of deeds will be given on the left hand to that person and the person will say, When the book of deeds will be given in the left hand, Oh, how I wish the book of deeds was not given to me. Oh, how I wish my account was not taken. Oh, how I wish I had died before this book was given to me. I wish death had overtaken me. All the money and the wealth I had is helping me nothing. All the money and the wealth I had is helping me nothing. All the money and the wealth I had is helping me nothing. All the money and the wealth I had is helping me nothing. All the money and the wealth I had is helping me nothing. All the money and the wealth I had is helping me nothing. All the money and the wealth I had is helping at all. All the power I had is gone. Is gone. The angels will say, Allah continues, "Seize him. Fetter him. Chain him. Arrest him. Seize him. Put an armor on his neck. Throw him into the hellfire. Put him in chains where the length of the chain is 70 ft." Allah protect us, respected listeners. When you read the Quran from the beginning to the end, >> [clears throat] >> the commentators of the Quran say that Allah has put all of us into three levels. You decide which level you are in. Level one Islam fairness. What is Islam? You're being fair. Let me give an example. You have a plate with two pieces of meat. You're hungry. The person you're eating with you is hungry. You eat your piece of meat. He eats his piece of meat. Fair? This is Islam. Next level, the higher level. You're hungry. He's hungry. But you give part of your piece of meat to the other person. This is Iman. This is Ikram. You're honoring the other person. This is Iman. The highest level, the top level on which was Abu Bakr was. What you do in Isar? You give you're hungry. He's hungry. You have one piece of meat, he has one piece of meat, but you give your entire piece of meat to him. This is Ihsan. In the aftermath of the battle of Uhud, when Rasulullah sallallaahu alaihi wasallam found the body of Hamza radiyallahu ta'ala anhu, brutally killed, savagely murdered, mutilated. >> [clears throat] >> Rasulullah sallallaahu alaihi wasallam screamed. His scream could be heard in the houses of Medina. And he said, out of anger and anguish, "In lieu of Hamza, my uncle, I'm going to kill 70 of the enemies. I'm going to kill 70 of them." The Sahaba, the companions, when they saw this reaction, they said, "Oh prophet of Allah, we are also going to kill 70 of them. We will kill 70 of them, too." The prophet of Allah had spoken. The Sahaba had spoken. Now Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala spoke. He revealed the verses in the Quran in the last verse of Surat an-Nahl. "When aqabtum fa aqibu bi mithli ma uqibtum bihi. Wa la in sabartum lahuwa khairun lis-sabireen. Oh prophet of Allah, if you want to take revenge, go ahead, take revenge. Islam, fairness. You want to take revenge? You can, on equal terms. This is fair fairness. This is Islam. Oh prophet of Allah, if you want to go take revenge, go ahead, do it. In a similar way. But however, if you're patient, this is the best course for those who are patient. Wasbir wa ma sabruka illa billah. Wa la tahzan alaihim wa la taku fi dhayqim mimma yamkuroon. Innal laha ma'al ladhina taqaw wal ladhina hum muhsinoon. >> Was beer or prophet of Allah, you are patient because of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you are patient or prophet of Allah. What don't you grieve? Don't you grieve or prophet of Allah neither you should your companion should grieve. What don't be distressed on the planning the planning these people have. Do not be distressed. Surely Allah is with those who fear Allah, who do righteous deeds. Surely Allah is with those who do righteous deeds. Who do righteous deeds. Rasulullah backed away. Was patient but we all say he was a prophet. He was a prophet. How about Abu Bakr Siddiq he was a human being like you and me. He was a regular human being like you and me. When his beloved daughter, the beloved wife of prophet Aisha was slandered. Accused falsely not some regular accusation, accusation slander of adultery and fornication. And one of the chief rumor mongers was his cousin his own cousin nephew Mistha Usasa. Who was poor. Abu Bakr was a rich businessman. He was giving approximately $2,000 every month for his support because he was poor. But when he found out that his own nephew whom he was helping financially is accusing his daughter slandering his daughter he stopped paying the money immediately. Fair? Islam? This is fair? But he was Siddiq. He was Siddiq. The truthful one. When he stopped payments, Allah revealed the verses in the Quran. Oh Abu Bakr, forgive and let it go. Overlook oh Abu Bakr. Pardon pardon oh Abu Bakr. Forgive oh Abu Bakr. Don't you love that Allah forgives you? Don't you love Allah will forgive you? Surely Allah is the most forgiving and merciful. When Abu Bakr realized these verses are being revealed on him, tears rolling down from his eyes. Ya Allah, forgive him ya Allah. I want to be forgiven by you oh Allah. He started immediately paying back the money. He's accusing his daughter of adultery. But he started giving the money back to him. You and I respected listeners, Allah has given us that capability. We underestimate ourselves. Of what potential Allah has given each one of us to forgive our wives. Wives to their husbands, our children, children their parents. To let it go. It's a lesson for all of us. Protect our good deeds. May Allah make us among those in this category of Ihsan respected listeners. We can we can do it. We have the capability. It's the thought of doing it. Somehow we are just at the very bottom level of Islam fairness. We have a lot of capabilities respected listeners. >> Let me give you another example. Summer days, long days, short nights. You go to sleep late night. Now you wake up early in the morning to pray Fajr otherwise you're going to miss your Fajr. You wake up tired, exhausted. But I still I'm going to get up, do wudu, pray Fajr, then go back to sleep. This is fair? This is Islam? But no, you want to go to a higher level because you are capable of doing that. No, I'm going to be on a higher level. Iman, ikram. I'm going to do wudu. I'm tired, exhausted. I'm going to do wudu. I'm going to go to masjid to pray salat al-fajr with jama'ah. Even though I don't like it, I don't feel like it. I'm tired, exhausted. I will push myself. I will go. This is iman. But you can be on a higher level than that. You get up tired, exhausted. Do wudu. Time for Fajr to go to masjid. I'm tired, exhausted. But I love to go to the masjid. I love to go pray salat with jama'ah. This is ihsan. May Allah make us among those respected listeners. We can do it. And this is just an example in many things. Controlling our anger, controlling our tongues. We can go to a very high levels, respected listeners. Forgiving others, tolerating. Putting it in our hearts not to express those grudges. Those revenge words. Those angry words. Take it to the grave, respected listeners. The grave will be happy. Life is very short, respected listeners. Who knows how long are we ready to leave the world, respected listeners, right now? Allah bless you all. This coming to Jumu'ah is preparation for but how much are we prepared? Two weeks ago we buried three bodies of one family in one grave. Mother, daughter, and her son. From Fremont. Many of you must have heard that, if not all of you. Mother Alima, scholar. Subhanallah. She changed her life last few years in Fremont. She made her son Hafiz ul Quran, Hafiz Omar, 13 years old. I would ask the father how is Omar doing whenever he would meet me. I know I know I know them. Father would say, "Oh, he's when he's not with him." It's how is Omar doing? He said, "Oh, he's he's doing good. He goes to his mom and tells your khutbahs all of it to his mom." That was last khutbah he was in Omar bin al-Khattab radiyallahu anhu three weeks ago. Or four weeks ago. Mother Alima driving the car. Daughter Alima Hafiza. She made her Hafiz ul Quran and she became an Alima in in in in this in Masjid ul Huda over there. Son sitting in the backseat. Father taking a break sitting all the way in the back in Honda Odyssey. And the little daughter 8 years old sitting all the way in the back. Walain yu'akhir Allahu nafsan idha jaa ajaluhum. Allah says when the time of death has been written, no one can postpone that moment. No one can postpone that time. People say they died of accident, they did not die of accident. The time was written and they were prepared. This family was well prepared. Allah had written that time, that day, that hour, that minute, that moment, accident happened. The moment was written, accident happened. We say person died of cancer, heart attack, stroke. No. The moment that was written on that day, that time, disease of cancer happened. The stroke happened. The heart attack happened. All of us are going to face this, respected listeners. What is this life? May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us conscious. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala increase in our good deeds. And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us protect our good deeds from bad akhlaq, from insincerity, from protecting our eyes, our tongue. Giving our rights to fellow, smiling at someone is good, but don't be deceived by that. Oh, I smile at everyone. That is part of akhlaq, but akhlaq is giving their due rights. That is akhlaq. Giving the due right of your wife. Wife giving the due right of her husband. And the children. And vice versa, children to the parents. May Allah bless us, respected listeners. May Allah bless us with good akhlaq. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless us with good with good a'mal. And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make our last days the best days of our life. Even though the life is young, this family was a was young. 44-year-old mother driving. But her her last days were the best days. They had done khidma of the jamaat that came from Pakistan, Karachi for whole 1 week in their house for woman. Always in the khidmat of deen. They were prepared. Their last days were the best days. May Allah make our last days the best days of our lives. May Allah give us long life with good health and with good a'mal, good actions. A holy holy Allah astaghfirullah li walakum astaghfirullah al rahim.