DEATH What have you prepared for it?

DEATH

What have you prepared for it?

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In the Name of Allâh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

All praise be to Allah alone, and peace and blessings of Allah be upon him after whom there is no other prophet and upon his family and companions.

 

It is a station of the stations of reckoning. Few people stand by it; but most people pass by it without thinking deeply about it! However, most people pass by it without thinking deeply about it!

 

Worldly life! That passing phantom, that transient shadow! Worldly life! It is the house of deceit and the abode of grief; worldly life! Its loyalty is treacherous! Its love is false, worldly life! Its new is worn out, its clear is turbid and its people are just guests that will soon be gone!

 

Ibrahim At-Taimi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: (two things have deprived me from the delights of this worldly life: remembering death and remembering standing before the Hands of Allah, Glorified and Exalted.)

 

O brother… do not you see that everyday people are bidding farewell to a loved one or a friend? Has that moved your heart? Was it a lesson for you?

 

If you know, O wise man that there is a set date to return to your Lord the Almighty, beware of that hour… work for it… before that you become of the people of grief and regret.

 

Allah Almighty has said: {Until, when death comes to one of them (those who join partners with Allah), he says: "My Lord! Send me back, (99) "So that I may do good in that which I have left behind!" No! It is but a word that he speaks, and behind them is Barzakh (a barrier) until the Day when they will be resurrected.} [Surat Al-Mu'minûn: 99-100].