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My brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala gave us this beautiful religion of Islam and the best and most to me the best beauty of this of the religion is that it is so easy to follow. It is Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala mentioned our purpose of existence as O maa khalaqtu l-jinnah wa l-insa illa liyaabudu. Allah said I have not created the insaam and the jinn for anything other than my worship. So the purpose of our existence is to worship Allah subhanahu ta’ala. Now Allah subhanahu ta’ala made that so easy that any action that we do with the intention of pleasing Allah even though the action may be something that we need to do we choose to do we find pleasure in doing and so on but if this action is done with the intention of pleasing Allah meaning that it is done in the way that Allah subhanahu ta’ala has commanded it is done according to the orders of Allah then this action itself becomes rewardable it becomes an action of worship an action that is to be rewarded. We have the famous hadith of the Prophet Muhammad where he said if you when you have a relationship physical relationship with your spouses Allah will reward you for it. So the sahibs said Ya Rasulullah we when we do that when we have a physical relationship with our spouses this is something we do for our own pleasure. So will we be rewarded for this? Nabi sadawala sadawala said if you did that in a way which is haram meaning if you did that physical relationship with somebody that you are not supposed to do it with then would you not be punished? They said yes. He said then should you not be rewarded if you do it with the person that Allah has made halal for you? Same thing applies to eating drinking our work everything if it is done in a way which is halal in a way which is permitted by Allah subhanahu ta’ala then it becomes something that we will be rewarded for. Take for example the simple matter of going to the masjid or praying in Jamaat. The hadith of Abu Hurra wa adhya al-anhu Rasulullah said he reported that Nabi sadawala said that when a person makes uduh at home and goes to the masjid for salah Allah subhanahu ta’ala raises his awards him awards him one hasana one good deed for every step he takes and wipes out one sin for every step that he takes and rasulullah said when a person prays in the masjid prays by jamar then the reward of that is more than 20 times more than 20 times the reward of praying on his own right so it is something which is the normal thing which any Muslim will do but Allah subhanahu ta’ala gives us that reward because he is because of as a sign of his great mercy and his generosity. Let me repeat that hadith Abu Hurra wa adhya al-anhu reported that rasulullah said the reward for salah performed by a person in Jamaat in congregation is more than 20 times greater than that of the same salah performed in one house or shop so when he is praying alone in his house or shop the reward of the same salah done in the masjid in congregation is more than 20 times greater. In this hadith Nabi sadawala did not specify how much more than 20 so as much as Allah wishes and then he continued and then he continues when one performs wudu perfectly and then proceeds to the masjid with the sole intention of performing salah then for every step he takes towards the masjid he is upgraded one degree in reward and one of his sins is eliminated until he enters the masjid and when he enters the masjid he is considered as performing salah as long as it is the salah which prevents him from leaving the masjid which means and if he once he enters the masjid he is sitting waiting for the salah to begin he may be reading quran he may be doing dhikr he may be doing nothing just sitting and waiting all of this is considered as being in salah and after the salah he sits there he waits there he makes dhikr he does nothing maybe he listens to a qatir or whatever he does is all considered as ibadah as part of salah and Nabi sadawala continued and he said and the angels the malaika keep on supplicating with Allah for him they keep on making dua to Allah for the person as long as he remains in his place of prayer so as long as he remains in the masjid and he is in the salah allow the malaika continue to make dua for him they say oh Allah have mercy on him oh Allah forgive his sins oh Allah accept his repentance so this is the dua of the angels malaika for the individual for you and me oh Allah have mercy on him oh Allah forgive his sins oh Allah accept his repentance accept his tauba and Nabi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said this will continue as long as the man has or the woman has buddhu and this is a hadith in uh bukhari and muslim mutafaqun ali it’s a authentic hadith agreed upon now think about it just alhamdulillah many of us may Allah bless all those who do it we pray in the masjid we go every day think about this do it with the consciousness do it with the awareness that you’re doing something which is the result which is the the benefit of it is so high that it’s not just something to be done yeah well i know i have time to go i should go no no no it do it with great eagerness with this consciousness that Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala is giving me one hasana for every step i am taking Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala is wiping out one of my sins for every step i’m taking so do that try to some of the sahaba used to stay deliberately a little bit further away from masjid and nabi sharif instead of coming close because they said we will the longer we walk the more steps we have and Allah will give me that many more rewards now today is my interpretation may Allah make it true that if you are driving to the masjid then every then every turn of your wheel of the car is equal to one step so inshallah if you’re driving from a longer distance you know inshallah as i said this is my interpretation i ask Allah to make it true may Allah give you one reward one hasana for every turn of the of your car’s wheel wipe out one sin for every turn of your car’s wheel now add to this from your side from my side what we should do is when we are walking to the masjid or going to the masjid don’t indulge in useless talk and don’t listen to the radio and all that make dhikr make dhikr make istighfar for example astaghfirullah illaadi la ilaha illa huwa alhi yu’l khayyum wa atubu ilayk or send salatan salaman rasoola salam allahumma salli ala sayyidina muhammad wa ala ali muhammad kama salli ta’ala ibrahim wa ala ali ibrahim wa innaka hamidun majid allahumma barika ala muhammad wa ala ali muhammad kama barik ta’ala ibrahim wa ala ali ibrahim innaka hamidun majid don’t get engrossed in how many numbers and how many times forget all that there’s no need to count allah said yes make dhikr of allah standing sitting and lying down right dhikr allah people who make lot of dhikr of allah so keep on making dhikr don’t get don’t get involved in counting and you know with with the some you must have or thus be in your hand and you know all your worry beats forget all that he just make continuously make dhikr continuously make istighfar so now what is happening is the good deeds are being multiplied so you’re getting a good deed just by doing nothing just by walking to the masjid just by driving to the masjid you’re getting good deeds now you you are multiplying those right with your effort you’re multiplying those by with your effort by making dhikr then think about this rasoolah said when a person makes dhikr he said subhanallah once he says alhamdulillah once he said la ilaha illallah allahu akbar allah subhanallah accepts his duas if a person says subhanallah once allah subhanallah plants for him a tree in jannah so keep track of your of your orchards keep track of your gardens in the jannah right okay so one last one last one or three trees got planted alhamdulillah one more tree got planted so this way keep track of also the uh not keep track i mean keep enhancing the good deeds by multiplying them by adding to them by making dhikr of allah so the good deed itself is walking to the masjid diving to the masjid and you’re adding to that by alhamdulillah making dhikr of allah subhanallah not spending time in useless chit chatting and this or that i ask allah subhanallah to help us to open our hearts to his dhikr to give us the shock the love of going to the masjid the love of sitting in the dhikr of allah to love of sitting in the majlis of the dhikr of allah love of listening to the greatness and glory of allah love of describing the greatness and glory of allah ask allah to tell us to keep us engrossed in his dhikr and to take us in that state when we are in his dhikr
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