The Day of Regret - Dr Ahsan Hanif

BD mam it is reported in that our Prophet sallam said that when Allah has decreed that all of the people of Jenna will have entered into Jenna and all of the people of the hire will have entered into the how fire Allah will order that death should be brought forth in between the two between paradise and hfire and it will be brought forth in the shape of a ram in the form of a ram and then a caller will call out and he will say to the people of Jenna oh people of do you know

what this is they will look at this RAM and they will see it and they will recognize it for what it is and they will say yes we know what it is it is death and then that same caller will call out and he will say oh people of the fire do you know what this is they too will stop and they will look at this RAM and they will recognize it for what it is and they will say yes it is death then Allah will order that it be slaughtered and so that Ram that

signifies death will be slaughtered and then it will be said oh people of J there is for you eternity and no death and all people of the fire there is for you eternity and no death this Hadith of our Prophet sallallah wasallam shows us the significance of that day and it brings to our attention that is not just any day it's not just a phase that you'll pass through or a stage that you'll go through and there will be no ramifications to it Allah in the Quran gives many many names and it's one of those

names that I want to focus upon today and that name that Allah gives in the Quran to one of its names is the day of regret often in our lives we have regrets and remorses there's not a single person sitting here doesn't matter how old how young how rich how poor how educated or uneducated male or female everyone has remorses and regrets remorses and regrets for things that you've done in the past or opportunities that you've missed perhaps the course that you took at University the car or the house that you brought or perhaps even

the way that you've treated those people around you we have regrets and remorses not a single person except that he has some of those regrets sitting here right now but in the dun we're able to overcome those regrets to one extent or another if you did something to someone you can go back and apologize to them you can make it right even if that person has passed away you can give charity on their behalf if it's a close loved one that's passed away you can go and make Hajj on their behalf there are things that

you can do and at the very least you can return to Allah and make Toba there are ways to overcome these type of regrets and remorses but Allah in the Quran when he calls the day of regret the day of remorse is because that remorse and that regret on is far different to anything that you feel in this life there is no way for you to overcome that regret on those missed opportunities those things that you shouldn't have done that you did or that you should have done that you didn't do there is no way

to overcome that on Allah says in the Quran and warn them of the day of regret when the people will be in a state of heedlessness forgetfulness negligence and they will be and the Order of Allah will have been established and they were not Believers that is the true day of regret if on the day of you realiz that you didn't achieve the pleasure of Allah you didn't achieve the forgiveness and the mercy of Allah you didn't achieve Jenna through your actions and your deeds and you realize on that day that instead you incurred the

wrath of Allah and the anger of Allah and the curse of Allah and that your Abode will be the hfire that is the true regret and when we look in the Quran and we look in the Sunnah of our Prophet sallallah wasam the regrets that people will face un are mentioned and they're highlighted in different ways and different forms and it is those regrets that I want to focus on today because it is from the traps of Shan and what shatan does to deceive us and L us into this false sense of security that we're

often preoccupied with the Dunya and we're worried about the regrets that we have and perhaps some of them are serious in the dun as well but we often forget the bigger picture we often lose perspective focus of what really matters and that is the regrets that you will face on all of us alhamd still have the opportunity to put right those regrets before we Face them so how are they mentioned in the Quran and the Sunnah it is mentioned in a number of contexts one of them is the regrets that a person will face for

not having obeyed Allah for not having worshiped Allah for not having come closer to allel through the good deeds that they should have performed on that day people will regret the opportunities that they wasted where instead of coming to the Masjid for example and praying and worshiping Allah or attending a conference or a program they wasted their time sitting at home in front of a TV or they went and they did something else that didn't bring them any benefit that is a regret that people will have on Allah says inah in the Quran that people

will face this regret on and they will say that some people will say on that day woe to us how we we were neglectful of worshiping Allah woe to us how we were neglectful of worshiping Allah and instead we would mock others and some people will show remorse and they will say if only Allah had guided us we would have been from the pious or they will say showing regret and remorse when they see the punishment of Allah that if only we had the ability to go back to the dya and we would be from

the good doers on that day that regret will have no benefit that remorse that a person shows will have no benefit now is the time for that action not on it will be too late by then the prophet sallam passed by a grave with a number of his companions and he said to those companions who is the companion of this grave who is the person in this grave so they mentioned it to him they mentioned to him the person that was buried there so the prophet sallallah alai wasallam said by Allah for him to come

back to the dya and just pray two raas is more beloved than everything else that is contained here in everything in the Dunya all of its Bey all of its wealth all of its beautifications everything that we have its adornments all of them to pray two raas is more beloved to him than to receive all of that but then it will be too late that person won't be able to come back they won't be able to come and even say a single statement let alone play Pray two raas but that is the regret and remorse

that a person will feel and from the regret and the remorses that are mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah that a person will feel on is that a person does good deeds and perhaps they worship Allah or they do righteous Deeds but then because of their own actions those deeds are nullified and they become void a person does a good deed but because within that deed they're showing off are not really sincere in their worship to Allah that deed is nullif pride and void perhaps a person does a good deed but because of the arrogance

and the pride that they display within that deed it is rendered null and void perhaps another person does a favor to someone gives them some money gives them some charity but then because of the way they treat that individual Allah takes away all of the reward of that good deed that will be a a means of remorse because it's not just about performing Good Deeds but it is about preserving those good deeds as well and that's why Allah mentions in the Quran on the day of judgment it will become clear for them the evil of

that which they used to earn it will become clear for them the evil of that which they used to do and so from the traps of Shan is that even when a person performs a good deed they worship Allah they try to come closer to Allah he tries to nullify that deed and that's why the prophet sallallah alai wasam said about the prayer that perhaps a person will pray and they will only receive half of their prayer and reward meaning because it was only half that they were attentive in in the other half perhaps they

were showing off perhaps they were absent minded perhaps they were heedless in their prayer and so that prayer doesn't benefit them they don't receive the rewards and the fruits of that prayer and they won't receive the reward of it on either that is a regret remorse that people will have on from the regrets and remorses that people will have is how they will neglected their family in terms of the rights and responsibilities that were due upon them the regrets that they will have for their children that on if they didn't give them the righteous they

didn't teach them in the proper way about their religion they become misguided and some of their hus and responsibility will fall upon the parents the mother and father for being neglectful in their duties Allah says in the Quran say to them that on that day there will be losers on the day of judgment those who will lose themselves and they will lose their families indeed that is the greatest type of loss that will be a source of regret and remorse because even the people who are close to you your own parents your own spouses your

own children the people who in this Dunya would sacrifice life and limb and wealth for your sake on they will become your enemies as well they too will want to exact Revenge from you they too will want to only save their own skins won't care about that relationship that they had with you doesn't bother them how close you were to them how much good you may have done unless they had IM and tawa rather they will want to come and free themselves from you and so on that day a person will regret being placed in

that situation that their own family members the people closest to them will turn to be their own enemies they will be the ones who will demand Revenge from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala they will want your good deeds and they will want you to take their evil Deeds that will be a source of great regret on from the sources of regret and remorse on is that a person in this life surrounds themselves with bad companionship friends who shouldn't really be kept close to you people who don't have a positive influence over you they don't bring you

back to Allah don't remind you about Allah don't bring you closer to Allah a person on they will have regret because of the companionship that they kept Allah says in the Quran in on that day on when a person will chew and bite down on their own hands and they will say woe to me if only I had taken the path of the messenger woe to me if only I hadn't taken so and so as my close friend indeed he misguided me after the remembrance of Allah came to me that will be a source of

regret and that's something to ponder over now the companionship that you keep the acquaintances that you have those people that are close to you that you surround yourselves with do they bring you closer to Allah or do they drive you further away from Allah and if it is the latter and not the former then that will become a source of regret for you and the closest of friends they will turn into enemies one to another except for the people of tawa except for the pious those people who in this Dunya would remind one another for

the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you need Companions and friends in the dun who when there's a conference going on or there's a lecture or something that will boost your IM they will encourage you to attend you need friends in this dun who will come and they will bring you to the Masjid who remind you of Allah who when you're going through difficult times they will bring you closer to Allah those are the types of friendships that you need and those are the types of friendships that will last even on from the sources of

regret on is that a person doesn't study their religion doesn't know anything about what they're doing but instead they blind followers they follow anyone in everyone that screams and shouts the loudest they don't know themselves they have no Foundation no they don't know the basics of their religion don't know the Halal from theam don't know what is Sunnah from what is B rather they just follow whoever just comes along that will be a source of regret on if those people that you follow Lead You Away From the Path of Allah they misguide you but only

do you notice their misguidance that will be a source of regret as Allah mentions in the Quran those people who oppress themselves they will see on they will see that Allah is the one who has all power when they see his punishment and they will realize that Allah is severe in his torment when those people who used to follow will be freed of from those that they would follow the people people that they would follow they will free themselves from their own followers and then they will be taken to the punishment of Allah and all

means will be cut off from them they won't have any chance any recompense any Source or recourse to go back to Allah they won't have any excuse in front of Allah but because of that they will be punished by Allah subhanahu wa taala and so therefore every single person will be their own lawyer they will have to speak in front of Allah and justify their own actions it won't be sufficient for a person to say that I just followed so and so without really knowing myself I didn't bother to research didn't know what you wanted

from me oh Allah rather I just followed so and so and so and so that was sufficient for me Allah revealed the Quran and he gave us the Sunnah of the Prophet s. wasam to each and every single one of us not just to the elite not just to the scholars not not just to the people of knowledge to every single person sitting here and so therefore it is also the responsibility of every single person to learn as much as they can about that Quran and Sunnah from the sources of regret and remorse and is

that a person on that day will have regret and remorse for not following the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam for worshiping Allah in a way other than that which was dictated and ordained by the prophet sallallahu Al wasam for committing Innovations and so on and so forth Allah says in the Quran in say shall we not inform you of the people who will suffer the greatest of loss on those who were misguided from the path in the dun but they thought to themselves that all they were doing was good that is the greatest

form of loss that a person spends 20 30 40 50 years in the dun worshiping Allah thinking that they're coming close to Allah thinking that they're following the Quran and the Sunnah but because of their ignorance because of their lack of knowledge because they follow those people that they shouldn't have been following they will realize that Allah will render it all null and void no benefit no reward and all of it even though they thought that they were doing good all of it will be taken away from them those people will experience a great loss

and that's why the prophet sallallah informed us that on when those people come towards his pond his on those people from this umah who Chang this religion change the rulings of this religion they will be dragged away and taken away by the angels and the prophet sallallah wasam after trying to defend them once he learns the sins that they committed and the errors that they made that he himself sallallah alai wasallam will free himself from them and he will say take them away from me those people who changed my religion after after I came and

so that will also be a source of great remorse and regret on so my dear brothers and sisters in Islam the regrets and remorses that we have in this D are only a small part of what we will feel on and from the the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa taala is that he has already outlined all of this for us in the Quran and in the Sunnah of the Prophet sallam so that we can Rectify ourselves so we can know where we're falling short and we know what we need to do in order to fulfill

those shortcomings ald the greatest remorse that a person will feel on are those people who will enter into the hire for eternity and they will see that death has been sacrificed in front of them so that there is no hope for them that they can escape from the punishment and the torment of Allah and Allah subhanahu wa taala mentions a discourse that will take place between the people of Jenna once they have entered into Jenna and the people of the fire once they have entered into the fire and that is that the people of Jenna

will call out to the people of the fire and they will say as Allah mentions in that we have found in J the promise of Allah to be true that which Allah promised us for following his religion for having in him for following the way of the prophet sallallah Al wasam for believing and trusting and hoping in him we have found all of the promises that Allah made to us they have come true in so have you too have you also found that the promises that Allah made to you have also come true and they

will say they will say yes so a caller will call out between them that the of Allah is upon the oppressors that will be a source of great remorse and regret when people realize those people who perhaps in the dun thought that there is no such thing as those people who perhaps in the dun didn't even believe in a God those people who perhaps in the duny chose a path other than the path of our Prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam where they enter how fire for eternity that remorse will come to them and that reality will

Dawn upon them that they are here in the how fire for all of eternity and then to expand upon their regret and remorse and to compound it Allah also mentions that every time they seek some type of salus some type of of of of retreat from the punishment of Allah it will be denied to them and so the people of the hire will call out to the people of Jenna and they will say give us something from the water that Allah has provided for you or something else that Allah has given to you give us

something from it and the people of Jenna will reply indeed Allah has made it haram upon the disbelievers so even that type of recourse that type of retreat from the punishment of Allah it will not be given to them and then Allah will F further compound their remorse and their regret and he will make it even worse when they will want once they know that they can have nothing from the from the from the blessings of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala they will seek themselves that Allah should destroy them they themselves will want demise and destruction

and so they will call out to Malik who is the gatekeeper of the hire and they will say oh let your lord destroy us let let him just destroy us so that so that we don't have to face this punishment and he will reply and he will say rather you will remain here for eternity and then to even increase further again the remorse and the regret that those people will feel they will try as their last recourse to call out to Allah subhanahu wa taala after all of the different intermediaries and all of the different

intercessors have closed the doors in their faces they will turn back to Allah and they will to call on Allah and they will say or our Lord take us out from this fire return us to the and then if again we deserve to be entered into the fire then surely we will be oppressors they will seek another chance a second chance let us go back to the D of Allah and show you what we can do how we can be righteous how we can worship you how we will have ta and IM in you but

Allah will reply to them and he will say you will remain therein in a humiliated way and never again speak and so every single door will be closed to them and it will not be be made prohibited for them to speak again to Allah subhanahu wa so that will be the greatest of remorses on my dear brothers and sisters in Islam Allah has given everyone the opportunity that we should go back that we should act in this dya before we come to that stage where we may experience some of those regrets and remorses when one

of us does something here in this life whether it is to someone else that we love someone close to us we make a decision that we regret we do everything within our power to write that wrong so that we don't feel that sense of regret and remorse and often we say that if we could turn back the clock and go back in time we would change the decisions that we would make Allah has already given us a glimpse of the future he has has given us some of the knowledge of the Unseen some of the

events that will occur on so that there is an opportunity for us to act in this dun before we even reach that stage I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with his most beautiful names and his most lofty attributes that he gives us all the ability to act in ways that please him subhanahu wa taala and that Allah grants us his pleasure and his forgiveness and mercy on and that he doesn't make us from amongst those people who will experience regret and remorse that [Music] day for for for allahar allb muham allahar [Music] straighten your rolls

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