Death And Then The Ultimate Return

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Death is a harsh and fearful reality faced by everyone who lives. No one has the power to avoid it, nor does anyone around the dying person have the ability to prevent it. It is something which happens every moment and is encountered by the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the strong and the weak. They are all the same in that they have no plan or means of escaping it, no power, no means of intercession, no way to prevent it, nor to delay it; which shows that indeed it comes from One having tremendous power - so that the human is helpless in this regard and can only submit to it.

So in Allah's Hand alone is the granting of life and in His Hand is the return of what He gave at the appointed time and after that allotted life apsn, whether the people are in their houses amongst their families or striving to seek provision or striving for 'Aqeedah (correct belief).

Reward and Recompense are with Him and he has full knowledge and power.

So the return of all is to Allah and they will be raised up before Allah, having no place of return except that and no destiny but this one. So they will differ from one another only due to their deeds and intentions and according to the way they followed and their seriousness in that. But with regard to their end, then it is one, death at the appointed time, after the decreed [time] span and then the return to Allah and the Ressurection on the Day of Gathering of mankind. Then Forgiveness and Mercy from Allah or His Anger and Punishment.

So the greatest fool is the one who chooses the wretched fate and he is certain to die, whatever happens.

Kullu Nafsin Dhaa'iqat Al-Mawt [Every Soul Shall Taste Death]

A Noble Person Said:

"How many people I have known, if I wished, I could name them, who surrendered themselves to their desires and became prisoners of their lusts and forgot about death and thier reckoning. So when Allah, the Mighty and Magnificent guided me to His obedience, to following His orders and to fearing Him, then I went to my friend, advising him and admonishing him with encouragement and warning, but he used the excuse that he was still a young man and he was fooled by false hopes.

Then, By Allah, death came unexpectedly. So now he is one who lies buried under the Earth, tied to the burden of his sins. His passions have left him, his female companions have departed from him and now he must face the consequences; now he has to face the Overpowering Compellor with the actions of the sinful and depraved...

May Allah save you and I from a record or an end like this. So Fear Allah, O servants of Allah, and do not be like him, since you know that this world is passing away and the Hereafter is coming towards us, so keep in mind the point of death and one's passing on; and the number of sins that one has committed and the small amount of good that one has done.

Think of the good that you would earnestly wish to do at that time - then bring that forward and do that today and think of all those things which you would desire to clear yourself from, then clear yourself from them now.

[Al-Mawt: Shaykh 'Alee Hasan 'Abdul Hameed: pg. 16]

"If it were the case that when we die we would be left untroubled,

Then death would be rest and relaxation for everyone living;

However, when we die we shall [indeed] be raised up again

And questioned about everything we have done."

[Ahwaal ul-Qiyaamah: pg. 4-5]

"Kullu Nafsin Dhaa'iqat al-Mawt."

"Every Soul Shall Taste Death."

[Surah 'Aal-Imran: 185]

The Certainty of Death

Friday, November 13, 2009

"Now then, whoever contemplates death frequently speaks little, while he who knows that death is certain is satisfied with a little."