Ouch!
If you think you’re having a bad day, wait till you die. You’ll have the worse time EVER. It all actually depends on how you live your life on earth. One thing is certain; it won’t be like a rollercoaster or a pony ride and you and I WILL die one day.
Dying in front of a cameraman or watching some actor playing dead is easy money but have you really thought about the actual process of dying? I do, sometimes…Most of us aren’t scared of dying or death because we usually think that we still have plenty of time to kill. Ironic is it not?
Most people kill their time by talking RUBBISH, talking about other people, talking about people’s spouses / relative / people they know and don’t know, wealth they wish they had, which stores are having grand sales, what happened yesterday or what’s going to happen tomorrow, what they had for dinner / lunch / supper / breakfast, what they did during summer and the list continues. P2P (People 2 people) . Observe from now on.
Have you ever heard of somebody talking about how eerie someone’s death was? A dead on collision, body halved, eyes popped out, died without clothes on (while having illegal sex), hung over a tree, limbs lying here and there and so on. The point is, have you ever imagine how you death will be? Maybe you’ve imagined yourself being run over by a moving truck or maybe drowning in a pool of shame surrounded by swines.
Whatever it is, its TIME to think about death coz if death is always on your mind, the chances of you stealing, raping someone, killing, drinking alcohol and so on would be unlikely. I once heard someone said, “Death is the best teacher”. Would you actually pay someone to remind you about death every second of the day? I didn’t think so. You can’t even afford to get a complete set of Tafseer by Ibn Katseer. Such pity.
Our beloved prophet Muhammad once said, “the smartest amongst you are those who prepares for their death...” (Narrated by Ath Thabrani). Masya Allah, such a good hadeeth for us to reflect upon. On a another hadeeth, “Abundantly remember the destroyer of pleasures (meaning death) (Narrated by An Nasaa’i).
Finally, Al Hasan, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: “Death has exposed the reality of life and left no reason for one with a sound mind to be happy in it." Yunus Ibn ‘Ubayd said: "The remembrance of death deprived us from enjoying our families and wealth." Also, Mutarrif said: "Death spoils for the people of pleasure, their enjoyment. So look for pleasure in which there is no death. The people of Paradise do not die, so their lives will become comfortable, and they do not become sick, so they live a pleasant, eternal life.”
If you’re smart, think. If not, then you’re opposite smart, just like the bird image on display.
Barakallah.
Dying in front of a cameraman or watching some actor playing dead is easy money but have you really thought about the actual process of dying? I do, sometimes…Most of us aren’t scared of dying or death because we usually think that we still have plenty of time to kill. Ironic is it not?
Most people kill their time by talking RUBBISH, talking about other people, talking about people’s spouses / relative / people they know and don’t know, wealth they wish they had, which stores are having grand sales, what happened yesterday or what’s going to happen tomorrow, what they had for dinner / lunch / supper / breakfast, what they did during summer and the list continues. P2P (People 2 people) . Observe from now on.
Have you ever heard of somebody talking about how eerie someone’s death was? A dead on collision, body halved, eyes popped out, died without clothes on (while having illegal sex), hung over a tree, limbs lying here and there and so on. The point is, have you ever imagine how you death will be? Maybe you’ve imagined yourself being run over by a moving truck or maybe drowning in a pool of shame surrounded by swines.
Whatever it is, its TIME to think about death coz if death is always on your mind, the chances of you stealing, raping someone, killing, drinking alcohol and so on would be unlikely. I once heard someone said, “Death is the best teacher”. Would you actually pay someone to remind you about death every second of the day? I didn’t think so. You can’t even afford to get a complete set of Tafseer by Ibn Katseer. Such pity.
Our beloved prophet Muhammad once said, “the smartest amongst you are those who prepares for their death...” (Narrated by Ath Thabrani). Masya Allah, such a good hadeeth for us to reflect upon. On a another hadeeth, “Abundantly remember the destroyer of pleasures (meaning death) (Narrated by An Nasaa’i).
Finally, Al Hasan, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: “Death has exposed the reality of life and left no reason for one with a sound mind to be happy in it." Yunus Ibn ‘Ubayd said: "The remembrance of death deprived us from enjoying our families and wealth." Also, Mutarrif said: "Death spoils for the people of pleasure, their enjoyment. So look for pleasure in which there is no death. The people of Paradise do not die, so their lives will become comfortable, and they do not become sick, so they live a pleasant, eternal life.”
If you’re smart, think. If not, then you’re opposite smart, just like the bird image on display.
Barakallah.
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