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The Importance of Awareness

Allah says in the Qur'an:

Say: "I do admonish you on one point: that ye do stand up before Allah–(it may be) in pairs, or (it may be) singly, and reflect (within yourselves): your Companion is not possessed: he is no less than a Warner to you in face of a terrible Penalty." (34:46)

1. To awaken from our negligence.
2. When we realize the blessings Allah bestowed upon us, then we would awaken and then realize how bad we are in our Ibadah.

The Punishment for Sin is lifted from a person by means of:

1. Before Death: Repentance, disasters, calamities, etc effaces the sins.
   1. Repentance
   2.  Actively seeking forgiveness.
   3. Good deeds that erase the bad deeds.
      Allah says in the Qur'an:
      "And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the approaches of the night: for those things that are good remove those that are evil: be that the word of remembrance to those who remember (their Lord)" (11:114)
   4. Hardships/Calamities that we go through erase sins.
      Prophet Mohammed (SAW) said: "No calamity befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it, even though it were the prick he receives from a thorn." (Bukhari)
2. After Death:
   1. Janazah Prayer
      'A'isha reported Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying: "If a company of Muslims numbering one hundred pray over a dead person, all of them interceding for him, their intercession for him will be accepted." (Muslim)
   2. Barzakh (the period after death till the day of resurrection)
      Ibn Taymiyyah said: "Whatever befalls the believer in this world, in al-barzakh of pain which is a torment, Allah will cause to expiate for his sins."
      The trials of the grace, the squeezing of the grace, etc will erase our sins. The Bitter Reality.
   3. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When a person dies, all his deeds come to an end except three: sadaqah jaariyah (ongoing charity, e.g. a waqf or endowment), beneficial knowledge (which he has left behind), or a righteous child who will pray for him." (Al-Tirmidhi)
      The Prophet Mohammed (SAW) said: “ A man will be raised some degrees in paradise and he will say, ‘ for what reason I am receiving this?’ He will be told, ‘because of your son asking forgiveness for you.” (Bukhari)
   4. Day of Resurrection: Day equivalent to 50,000 years
      1. Difficulty on the day of judgment.
      2. Pain – sun on the top of the head
      3. Allah's forgiveness.
      4. Intercession – Prophet (saw), Qur'an
   5. Cleansing in the Hell Fire: The sins are erased and purified after being thrown into the Hell-Fire.

Which group are we striving to be from?
What are my actions telling me?

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