What Deed Did You Leave?

We are going to leave. We are gonna leave our friends, our family, our money, we are going to leave our cars, our houses, we are going to leave our prestigious titles & positions, we are going to leave everything, our clothes. Did I mention our clothes? We are gonna leave our clothes. And what's gonna happen, our clothes will be either thrown in the garbage or folded & given to a poor person or to other family members. We are gonna leave everything and we are gonna take with us something SubahaanAllah. When you are being walked to your grave after you die of course, your family will be walking you towards the grave and you will hear their footsteps while you are inside the grave. And you will hear them walking away as well. But what comes with your family? Your deeds! Your deeds come with your family. Your deeds stay. Your family walks away. Your deeds stay, and if they were good, then you see good in the akhira (hereafter) right there on the spot. All you see is something good. But if they were bad, then all you will see is something bad, of course. So the point that I mentioned this right here is that, it's what you left before you left. It's what you leave in this Dunyah (world) before you leave this Dunya, before you walk out of this Dunyah. What did you leave? What are you going to leave? What do you plan to leave? What did you leave? These are the questions that have to rise upon us. 

Now, you can ask yourself this question, what do I do during the day, do I fast, do I give Sadaqah, do I feed the poor people, do I visit the sick people, do I visit family & relatives, do I do these things. Or do I not pray, do I drink alcohol, do I lie, do I cheat, do I steal, do I do these things. What do I do during the night? Do I go to the masjid, Do I pray salat-ul isha in the masjid, or instead do I go to the night club & party with my friends. 

These are the questions that have to rise that you can know where you are gonna go after you go and what you will leave before you leave. Where are you gonna go after you go and what you will leave before you leave. Because it's what you left before you left.

  - by Ustadh Rayan Arab