KEEPING DEATH IN MIND AT ALL TIMES
Muhammad ibn Al Mutawakkil (rahimahullah) says, “It has reached me that the words: *كفى بالموت واعظاً يا عمر* *‘Death is enough as an admonisher, O Umar’* were engraved on the ring of Sayyiduna ‘Umar...
Category: Death
Actions Earning One Rewards even after One’s Demise
وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم سبع يجرى للعبد أجرهن وهو في قبره بعد موته من علم علما أو كرى نهرا أو حفر بئرا أو غرس...
PEACE AT THE TIME OF DEATH
Sheikhul Hadith Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya Sahib رحمه الله writes in Virtues of Salaat Alan Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم that we read the following incident in Nazhatul Majaalis: “A man went to visit...
Performing a Good Deed before Sleeping
One should ensure that he performs a good deed before sleeping, so that if death is written for one at that time, one’s last actions will be righteous and pious. One should ensure that...
Isal-Thawab (Your link to the Deceased)
Whoever comes to this world has to depart and therefore everyone suffers the loss of a dear and near person at some point in his or her life. One method of reducing the grief...
Uthman (Radhiallahu Anhu)
A poet says: “For some shaheed (martyr) the sword will bear testimony. For some shaheed the bullet will bear testimony. O Uthman! How fortunate are you that on the day of qiyaamat the kalaam...
Preparing for the True Abode
Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: The period of time which people live in the world is extremely short in comparison to the period of time for which they will remain buried...
Shattering our Dear Children
At times, the death of a single soul becomes the means of the death and end of many family relationships. All it takes is one member of the family to unjustly take possession of...
Against All Odds
Muhammad bin Yazeed Ansaari relates the following: When the khaleefah, Sulaimaan bin ‘Abdul Malik, passed away, his successor ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul ‘Azeez (rahimahullah), sent me to the jail to free all the prisoners who...
Prescription for a Pleasant Death
The Following was received from Hadhrat Mufti Ahmed Khanpuri Saheb (Hafidhahullah) A person asked Hakimul-Ummah Hadhrat Moulana Ashraf Ali ThanwiRahimahullah for a successful prescription to attain a death with Imaan. Hadhrat Moulana replied, that there is a...