‫بسم ﷲ الرحمن الرحيم‬

‫الحمد & رب العالمين وصلى ﷲ وسلم على رسول ﷲ وعلى آله وأصحابه ومن اھتدى بھديه إلى يوم الدين أما بعد‬

Six Things That Can Guarantee You Jannah

ْ َ‫ض َمنُوا ِلي ستا ً أ‬

‫ض ِمنُ لَ ُكم‬ ْ ِ‫ ا‬: ‫ قال‬، ‫ أن رسول ﷲ صلى ﷲ عليه وسلم‬، ‫عن عبادة بن الصامت‬
‫وغضوا‬
‫ﱡ‬ ، ‫ َواحفَظوا ف ُروج ُكم‬، ‫ َوأَدﱡوا إِذا ائتمنتُم‬، ‫ َوأوفُوا إذا َو َع ْدتُم‬، ‫اص ُدقُوا إِذا َحدﱠثتُم‬
ْ :َ َ‫الجنّة‬
َ
‫ وكفوا أيديكم‬، ‫أبصاركم‬

'Ubaadah ibn Samit ‫ رضي ﷲ عنه‬narrated Allah’s Messenger ‫صلى ﷲ عليه وسلم‬
said: "Guarantee me six things and I guarantee you Jannah. Whenever you
speak say the truth. Fulfil your promises when you make them. When you
are entrusted with something, carry that trust. Safeguard your private parts,
lower your gaze and prevent your hands from harming others."

[Ibn Khuzaymah, 3/91; Ibn Hibban, 107; Al-Hakim, 4/ 358,359; Musnad Ahmad, 5/323; Al-
Khara’itee 'Noble character', page 31 - classed as 'hasan Li ghayri hi' in As-Saheehah, 1470]

1. Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Abbaad ‫ حفظه ﷲ تعالى‬commented:

- "Guarantee me you’ll do six things and I guarantee you Jannah" refers to six
actions that are easy to do. These six deeds are among the doors of piety, which are
simple and easy to perform. Whoever continues to practices these six things in his
life until death is guaranteed Jannah. This is a safe and sure path to Paradise. Allaah
says: "And Paradise will be brought near to the Muttaqoon not far off". (It will be
said) "This is what you were promised, - (it is) for those oft-returning (to Allaah) in
sincere repentance, and those who preserve their covenant with Allah . "Who
feared the Most Beneficent (Allaah) in the Ghayb (unseen) and brought a heart
turned in repentance, Enter you therein in peace and security; this is a Day of
eternal life!" There they will have all that they desire, and We have more." [Qaaf,
31-35]

· "Whenever you speak say the truth" - This trait applies to the honest Muslim.
He isn’t known to be a liar. This straightforward Muslim continues to speak the truth
until his truthfulness lands him in Jannah. The Prophet ‫ صلى ﷲ عليه وسلم‬said: "Be
honest and truthful. Honesty and truthfulness guides a person to piety. And piety
guides a person to Jannah. The man will continue to speak the truth until he is
written down as being truthful."

· "Fulfil your promises when you make them" - Fulfilling promises is a

characteristic of the believer and a sign among the many signs of Taqwa. The
Muttaqeen aren’t known to break their promises or breach their contracts, oaths or
pledges. Completing a promise, oath or pledge is the foundation in building a Muslim
society. Included in this action are all trade, business and mutual relations. Each and
every one of these dealings is related to the community. Furthermore these
transactions and pledges stop at the fulfilment of a promise. Hence if the promise is
broken then the trust is gone; and when that takes place, mutual relations
deteriorate and respect diminishes.

· "When you’re entrusted with something, carry out that trust" - This is among
the greatest traits of character which Allaah praises. The Most High praises the
people who carry out something they are entrusted to do. When a person does this
action it shows he has complete faith and good Islam. Carrying out trust preserves
the Deen, honour, wealth, body, soul and knowledge etc. The Prophet ‫صلى ﷲ عليه وسلم‬
said: "The believer is the one the people trust with their wealth and life."
Therefore, if trusts are carried out in the community, the unity is strengthened and
brotherhood grows stronger. And once these things occur goodness and blessings
prevail and spread.

· "Safeguard your private parts" - This means you prevent them from doing
Haraam or falling into illicit deeds. Allah says, "And those who guard their chastity
(i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts) except from their wives or what their
right hands possess, for then, they are free from blame; But whoever seeks beyond
that, then those are the transgressors." [Al-Mu’minoon, 5-7]. Safeguarding the
private parts preserves and protects the offspring, lineage, cleans the society and is a
security against (the spread of) evil and disease.

· "lower your gaze" - This means you don’t look at prohibited things. Allaah says,
"Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and
protect their private parts. That is purer for them. Verily, Allaah is All-Aware of
what they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at
forbidden things), and protect their private parts." [An-Noor, 30-31]. Lowering the
gaze has many benefits; It gives a person the light and sweetness of faith.
Furthermore, lowering the gaze strengthens the heart, purifies the soul and sets it
straight. Through lowering the glance a person is given a protection against looking
at Haraam things and falling into sin.

· "prevent your hands from harming others" - This means you prevent your
hands from harming people, transgressing against them or placing something evil in
their way. The person who harms Allaah’s slaves, Allaah and the people hate and
detest him. What is more, the society and common folk reject the one who harms
Allaah’s servants. This is a sign of bad character and inferiority. On the contrary,
whenever a person refrain his hands from harming others it shows that he is well
behaved, has good manners and interacts with others on piety. Allaah has prepared a
great fortune for the one who doesn’t harm people with his hands. How it is that
person’s character and nobility isn’t enough until he moves something harmful out of
the believers’ path! The Prophet ‫ صلى ﷲ عليه وسلم‬said: “A person while walking along
the path saw the branches of a tree lying there. He said: By Allah, I shall remove
these from this road, so they may not harm the Muslims. And as a result of this
action he was admitted to Paradise. [see Saheeh Muslim, 6340]

These are (some of) the legislated deeds for Jannah whose light is clear. The path to
Jannah from these deeds is easy, so take advantage of them before it’s too late. Let
us prepare an abundance of good deeds for our soul before we die. I ask Allaah to
help us to practice these deeds and and gain these traits. I ask Allaah to grant us the
success in all good deeds. May Allaah's peace and blessings be on our Prophet, his
family, and all his companions.

Taken from http://www.al-badr.net/web/index.php?page=article&action=article&article=3

Translated by Abu Aaliyah Abdullah