![Photo: Allah will say, "This is the Day when the truthful will benefit from their truthfulness." For them are gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allah being pleased with them, and they with Him. That is the great attainment." (5:119)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tusPHaUFcaOoCHrw7l3n8lO6SrYnwA9XNEVxfKPk_W2w0czeG29tITSVmzRz-an65chkedoVYF472vdWLhadkSR2MQiy8_3PoVb1uTmTfrJyVpdON8EPBk2GwjiJQIcvcgk-NRPRef53obgrcl4UhqO_IO0_62rNbx159rvci8Zq6FxH9Imrm9XJMomg=s0-d)
Longest Necks
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “The Muadh-dhins will have the longest necks of all the people on the Day of Resurrection.” [Muslim]
Among those whose virtue will be made manifest on the Day of Resurrection will be the Muadh-dhins (those who call the Adhaan). A long neck is a sign of beauty. Thus, the most proportionately long and beautiful necks will be of the Muadh-dhins because of their having conveyed to people with their voices the declaration of Tawheed and the call to prayer.
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “The Muadh-dhins will have the longest necks of all the people on the Day of Resurrection.” [Muslim]
Among those whose virtue will be made manifest on the Day of Resurrection will be the Muadh-dhins (those who call the Adhaan). A long neck is a sign of beauty. Thus, the most proportionately long and beautiful necks will be of the Muadh-dhins because of their having conveyed to people with their voices the declaration of Tawheed and the call to prayer.
![Photo: Longest Necks
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “The Muadh-dhins will have the longest necks of all the people on the Day of Resurrection.” [Muslim]
Among those whose virtue will be made manifest on the Day of Resurrection will be the Muadh-dhins (those who call the Adhaan). A long neck is a sign of beauty. Thus, the most proportionately long and beautiful necks will be of the Muadh-dhins because of their having conveyed to people with their voices the declaration of Tawheed and the call to prayer.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sir3bAlBaSPjrrgMSqfUXThvAScSdOSZmPCTAeABmxEaWBk8mwmLLC9W8M3rOB2ymspxGJxrTRbq5tNzxRsZr-x38Br41Wa16iAT3bhvXh_d3TwcHZ6euE2YmEUatgi6YG_Cz1K6Ul7Zyhmco8sUImt0ooGyEwtZq5wAYTYWAubVR-nWgtpWkzHssr7w=s0-d)
![Photo: Like Lightning or Crawling
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said about crossing over the Siraat (bridge over Hell): “The first of you will cross it like lightning.” Abu Hurayrah (radi Allahu anhu) asked: “May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you! How can it be like lightning?” He (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Have you not seen lightning, how it goes and comes back in the blinking of an eye? Then (some will pass) like the wind, or like birds and fast horses, and the speed at which people cross will be according to their deeds…. until the people’s deeds will be failing in strength, and a man will come who can only move by crawling. At the edges of the Siraat will be hooks, hanging ready to catch anyone whom they are commanded (to catch).” [Muslim]
In life we have choices: We can choose to travel on Siraat-e-Mustaqeem, Allah’s prescribed Path to Jannah, or we can keep off it and live as we please.
Even if we choose to stay on Siraat-e-Mustaqeem (the Straight Path), we choose the speed with which to move on it. Some people rush to obey Allah (subhana wa ta’ala), some go crawling, some stand still on it, hardly moving, and some sometimes hit reverse.
Pay heed to what you are doing! The manner and speed with which you travel on Siraat-e-Mustaqeem in life, will determine the manner and speed with which you will cross the Siraat over Hell.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vhV_TaXWdxWSKaSAtrOtzw7EkYDpmd03see1qICD6pJjcgM_TGyIpvLX_oF2U_CJaHueOs_7MewsvjHKyeqxV8G6k0lbn314UepXhJGVXwlkhoPPHHErw6hCy0BjQOZoSxUHAdLZmLq08Uxy4f1hETbQgD9R8ZHy8Ka5el7NpcgaswQ9HThOFO_StgQbw=s0-d)
![Photo: Anas bin Malik (radi Allahu anhu) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Nobody who enters Paradise will (ever like to) return to this world even if he were offered everything on the surface of the earth (as an inducement) except the martyr who will desire to return to this world and be killed ten times for the sake of the great honour that has been bestowed upon him.” [Book on Government: Sahih Muslim]
Jannah is such an amazing place that all we coveted in this world will seem like rubbish in comparison.
Suppose that there is a person who lives in a squalid slum with no electricity, water or any thing of beauty or comfort around him. Then, suddenly, he finds himself the owner of mansions with beautiful landscaped gardens, teams of servants, and fleets of cars, in addition to his loving family. Would he then have any desire to return to living in the slum?
But the honour that the Shaheed gets and the gifts that Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) bestows on him are such, that in deep gratitude to Allah (subhana wa ta’ala), he desires to return to the slum of this world and give his life once again to earn the pleasure of Allah that he has witnessed. If only we had true eeman in this and remembered it.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vOND3q53oZsASkio4hBHjSvavuB8iieBVeFMlELoWZkIjkIiI9Zh7JAunzv92dUVH43y98BSYgKAdaOt25LA3oVGeD1zD38iH10k23ENGytp3lBB6Wcwqbrd3H8H7DqudMWUtqhW3Qaf3cvhKerQRENB6juo0fu672x4smB_ClolAaQqwje9fR_oe2PA=s0-d)