The Road to Victory - 5. The fifth element: Belief in the Day of Judgment

Believing in the Day of Judgment increased the feeling of responsibility for the companions, and it should also increase the responsibility feeling for the nation of Islam today.

This belief increases the certainty of the Muslim that we all will return to Allah after resurrection and will be reckoned for all our deeds, however small or big. The outcome is either eternal bliss or eternal hellfire. This way, a Muslims would spend their days between fear and hope, wishing for their Lord’s mercy and afraid of his fire:
“And those who dispense their charity with their hearts full of fear, because they will return to their Lord.” (23:60)

The companions knew that this life with all its struggle and happiness is less than a mosquito’s wing if compared to the hereafter. This kind of faith made life’s hardship, bitterness, and struggle so easy to face.

That’s why today’s youth should have their hearts longing for what Allah has promised them with. They should place this life in its true size; as a step in the way to reach the pleasure of Allah’s paradise. But if this life becomes our goal, that would be a huge trial and far and wide evil. This life should only be a bridge to reach the house of eternal bliss. If we are to take anything from this life, it should be only to aid to bring victory to this religion and to prepare ourselves for what Allah had ordered us to do, which is to establish God’s word on earth..