Can I Live with the Prophet at the Highest Level of Jannah?

Can I live with the Prophet at the highest level of Jannah?

Dear questioner,

May Allah bless you and increase you in good.

Thank you for this important question. The most important is that we can never be jealous of the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace).

The Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “None of you believes until I am more beloved to you than your parents, your children, and all of humanity.” [Bukhari]

 “The Messenger of God (Allah bless him and grant him peace) also said, “Whoever possesses the following three qualities has tasted the sweetness of faith: the one for whom Allah and His Messenger are dearer than anything else, [one] who loves a person and he loves him solely for Allah’s sake, and [one] who hates to revert to a state of disbelief as he hates to be thrown into the fire.” [Bukhari]

We prefer and love Allah and His messenger even more than ourselves in all that we desire. One of the poets said, “Loving is to prefer the beloved above yourself [in all matters].”

The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, “A person is whom they love.” [Bukhari]

The famous companion who relates this hadith, Anas bin Malek said, “This hadith gives the most hope (to those who love him).”

A person is with the one whom they love. However, how does this exactly fit into the details of how it will occur? Allah knows best.

What is relevant and important to us is that we will be with him if we love him.

Notice a subtle point here; it is not about the pleasures of Paradise that are of concern to the lovers; it is about the company.

 A’siyah- the wife of Pharaoh- when she makes dua or supplication, she says and quoting here the Quranic reference, “My Lord, build for me, with you, a house in Paradise, and save me from Pharaoh and his works, and save me from the wrongdoing people.” [Qur’an 66:11]

“Allah, the Exalted, has said: “I have prepared for My righteous Slaves [in Paradise] what no eyes have ever seen, no ears have ever heard of, and what has never come to the mind or heart of a human being.” Recite, if you wish “No soul knows what eye’s delight awaits them—a reward for what they used to do.” [Qur’an 32:17]  [Bukhari and Muslim]

This is the eternal abode and reward of those who believed and performed good deeds and ultimately achieved true success. Do not imagine in this realm the details of it, but strive to enter it.

May Allah grant us all this gift and blessing.

Allah knows best.

[Imam] Yama Niazi

Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani