Your Rivers of Jannah – FOUR

You will have a guide for you since the property is so big. As soon as you leave your mansion, you’ll smell this wonderful smell. You’ll look for the source and discover that it is the soil of Jannah. You’ll pick it up and see that it is musk. You’ll go and find that this soil – white, pure musk – the soil of Jannah, everywhere.

Then you will hear the sound of water. You’ll ask your guide, what is this? He will tell you that it is a river, located right beneath your palace. You’ll wonder, I have a river underneath my palace?! And then he will tell you this river belongs to you – it’s all yours. You’ll go to visit it. You’ll ask the guide, what is this? The guide will tell you, it’s a river of water. You’ll take a cup and keep drinking – it is nothing like the water of this world. Now, you’re in Jannah, you’re not drinking because you are thirsty. If you are in Jannah, you already had a drink of al-kawthar, and that will satisfy you for eternity.

On the Day of Judgment, an extension of al-kawthar will come to where the Day of Judgment is being held. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam will be standing next to this pool/lake, and he will be pouring water for his followers. He will do it with his own hands. If you are one of the Muslims and he is making shafa’aa` for you, he will invite you and provide you water and feed it to you. That cup of water that you will drink from the Prophet’s hands will be sufficient for you. So the people of Jannah drink for pure pleasure.

You’ll keep drinking from this water – it just decipitates. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that it will come out as a burping – but it is the smell of musk. Your guide will say, what are you doing? You’ll say that this water tastes wonderful; I just want to keep drinking from it. He will say, that’s up to you, I’m your guide, I’ll do whatever you want. But tell you what – you have another river that is better than this.

So you’ll say, let’s go visit this other river. You, your wife and your guide will travel about 1,000 miles to your other river. Of course there are other forms of transportation in Jannah and you can go as fast or slow as you want. Your guide will tell you this is milk; it will not taste, look or smell like the milk of this world. You and your wife will take cups and keep drinking here as well. Your guide will tell you that there is a third river that is better than this.

You will travel to this third river. You’ll ask, what is this? He will tell you, this is the river of honey. You’ll have some to drink. Your guide will take you to your last river, then. And that is the river of wine. You’ll spend some time drinking from the wine from that river.

Then you’ll have a tour of the springs. Allah says, “(Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear…” (47:15)

Your guide will ask you, do you want us to visit your springs? You will say, yes. The guide will say, but I have something better for you – how about we go and visit the river that belongs to RasulAllah? That is the river of al-kawthar. You will ask, is it ok for me to visit it? The guide will say yes. All of the Ummah of Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam have permission to drink from it. It is the best river in Paradise, and it originates from under the Throne of Allah. It goes all the way down, penetrating through Paradise.

Then you will go to al-kawthar. The Prophet said: “While I was walking in Paradise (on the night of Mi’raj), I saw a river, on the two banks of which there were tents made of hollow pearls. I asked, ‘What is this, O Gabriel?’ He said, ‘That is the Kauthar which Your Lord has given to you.’ Behold! Its scent or its mud was sharp smelling musk!” [Bukhaari, 8/76/583]

You may be wondering, will I really have a guide? When RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam went to Jannah, Jibreel (Gabriel) was his guide. So it’s perfectly fine that when you go to Jannah, you will have an angel as your guide, showing you around. Remember that everyone in Jannah is there to serve you. So your guide will take you to al-kawthar and give you a drink from there.

This tour wasn’t for summer, nor did it cost anything. It took you a long time. Now you go to your springs. Allah says: “As to the Righteous, they shall drink of a Cup (of Wine) mixed with Kafur, A Fountain where the Devotees of Allah do drink, making it flow in unstinted abundance.” (76:5-6) So you’ll go and join other believers there and drink with them. Then you’ll have a chat with them and drink and then move on to others.

Allah says: “Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss: On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things): Thou wilt recognize in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss. Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed: The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations: With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim. A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.” (83:22-28)

And Allah also says: “And they will be given to drink there a cup (of wine) mixed with Zanjabil (ginger, etc.) A spring there called salsabil.” (76:17-18)