Among the seven whom Allah will shade in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His: a man whose heart is attached to the mosques, and two men who loved each other for the sake of Allah

The Shaykh : And they will be on the Day of Resurrection in their love and their intimacy, as Allah the Exalted said: Their friendship is in this world and the Hereafter...
A man capable of intercourse was invited by a woman to have intercourse with him through zina, and may Allah protect us, a woman of high status and beauty. "Status" means she is from the known noblewomen, not from the lowly women, but from the known noblewomen. She was beautiful. She invited him to herself in an empty place where no one would see them, and he was in a state of desire, loving women. But he said, "Indeed, I fear Allah." Nothing prevented him from doing this except the fear of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So look at this man: the motive exists, he is capable of intercourse, the woman is beautiful, the woman is of high status, the place is empty. But what prevented him was a preventer stronger than this motive, which is the fear of Allah. He said: He did not say, "I do not desire women." He did not say, "By Allah, you are not beautiful." He did not say, "You are from the lowly women." He did not say, "I will not lower myself to have intercourse with you." He did not say, "There is someone around us." He said: "Indeed, I fear Allah". Nothing prevented him except the fear of Allah. This is one of those whom Allah will shade in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His. And look at Yusuf (peace be upon him), Yusuf ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim. His uncle was Isma'il, the father of the Arabs. The wife of the Aziz, the wife of the king of Egypt, loved him. She was a queen in a state of beauty and coquetry. She locked the doors between them and the people, between them and the people, and said, "Come to me," meaning she invited him to herself. He was a young man, and by the nature of human instinct, he desired her and she desired him. But he saw the proof of his Lord, and the fear of Allah fell in his heart, so he refrained. He refrained. She threatened him with imprisonment, and he said: And he was imprisoned. He was imprisoned for the sake of Allah and refrained from zina despite the strength of the causes, but he saw the proof of his Lord and feared Allah.
And in this is the perfection of sincerity. He is sincere to Allah, not wanting people to see any of his deeds. He wants the deed to be only between him and his Lord. He also does not want to appear to people as if he is boasting over someone, because the one who gives in front of people is saying to people, "Look, I have a favor over so-and-so whom I gave to." So he conceals the charity so that his left hand does not know what his right hand spends. The left hand is not the hand; the left hand does not know what the right hand spends. The right hand means, because of the intensity of his concealment, if it were possible that his left hand would not know what his right hand spent, he would do it. So this is one who is sincere to the utmost degree of sincerity, far from boasting with charity. He is one whom Allah will shade in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His. But note that concealing charity is better without a doubt, except that perhaps something may happen to this better thing that makes it less preferred, such as if showing the charity encourages people to give charity. In that case, showing the charity may be better. For this reason, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, praised those who spend in secret and in public, according to what the public benefit requires.
So the situation is not free from three ranks: either the secret is more beneficial, or the public display is more beneficial. If the two are equal, then the secret is more beneficial.
As for the seventh, it is a man who remembered Allah in seclusion and his eyes overflowed with tears. He remembered Allah with his tongue and his heart, and no one was present to see him showing off with this remembrance. He was in seclusion from the whole world, his heart attached to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So when he remembered Allah with his tongue and his heart and recalled the greatness of the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, he longed for Allah and his eyes overflowed with tears. This is also one of those whom Allah will shade in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His. These seven deeds: a person may be granted success and obtain one of them, or two, or three, or four, or five, or six, or seven. It is possible.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : It is possible because some of them do not contradict each other. A person may be granted success and take a share from each of these, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reported that Paradise has gates. Whoever is from the gate of prayer is called from the gate of prayer. Whoever is from the gate of charity is called from the gate of charity. And whoever is from the people of jihad is called from the gate of jihad. Four were mentioned. Meaning, the one who is called from one gate has no hardship; it is easy. "O Allah, by Your grace," meaning Abu Bakr is called from all the gates because he is a man of prayer, a man of charity, a man of jihad, and a man of fasting. He has taken a share from all matters of good. May Allah be pleased with him and grant him satisfaction. And include us and you with him in the Gardens of Delight. And Allah knows best.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Resurrection.