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There are always three groups of people the generally wicked the generally righteous and then those who excel people of

Assam and

Everyone in the group of the generally righteous should be thinking about how they can be counted amongst those who excel and

The difference between the two is how quickly you respond to the call of Allah and then how you distinguish yourself within that deed once you get to it

so how quickly and earnestly you respond to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and if you think about the way that we're resurrected the difference between the generally righteous the believers the

Muttakin those people of piety and those who excel the people of Ahsan is that one group is walking and the other group is riding so Allah says Wa Qun Tum

You will be divided into three groups Ashab ul Maimanati Ma Ashab ul Maimanah the people on the right and how blessed are they and then you have Ashab ul Mashamati Ma Ashab ul Mashamah the people on the left and how

miserable are they and then you have Ashabi Qun Ashabi Qun the four runners the four runners

Sabi Qun Aida Tla'at Allahif Dunya they are four runners to the obedience of Allah in this world

Sabi Qun Aida Radwani he Yom Al-Kiyama four runners to his pleasure on the Day of Judgment

Ula Iq Al Mukar-Rabun Verily they are the ones who are closest to Allah

I remember once asking one of my teachers about the Shuhadah the martyrs and why they're not included in the Hadith of the seven shaded under the

Throne of Allah and he said to me it's because the Shuhadah as the Prophet Sayyid salam said they're in chandeliers that are hanging from the

Throne of Allah so they're in a league of their own after them every believer has some shade on the

Day of Judgment and we said that's with their Sabaqa with their charity but then you have these categories of those that are

shaded in the Throne of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and these are very specific categories and they all come under the banner

of Ashabi Qun they're four runners now the beauty of the Hadith of the seven groups of people is that it

covers every single person whether you occupy a position or not whether you are younger old whether you are male or female

whether you are rich or poor you have somewhere in this Hadith and that shows that you don't have to be in a special position in this

life in order to have a special position in the next you just have to be truthful and sincere in your pursuit of Allah's

The Prophet Sayyid salam said there are seven whom Allah will shade on a day when there is no shade except for his

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