The Grim Reality: Remembering Death in Islam
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*TAKE HEED BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE*
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*Remembering Death*
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Uthmaan ibn Affan رضي الله عنه, when he used to stand near the graves he would cry, until his beard was wet with his tears.
Then he would say رضي الله عنه “I heard the Prophet ﷺ say *_‘The Grave is the first stage from among the stages of the hereafter, if one is saved from it (it’s punishment) then what it is after it will only be easier, and if not then what is after it will only be more severe!’”_*
[Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2308]
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How many times do we visit the graveyards? Or remember death?
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Have we made a habit of reading & memorising Surah Mulk, the Surah for protection from the punishment of the grave?
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Didn’t the Prophet ﷺ give us advise on this?
*أكثروا ذكر هاذم اللذات*
*_Remember often the destroyer of pleasures (i.e death)_*
[Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2307, Grade: Sahih]
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Remember death and act upon this remembrance with repentance, it’ll destroy the heedlessness which occupies your soul!
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*Imam Shafi’i رحمه الله* said as part of a longer poem:
*كم من فتى أمسى و أصبح ضاحكا*
_How many a youth spend their evenings and mornings laughing_
*و قد نسجت أكفانه وهو لا يدري*
_And his shroud has been woven whilst he doesn’t know_
*تزود من التقوى فإنك لا تدري*
_Increase in Taqwa for indeed you don’t know_
*إذا جن ليل هل تعيش إلى الفجر*
_When the darkness covers you, will you live till the dawn?_
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Brothers & Sisters!
Stop wasting your time, death approaches towards you! What have you prepared for it?!
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And what will you do or say when you find yourself short, and see those who fulfilled their promise? How will your regret be?!!
As Allah ﷻ says:
*وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ نَاكِسُواْ رُءُوسِهِمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ رَبَّنَآ أَبۡصَرۡنَا وَسَمِعۡنَا فَٱرۡجِعۡنَا نَعۡمَلۡ صَٰلِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ*
*If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain."*
[32:12]
But it would be too late by then. Allah ﷻ won't return us back to the earth for a second chance.
Allah ﷻ says:
*فَذُوقُواْ بِمَا نَسِيتُمۡ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِكُمۡ هَٰذَآ إِنَّا نَسِينَٰكُمۡۖ وَذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ*
*So taste [punishment] because you forgot the meeting of this, your Day; indeed, We have [accordingly] forgotten you. And taste the punishment of eternity for what you used to do."*
[32:14]
سبحان الله
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May Allah ﷻ forgive us all of our sins, grant us protection in our graves and safety from punishment on Qiyamah, and Jannah Al Firdous with an easy accounting.
*آمين*
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