Things People ought to do to make Heaven

Unfortunately, a man with all impunity has abused the privilege given him by God to be able to have a habitable environment, a life of comfort, and a high hope of making paradise on our return journey to our permanent home in heaven.

The products of these three spheres of life have, therefore, been dehumanized into robotic status for the devil to be able to control mankind into the building and destroying all edifices endowed them to struggle to have a place in their political life.

At the individual level, there is a need to watch the things people do to avoid heading for the precipice of hell. Suffice it now to henceforth sanitize the conditions of our houses of worship where the almighty Allah has decided to attend to humankind on the issues of body preservation from sins and crimes as well as soul purification from devilish thoughts.

Matthew 6: 15-21 is therefore our focus to ponder on 

''15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.''

 The above statement is an emphasis that adherents of every religious sect or denomination must be scripture compliant, such people will shun all forms of transgression, illegitimacy, and corruption. They will equally shun ostentatious forms of life and the craze for materialism at the expense of other people's right to access the good things of life.

Before you make friends or keep the company of people, there is the need to watch the things they do, not to get unnecessarily corrupted.

In the same vein, the Holy Quran admonishes all the living ones on the essence of living exemplary lifestyles to be able to make heaven at the end of our journey or sojourn on earth, bearing in mind that procrastination is the thief of time because waiting for tomorrow may be too late because only our creator God the almighty Allah can precisely predict what will happen to us in the next second of the time count.

The Holy Quran 14: 24-26 must be perused to the level of our understanding and ease of application to suit our real-life situation.

''Seeth thou not how Allah sets forth a parable ?-A goodly word like a goodly tree whose root is firmly fixed and its branches reach to the heavens it brings forth its fruit at all times by the leaf its Lord. So Allah set forth parables for men in order that they may receive admonition and the parable of an evil Word is that of an evil tree: It is torn up by the root from the surface of the earth. It has no stability.''

Living exemplary lifestyles on earth has a direct correlation to the making of paradise or heaven, that is Janat.

Furthermore, the admonition from the Holy Bible needs to be sufficient for all of us to turn a new leaf not to relegate to a poor unwanted second, the countless number of Churches and Mosques as relevant articles in medieval times.

In the same direction, the Holy Quran 14: 27-29 refers to ''Allah will establish in strength those who believe with the Word that stands firm, in this world and thereafter; but Allah will live to stray those who do wrong: Allah doth what He willeth. As thou not turn thy thoughts to those who exchange the favor of Allah with ingratitude and cause their people to descend to the house of perdition? Into hell, they will burn therein,-an evil place to stay in.''

Are the rich thinking about the daily agonies been suffered by the poor, who are hungry and sick? 

The soul of every human is in the hands of God. Be mindful of God, therefore, in all your dealing and daily transactions to be able to live exemplary lifestyles in order to make heaven.

Founder, Spiritual Head and Grand Imam Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide,Wakajaiye, Ibadan, Nigeria