Doors of Acceptance
Allah accepts a few things and for some reason
or another, He does not accept other things. This
is something people often forget. There are people
who study, pray tahajjud, give out in charity, pray
one juz (chapter) of Quran every single day of
their life; they do all of these things, and feel
content with that. They feel they have done all of
what they need to do, and in doing so, as if they
have shown some favors to Allah . They forget
that there is something on top of all of that and
that is acceptance.
If Allah does not accept all of these actions,
then they have all gone to waste. Attaullah
Sikandri v was one of the very pious people
of the past. He was from Egypt, and was also a
teacher in Al-Azhar. He said that it may happen
that Allah opens for you the door of obedience.
There are some people for whom He doesn’t open
the doors of obedience; their lives are in total
disobedience of Allah .
A perfect example is Shaytaan. There
was not even a single place that he
had not done sajdah (prostration)
on. He was such an obedient slave
to Allah , but none of that was
accepted by Allah I, and as a
result he became Shaytaan.
Entry into Jannah
(Paradise)
Just as our Mashaikh (spiritual
masters) say that if you have
a small little child, about four
or five years old, and you
send him to kindergarden.
The first few days he learns
how to write. So one day
he comes home and says,
‘Baba, I learnt how to
write ABC.’ He is very
happy about it. You ask
him to show you, and
the child shows you his
notebook. The way in
which he has written
‘ABC’, you can’t even
read it, but because he
is happy about it, you
also are happy. You
show him that you
appreciate it. You
then hug him, kiss
him, and say what