Socialization in Jannah

Meet with Whomever You Please – Even Prophets!

Part of the pleasure of Jannah is the social aspect. It’s not like you are alone with your wife and you two eventually get sick of each other. There is a very lively social life in Jannah. The people of Jannah meet together and spend a lot of time together. If you want, you can make the first objective when you get to Jannah to get to know everyone in Jannah.

There are no limits – you can even go RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. You can spend a year with him! Wow!!! You can go to Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and you can ask him about a certain thing that you read in seerah and which story was authentic, etc. Similarly, you can go chat with Musa ‘alayhis salaam and spend time with him for years – or Adam ‘alayhis salaam. You can ask Adam ‘alayhis salaam how he made it by himself in dunya, with no one to welcome him there. How did he do it alone? Were there dinosaurs?

Because there is no time limit on anything, you can meet with whoever you want and spend as much time with them as you want. Allah subhaana wa ta’aala tells us of many of these conversations in the Qur’an.

First, it is important to remember that Allah says: “And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of dignity).” (15:47) The reason why there is so much pleasure in meeting people is because there is no sense of ill feeling between any two people. Everyone loves everyone else in Jannah.

RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says that their hearts will be like the heart of one man. So just meeting each other is a joy in itself – even before the conversation starts. You will be released from all of these built-in negative feelings (jealousy, hatred, etc). They are negative, but it is human nature to have these feelings. As a Muslim, you have to fight a jihad within yourself to get rid of these feelings. In Jannah, all of these ill feelings will be gone.

When RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam was a child, Gibreel and another angel came down and opened up his heart and took out a cloth of blood, saying “This is a share of shaytaan.” Any influence of shaytaan over his heart was taken out. Everyone of us has a qareen – a shaytaan that is with you wherever you go, trying to mislead you. RasulAllah sallallalhu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, With me, my qareen became a Muslim.

In Jannah, we do not have to suffer from all of this. Sometimes, in dunya you will have some ill feeling towards your brother, even though you know you should love him. In Jannah, all of this will be gone.