In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Sickness does not mean that a person will die soon, just as being young and strong does not mean that a person will live for a long time. How often have people assumed that a sick person will die soon, then he has lived for a long time. And how often has death come suddenly to a healthy person.
A poet spoke the truth when he said:
Equip yourself with piety, for you do not know, when night comes, whether you will live till dawn.
How many young men laugh in the evening and the morning, when their shrouds have been prepared but they do not realize?
How often do people hope for a long life for young people, then their bodies enter the darkness of the grave.
How many brides have been adorned for their grooms, when it has been decreed on Laylat al-Qadar that their souls are to be taken.
How many healthy people have died for no reason, and how many sick people lived for a long time.
Your life span and my life span is in the hand of Allah, Who says:
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَذُرِّيَّةً ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ ﴿٣٨[Ar-Ra’d 13:38]
...For every term is a decree. (38)
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ ۖ وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا ۖ وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌۢ بِأَىِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌۢ ﴿٣٤[Qur'an, Luqman 31:34]
Indeed, Allah [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted. (34)
It is not possible for anyone to know when he will die; it is only speculation which may be proven true or may be proven false.
What is required of us is to prepare for death at any time, by repenting to Allah and doing righteous deeds.
Narrated that Ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) said:
I was with the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) when a man from among the Ansar came to him and greeted the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) with salaam, then he said: “O Messenger of Allah, which of the believers is best?” He said: “The one who is best in attitude.” He said: “Which of the believers is most wise?” He said: “The one who remembers death the most, and is best prepared for what comes after it. Those are the wise.”
[Ibn Maajah]
On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) who said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) took me by the shoulder and said:
“Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler/wayfarer.”
Ibn ‘Umar used to say:
“When evening comes, do not expect (to live till) morning, and when morning comes, do not expect (to live till) evening. Take from your health (a preparation) for your illness, and from your life for your death.”
[Al-Bukhari]
May Allah bless us with sincere repentance and grant us excellent ending. Ameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wassallam.
Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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