When death comes, do not be attached to this world...
☘️*Do not worry about what will happen to your body after you leave this life.*
Your Muslim brothers and sisters will fulfil what Allah has legislated.
They will:
1. Remove your clothes.
2. Wash your body.
3. Shroud you.
4. Pray the funeral prayer over you.
5. Carry you from your home.
6. Place you in your grave, your first station of the Hereafter.
Many people will attend your funeral. Some may leave their work and worldly affairs to bid farewell to you. Yet remember, the greatest benefit you could have received was not merely people standing beside your body after death, but sincere advice, obedience to Allah, and righteous companionship while you were alive.
Your possessions will remain behind:
Your keys.
Your books.
Your belongings.
Your clothes.
Your wealth.
Your home.
Your possessions.
Your family may distribute what you leave behind. If they give charity from their own wealth on your behalf, this may benefit you by Allah’s permission. But what will truly accompany you to your grave are your deeds.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“When the son of Ādam dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who supplicates for him.”
(Saḥīḥ Muslim)
Know that this world will continue after you depart.
The markets will remain open.
The people will continue their lives.
Your position will be filled by someone else.
Your wealth will pass to your heirs.
But you will stand before Allah alone.
You will be questioned about your faith, your deeds, your obligations, and how you used the blessings Allah gave you.
The people who knew you will remember you according to what they knew of you.
Some will grieve briefly.
Some will remember you for longer.
Some will make du‘ā’ for you.
But eventually, people return to their lives.
Your time among them will end.
Your true journey will begin.
The grave is a reality.
The resurrection is a reality.
The standing before Allah is a reality.
Allah says:
“Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your full reward on the Day of Resurrection.”
(Qur’an 3:185)
When you enter the grave, these things will leave you:
Your appearance.
Your wealth.
Your strength.
Your children.
Your homes.
Your possessions.
Your status.
Everything of this worldly life.
What remains is your īmān and your deeds.
So ask yourself:
What have I prepared for my meeting with Allah?
Prepare through:
1. Guarding the obligatory acts, especially the five daily prayers.
2. Performing voluntary acts of worship.
3. Giving charity sincerely for Allah’s sake.
4. Repenting from sins and striving for righteousness.
5. Standing in prayer at night.
6. Holding firmly to the Qur’an and the Sunnah upon the understanding of the righteous predecessors.
Perhaps Allah will have mercy upon you and save you.
Do not delay repentance, for no soul knows when its appointed time will arrive.
Allah says:
“And remind, for indeed the reminder benefits the believers.”
(Qur’an 51:55)
May Allah grant us a good ending, make our graves ☘️gardens from the gardens of Paradise, and allow us to meet Him while He is pleased with us.. Aameen
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