The Problem of Hell (What to Do There?) |
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SilentScope001
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Posted: 21 February 2007 at 1:44pm |
In the hope of learning more about how people view the world...as well as preparing for Day of Judgement...well... Obivously, it would be good to go to Heaven, but any business person and economist knows that you can't put all your eggs in one basket. You have to prepare for any sort of disaster that can befall you (like eternal damnation), and react to it in a calm manner. |
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Seif
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Asalam Alaykum, Just the fact that you are concerned about hell is a major plus in your favor, most people drift through live without a second thought. Only Allah knows who is going to hell. As far as following a doctrine, well that is tricky, everyone thinks that their way is right. As far as living in hell, well... I guess it is something you will deal with when and if you have to deal with it. I am no help at all, I know. Seif
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seekshidayath
Senior Member Female Islam Joined: 26 March 2006 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 3357 |
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As'salamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu, I wish your post be answered by any of our members here who have sound knowledge of deen. I would insha-allah make a try and pray Allah ta'ala to be of any help to you. First of all we need to be an optimist in our lives. It does n't mean that we gurantee ourselves of jannah and do not act good here in this world. But instead of preparing yourselves as how to over throw God -Nauzbillah, or other tactics, divert our minds as how well can we try our best to increase our ranks in Jannah. Whenever we act a good deed , then believe that its accepted by Allah. We need to also remember that any deed we accomplish , intends to be only for the sake of Allah ta'ala. Just an exmple here , though may sound childish. If a teacher says loudly in her noisy class to her students , "Don't make noise or else i will beat you" So shud those students prepare themselves for the after effects of her beatings or be quiet. Alhamdullilah as you said u are a relligious person. Try to follow religion sincerly and thus implement islam in our lives. All these thoughts of yours are merely 'Waswasas": i.e whisperings of satan. So whenever we feel so lets seek refuge from satan and try to busy our hearts with zikr. Also remembers our DUA's are incomplete unless we seek from Allah to keep us away from Hell-fire and to place us in amongst the highest rank of jannah i.e jaanatul firdaus. You must be knowing that none of our deeds qualify us to jannah unless Allah's rahmah is added to it. So one of the attributes of Allah ta'ala is the Most Merciful. But we need to try hard to earn our best here too. May Allah guide all of us on the righteous path and thus keep us away from the strayed path |
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Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: �All the descendants of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."
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Sadija
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Salaam I agree with Seif at least you are concern. But somewhere you have a guilty concious. Maybe you are doing sin with the intention to do it. I am trying to be straightfoward becasue with Allah there is very less excuses. If you know you are doing enough to be good then you won't have the fear to go hell. But Shaytaan makes us lazy and makes us believe that hell is maybe not so bad. Shaytaan can only be overcome when you pracice your deen fully. Try to acknowledge what is wrong and right. Come on you know what is a sin and not. So stop being lazy and start praying and reading Quran. I am not harsh only helping . The truth hurts but it heals..... |
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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing , you will be successfull
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hat2010
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To answer your question as I have understood Hell as presented in the
Quran: If you are in Hell, you will not be able to deal with it; your postive power to act independently is over. |
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Sadija
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Ouch hard to handle that one hey?
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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing , you will be successfull
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Fallen
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This is exactly the problem I have with religions. Good people concerned about whether they are following the correct path and possibly being doomed for hell. What kind of God would condemn someone who is good? in the sense, of what we define as good. I mean, I know good Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhist and I think to myself is God truly exist and is a personal god, why would he condemn people for simply sharing different religions. Even to a lesser degree why would he condemn someone for simply not following doctrine word for word? I've heard many explanations on God in Islam and nobody can really explain it in a way that best fit anything that makes sense. |
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hat2010
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Peace -
"I've heard many explanations on God in Islam and nobody can really explain it in a way that best fit anything that makes sense." Bismillah. We say that God is the Most Merciful. And Mercy is always the perogative of the most powerful. So, rather than comprimise our intellectual integrity and put ourselves simultaneously as humble supplicant and also as God, we leave the Grace and Mercy of God to be the last threshold to pass through in the judgement on our lives. And, of course, we have faith that we will be rewarded for the 'loans of righteousness' that we have given on Earth - and God will not "condemn someone for simply not following doctrine word for word" or "condemn someone who is good" "I've heard many explanations on God in Islam and nobody can really explain it in a way that best fit anything that makes sense." Read the Quran from cover to cover - listen to it. If things still don't make sense...well, boo - different strokes. Peace y'all Jam |
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