Mughīra b. Ḥabib رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه explains

After ʿAbdullāh b. Ghālib passed away, somebody saw him in a dream and asked what happened to him after death. He replied, “What happened to me was excellent.” He was then asked where he would go now, to which he said, “To Paradise. I was granted this blessing due to certainty and lengthy units of nafl salah at tahajjud.”^[1]

Certainty earns mercy

The Companion ʿAbdullāh رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ said: “Indeed, mercy and deliverance from difficulties are in certainty and being content with Allah’s decree. Sorrow and worries are in doubt and in disobedience to Allah.”^[2]

Dear Islamic brothers! Certainty leads to Paradise, removal of worries, ease in patience, consistency in acts of worship,  worldly success, and success in the Hereafter.

The result depends on certainty

In a ḥadīth qudsī, Allah declares اَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِیْ بِیْ — “I am near what My servant thinks of Me.”^[3] Mufti Aḥmad Yār Khān comments on this by saying, “Here, ʿabd refers to a believer. This shows Allah will deal with a person as per their certainty in Him.”^[4]

Dear Islamic brothers! Let us think about this for a moment. Allah will deal with us as per our opinion of Him. What we will experience in both worlds are directly linked to the nature of our certainty in Him.