Path to Eternal Happiness - Part 1
All praise belongs to Allah, Sustainer of the worlds, and blessings and peace be upon Muhammad [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam], the Crown of all Prophets.
Allah says in the Qur’an that ‘Whosoever obeys Allah and His Rasul (Messenger) has indeed attained a great success’. (33:71) In other words, real success of man in this life and the Aakhirah (Hereafter) lies only in the obedience to the orders of Allah and in practically emulating the Sunnah of Nabi Muhammad r in every aspect of |
life. Every Muslim knows this, but the urge to practise our Deen will come within us only when we have developed proper yaqeen (conviction) in the promises of Allah and His Rasul r. As Muslims, our first priority should therefore be to individually and collectively make every effort to increase our yaqeen to the required level.
THE MISWAAK (tooth stick):
If I had not found it hard for my Ummah (followers), I would have ordered them to clean their teeth with miswaak for every salaah. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
GOING TO THE MUSJID (Mosque):
The person going to the musjid during the day or night, Allah prepares for him a special form of hospitality (in Jannah) for each time he goes to the musjid during the day or night. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
FIVE TIMES SALAAH DAILY:
Whenever it is time for the Fard salaah, and any Muslim carefully performs wudhu (ablution) for it and discharges it with proper concentration and a proper ruku’, then this becomes an atonement for his past sins as long as he does not commit any major sins. And this is for all the times (of salaah). (Sahih Bukhaari)
FAJR AND ASR SALAAH:
Whoever performs the two cool salaahs (Fajr and Asr) shall enter Jannah. (Sahih Bukhaari)
THE JUMU’AH (Friday) SALAAH:
Whoever (after) performing wudhu properly proceeds for Jumu’ah salaah and listens attentively and silently (to the khutbah), will be forgiven for his sins committed between this Jumu’ah and the next, and for three additional days. (Sahih Muslim)
THE MOMENT OF ACCEPTANCE OF DU’A ON A FRIDAY:
(On the day of Jumu’ah) there is a moment which, if a Muslim servant of Allah finds it while standing in salaah and begging something from Allah, He will surely grant it to him. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
THE SUNNAH SALAAH AFTER THE FARD SALAAH:
Besides the Fard salaah, whoever performs twelve optional raka’aat daily for the pleasure of Allah Ta’ala, Allah will build a home for him in Jannah. (Sahih Muslim)
TWO RAKA’AAT SALAATUT TAUBAH AFTER COMMITTING SIN:
Whichever Muslim, after committing a sin, performs wudhu properly and thereafter stands up to perform two raka’aat of Salaatut Taubah and then seeks Allah’s forgiveness, Allah certainly forgives him. (Abu Daawood)
TAHAJJUD SALAAH:
The most virtuous salaah after the Fard salaah is the Night salaah (Tahajjud). (Sahih Muslim)
DHUHAA (Chaasht) SALAAH:
When anyone of you awakens in the morning, you must give sadaqah (charity) for every joint (of your body). So, every tasbih is sadaqah and every tahmeed is sadaqah and and every tahleel is sadaqah and every takbeer is sadaqah and to enjoin a good action is sadaqah and forbidding an evil action is sadaqah. And equal to all of this collectively is (the reward) a person gains from performing two raka’aat at the time of Dhuhaa (Chaasht). (Sahih Muslim)
VIRTUE OF SALAWAAT ‘ALAN NABI (Durood Shareef):
Whoever sends salutations to me once, Allah will send upon him ten mercies. (Sahih Muslim)
FASTING (SAUM):
Whoever keeps fast for one day while out in the path of Allah, Allah will (certainly) keep him from the fire of Jahannam a distance of seventy years in place of that one day. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
FASTING FOR THREE DAYS IN EVERY MONTH:
Fasting for three days in every month is (like) fasting the whole year. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
THE FAST OF RAMADAAN:
Whoever fasts during the month of Ramadaan out of Imaan (sincere faith) and hoping to attain reward (from Allah), all his past sins will be forgiven. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
THE SIX (6) FASTS OF SHAWWAAL:
Whoever fasts in Ramadaan and then follows it with six fasts of Shawwaal is as if he has fasted the whole year. (Sahih Muslim)
FASTING ON THE DAY OF ARAFAH (9th Zul Hijjah):
Fasting on the Day of Arafah wipes out the sins of the past and remaining year. (Sahih
Muslim)
THE FAST OF THE DAY OF AASHURA (10th Muharram):
And the fast of the Day of Aashura, I have sincere hope in Allah that it will atone for the previous year’s sins. (Sahih Muslim)
FEEDING A FASTING PERSON:
Whoever feeds a fasting person (at Iftaar) earns the reward equal to his, without the reward of the fasting one diminishing in the least. (Tirmizi)
STAYING AWAKE IN IBAADAH ON LAYLATUL QADR (The Night of Power):
Whoever stays awake on Laylatul Qadr out of sincere faith and seeking reward (from Allah) will be forgiven of his past sins. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
SADAQAH (Charity):
Sadaqah (the giving of charity) wipes out sin just as water extinguishes fire. (Tirmizi)
HAJ AND UMRAH:
One Umrah after another expiates the sins committed between the two (Umrahs) and a mabroor (righteous) Haj has no reward except Jannah. (Sahih Muslim)
GOOD DEEDS DURING THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF ZUL HIJJAH:
On no days are good deeds more beloved by Allah than these (i.e. the 1st ten days of Zul Hijjah). The Sahaabah [radhiallaahu anhu] asked, ‘And not even Jihaad (striving) in the Path of Allah?’ Rasulullah r replied, ‘And not even Jihaad in the Path of Allah except (in the case of) a man who sets out (in Allah’s Path) with his life and wealth but does not return with any of these. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
STRIVING IN THE PATH OF ALLAH:
To stay on guard for one day in the path of Allah is better than this world and whatever is upon it, and a place in Jannah as small as that occupied by the whip of one of you is better than this world and whatever is upon it, and a morning’s or an evening’s journey which a person travels in the path of Allah is better than the world and whatever is upon it. (Sahih Bukhaari)
SPENDING IN THE PATH OF ALLAH:
Whoever prepares a Ghaazi (person striving in Allah’s path) gains a reward equal to that of the Ghaazi and whoever takes proper care of the family of a Ghaazi gains a reward similar to that of the Ghaazi. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
Read part 2: Path to Eternal Happines
THE MISWAAK (tooth stick):
If I had not found it hard for my Ummah (followers), I would have ordered them to clean their teeth with miswaak for every salaah. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
GOING TO THE MUSJID (Mosque):
The person going to the musjid during the day or night, Allah prepares for him a special form of hospitality (in Jannah) for each time he goes to the musjid during the day or night. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
FIVE TIMES SALAAH DAILY:
Whenever it is time for the Fard salaah, and any Muslim carefully performs wudhu (ablution) for it and discharges it with proper concentration and a proper ruku’, then this becomes an atonement for his past sins as long as he does not commit any major sins. And this is for all the times (of salaah). (Sahih Bukhaari)
FAJR AND ASR SALAAH:
Whoever performs the two cool salaahs (Fajr and Asr) shall enter Jannah. (Sahih Bukhaari)
THE JUMU’AH (Friday) SALAAH:
Whoever (after) performing wudhu properly proceeds for Jumu’ah salaah and listens attentively and silently (to the khutbah), will be forgiven for his sins committed between this Jumu’ah and the next, and for three additional days. (Sahih Muslim)
THE MOMENT OF ACCEPTANCE OF DU’A ON A FRIDAY:
(On the day of Jumu’ah) there is a moment which, if a Muslim servant of Allah finds it while standing in salaah and begging something from Allah, He will surely grant it to him. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
THE SUNNAH SALAAH AFTER THE FARD SALAAH:
Besides the Fard salaah, whoever performs twelve optional raka’aat daily for the pleasure of Allah Ta’ala, Allah will build a home for him in Jannah. (Sahih Muslim)
TWO RAKA’AAT SALAATUT TAUBAH AFTER COMMITTING SIN:
Whichever Muslim, after committing a sin, performs wudhu properly and thereafter stands up to perform two raka’aat of Salaatut Taubah and then seeks Allah’s forgiveness, Allah certainly forgives him. (Abu Daawood)
TAHAJJUD SALAAH:
The most virtuous salaah after the Fard salaah is the Night salaah (Tahajjud). (Sahih Muslim)
DHUHAA (Chaasht) SALAAH:
When anyone of you awakens in the morning, you must give sadaqah (charity) for every joint (of your body). So, every tasbih is sadaqah and every tahmeed is sadaqah and and every tahleel is sadaqah and every takbeer is sadaqah and to enjoin a good action is sadaqah and forbidding an evil action is sadaqah. And equal to all of this collectively is (the reward) a person gains from performing two raka’aat at the time of Dhuhaa (Chaasht). (Sahih Muslim)
VIRTUE OF SALAWAAT ‘ALAN NABI (Durood Shareef):
Whoever sends salutations to me once, Allah will send upon him ten mercies. (Sahih Muslim)
FASTING (SAUM):
Whoever keeps fast for one day while out in the path of Allah, Allah will (certainly) keep him from the fire of Jahannam a distance of seventy years in place of that one day. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
FASTING FOR THREE DAYS IN EVERY MONTH:
Fasting for three days in every month is (like) fasting the whole year. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
THE FAST OF RAMADAAN:
Whoever fasts during the month of Ramadaan out of Imaan (sincere faith) and hoping to attain reward (from Allah), all his past sins will be forgiven. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
THE SIX (6) FASTS OF SHAWWAAL:
Whoever fasts in Ramadaan and then follows it with six fasts of Shawwaal is as if he has fasted the whole year. (Sahih Muslim)
FASTING ON THE DAY OF ARAFAH (9th Zul Hijjah):
Fasting on the Day of Arafah wipes out the sins of the past and remaining year. (Sahih
Muslim)
THE FAST OF THE DAY OF AASHURA (10th Muharram):
And the fast of the Day of Aashura, I have sincere hope in Allah that it will atone for the previous year’s sins. (Sahih Muslim)
FEEDING A FASTING PERSON:
Whoever feeds a fasting person (at Iftaar) earns the reward equal to his, without the reward of the fasting one diminishing in the least. (Tirmizi)
STAYING AWAKE IN IBAADAH ON LAYLATUL QADR (The Night of Power):
Whoever stays awake on Laylatul Qadr out of sincere faith and seeking reward (from Allah) will be forgiven of his past sins. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
SADAQAH (Charity):
Sadaqah (the giving of charity) wipes out sin just as water extinguishes fire. (Tirmizi)
HAJ AND UMRAH:
One Umrah after another expiates the sins committed between the two (Umrahs) and a mabroor (righteous) Haj has no reward except Jannah. (Sahih Muslim)
GOOD DEEDS DURING THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF ZUL HIJJAH:
On no days are good deeds more beloved by Allah than these (i.e. the 1st ten days of Zul Hijjah). The Sahaabah [radhiallaahu anhu] asked, ‘And not even Jihaad (striving) in the Path of Allah?’ Rasulullah r replied, ‘And not even Jihaad in the Path of Allah except (in the case of) a man who sets out (in Allah’s Path) with his life and wealth but does not return with any of these. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
STRIVING IN THE PATH OF ALLAH:
To stay on guard for one day in the path of Allah is better than this world and whatever is upon it, and a place in Jannah as small as that occupied by the whip of one of you is better than this world and whatever is upon it, and a morning’s or an evening’s journey which a person travels in the path of Allah is better than the world and whatever is upon it. (Sahih Bukhaari)
SPENDING IN THE PATH OF ALLAH:
Whoever prepares a Ghaazi (person striving in Allah’s path) gains a reward equal to that of the Ghaazi and whoever takes proper care of the family of a Ghaazi gains a reward similar to that of the Ghaazi. (Bukhaari and Muslim)
Read part 2: Path to Eternal Happines