What is the reward of excellence. Allah the almighty says: لِّلَّذِینَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِیَادَةٌ وَلَا یَرْهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌ أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِۖ هُمْ فِیهَا خَالِدُونَ (Yunus 26 ) For them who have done good is the best [reward] and extra. No darkness will cover their faces, nor humiliation. Those are companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally The reward is the paradise and then what is the extra: In sahih muslims the prophet muhammad peace and blessings be upon him said:
أخرجه مسلم في صحیحه عن صهیب- رضى الله عنه- أن رسول الله صلى الله علیه وسلم: تلا هذه الآیة ... لِلَّذِینَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنى وَزِیادَةٌ إذا دخل أهل الجنة الجنة، وأهل النار النار، نادى مناد: یا أهل الجنة إن لكم عند الله موعدا. یرید » : وقال أن ینجزكموه فیقولون: ما هو؟ ألم یثقل موازیننا؟ ألم یبیض وجوهنا ویدخلنا الجنة ویزحزحنا عن النار؟ قال: فیكشف لهم الحجاب فینظرون إلیه، فو الله ما أعطاهم الله شیئا أحب إلیهم من النظر إلیه، ولا أقر لأعینهم » Eِxcellence comes with islam Allah says: بَلَى مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلهَِّ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَلَهُ أَجْرُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَیْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ یَحْزَنُونَ (ِAlbaqara 112 ) Yes [on the contrary], whoever submits his face in Islam to Allah while being a doer of good will have his reward with his Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve. In another ayat Allah says: وَمَنْ یُسْلِمْ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى اللهَِّ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى وَإِلَى اللهَِّ عَاقِبَةُ الْأُمُورِ (Luqman 22 ) And whoever submits his face to Allah while he is a doer of good - then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold. And to Allah will be the outcome of [all] matters. What is Excellence? Excellence is desire and act to push yourself for the better. You are not satisfied with what you achieved you want always to improve. You believe you can do it. Even though a lot of people are telling you, what you did is great. It is like one had a grade of 9 and you wants to score 10. To attain excellence you need to spend effort and struggle for it. It is never easy to be excellent but it worth it to do. How to reach this state? عن عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: بَیْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهَِّ صَلَّى اللهَُّ عَلَیْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ یَوْمٍ إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَیْنَا رَجُلٌ)) شَدِیدُ بَیَاضِ الثِّیَابِ شَدِیدُ سَوَادِ الشَّعَرِ لا یُرَى عَلَیْهِ أَثَرُ السَّفَرِ وَلا یَعْرِفُهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهَُّ عَلَیْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَیْهِ إِلَى رُكْبَتَیْهِ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّیْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَیْهِ وَقَالَ: یَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإسْلامِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهَِّ صَلَّى اللهَُّ عَلَیْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: الإسْلامُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللهَُّ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللهَِّ صَلَّى اللهَُّ عَلَیْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَتُقِیمَ الصَّلاةَ وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصُومَ رَمَضَانَ وَتَحُجَّ الْبَیْتَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ إِلَیْهِ سَبِیلاً، قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ، قَالَ: فَعَجِبْنَا لَهُ یَسْأَلُهُ وَیُصَدِّقُهُ، قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإیمَانِ، قَالَ: أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهَِّ وَمَلائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْیَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَیْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ، قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإحْسَانِ، قَالَ: أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللهََّ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ یَرَاكَ، قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ، قَالَ: مَا الْمَسْئُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ، قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَمَارَتِهَا، قَالَ: أَنْ تَلِدَ الأمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ یَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْیَانِ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ فَلَبِثْتُ مَلِیا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: یَا عُمَرُ أَتَدْرِي مَنِ السَّائِلُ؟ قُلْتُ: اللهَُّ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: فَإِنَّهُ جِبْرِیلُ أَتَاكُمْ یُعَلِّمُكُمْ دِینَكُمْ إذا تصورت أن الله یراك هذا یوجب الخشیة، والخوف، والهیبة، والتعظیم، جاء في بعض روایات هذا الحدیث أن تخشى الله كأنك تراه If you imagine that Allah the almighty is looking at you, hearing you, knowing what you are thinking, very close to you this will make you afraid and feared of him SWT. We are asked for excellence in every aspect of our life. Especially, in worshiping Allah, prayer, fasting, zakat, in our work, speech, dealing with people young and old. Dealing with parents, wifes, brothers, and sisters. Now the question is sometimes we work hard to be excellent but we don’t achieve a good result. How then we will be judged Allah? Allah the almighty is the entirely merciful and the especially merciful. His is the just. He SWT he does not reward us based on our results but on our effort and struggle. Look at the prophet Noah peace be upon him he stayed for 950 years conveying the message in all ways to his people. How many did believe of them very very few. In the site of Allah his among the among best 6 messengers of Allah together with Abraham, Moses, Issa, and our prophet. How did he attain this place? By persisting, and trying and trying with his people. Another example: حدثنا قتیبة بن سعید ومحمد بن عبید الغبري جمیعا عن أبي عوانة قال ابن عبید حدثنا أبو عوانة عن قتادة عن زرارة بن أوفى عن سعد بن هشام عن عائشة قالت قال رسول الله صلى الله علیه وسلم الماهر بالقرآن مع السفرة الكرام البررة والذي یقرأ القرآن ویتتعتع فیه وهو علیه شاق له أجران وحدثنا محمد بن المثنى حدثنا ابن أبي عدي عن سعید ح وحدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شیبة حدثنا وكیع عن هشام الدستوائي كلاهما عن قتادة بهذا الإسناد وقال في حدیث وكیع والذي یقرأ وهو یشتد علیه له أجران Second khutbah: How to excel in Ramadan? First think we need to write down what we did in the last ramadan. And plan to do much more. 1. Ramadan is month of Quran. It was revealed in it. How many chapters or times you will complete trying to understand it and seeking guidance? Put and objective? Allocate and reserve time for quran of your day? Don’t give what is remaining of your time. This is not excellence. How many pages or surat will you memorise? 2. Be generous? Give charity? If you have to pay zakat do it on time don’t delay? 3. Do the prayers at night in the mosque? Qiyam ellayl. Don’t say it is late and mosque is far from my house? Remember we have to be excellent and we need to do more than last year. 4. Did you do i'tikaf in the mosque last year? How many days and when? Plan it check your agenda and free sometime from now.
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