The World’s Sorrows and the Hardship of Death My friends, the grief of the world is temporary and the joys of the world are also temporary. Today if you look around you and ask about conditions, you will find every person worried in some degree or a…
Human life is like a lamp kept in the wind. An old man is the lamp of dawn, and a young man is the lamp of evening. Just as a lamp kept in the wind depends on just one gust of wind, human life also depends on just one moment. In the blink of a…
Remembrance of Death and Its Lessons Sayyiduna Siddeeqe Akbar rz said, every man spends the morning with his family, meaning his household, and death is closer to him than the strap of his shoe. Sayyiduna Umar Farooq rz said, O Umar, death alon…
The World is a Prison for the Believer and Paradise for the Disbeliever Meaning, after having iman in Allah Ta‘ala and His Messenger, one has pledged to act on the commands of Allah Ta‘ala and the ways of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Th…
Modesty Before Allah and Remembering Death Hazrat Aayesha Siddeeqa rz narrated that once the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wasallam, was seated on the mimbar and the companions were present in front in the form of a circle. He, sallallahu alayhi wasa…
The Condition at the Time of Death Hazrat Amr bin Al-Aas rh used to often say in his gatherings, it is not known why those who die do not describe the condition of their last moment. When the state of the soul leaving came upon him, his son said…
The Angel of Death and the Harvest of Life A man had a beautiful palace built for himself. Friends advised him to arrange a grand feast for it. So he did that, invited the people of the city, and had a throne spread in his palace. He wore a crown a…
The Grave is a Place of Lesson This person who spends life in grand palaces and houses is going toward a house where, when he lies down, he will not be able to sit up. His grave will become a garden of jannah for him only when he has prepared for th…
We Are Travelers in This World My friends, we are strangers. This world is not our real homeland. The real homeland is jannah, and this world is a place of temporary stay. We are here for some time and are being tested. We are all travelers, and …
The Five Stages of the Journey to the Hereafter My friends, the journey of the hereafter has five stages. *The First Stage* The first stage is the stage of sakarat. The time before death when a person’s breath gets labored is called sakarat or…