بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam
This life is going to come to an end. There is an Hour. We are going to die sooner than we might think. There are only certain things that we can take with us when we go to our graves. If we have this context in mind, we would behave differently, and stop all the haram in our lives and and doing and worrying about things that will not benefit us in the Hereafter.
Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says,
أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ يُدْرِككُّمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ
Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. [Quran, An-Nisa 4:78]
فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً ۖ فَقَدْ
جَآءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا ۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمْ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرَىٰهُمْ ﴿١٨
Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them
unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications.
Then what good to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?
[Quran, Muhammad 47:18]
The Signs of the Hour are numerous. Signs are meant to tell us something we didn't know or to remind us of something in case we forget.
Allah Most High placed them here so
we can prepare ourselves for the Hour. When you see the sign, it should
remind you of the Hereafter and if it reminds you of the Hereafter, your
life will be different. You will gain strength in obedience and insight
in religion. That is the point of the signs of the Hour. There are not
here for us to gather more information and fine details, and involve
ourselves in intellectual discussions and debates. If you ignore what
the signs are telling you, the consequence is more grave that ignoring
the red octagon.
Just as you are driving on a road and you see a red octagon sign at an
intersection ahead of you, you should slow down and prepare to stop. The sign is not meant for you to admire the red color or count the number of
sides it has or calculate the area of the octagon or wonder if you would
be seeing more red octagons during your journey, and keep driving. If
you do this, you are missing the point of the red octagons as a traffic
sign and you are bound to hurt someone, including yourself (accidents,
traffic ticket, a ding in your good traffic record, a dent in your
checkbook, etc). If you look at one red octagon and stop, it will prevent harm on yourself and others.
A nafl or dhuha prayer isn't obligatory. So,
instead of praying a nafl or dhuha, you watch movies, play grames, cling to your phone and social media. You will regret doing this in the Day of Judgment because
those 2 or 4 or 8 raka'at prayer will put you ahead till eternity. Just imagine
all the aimless browsing and cruising the internet, YouTube, Facebook,
Instagram, WhatsApp, and so on. Imagine all the fights, arguments, gossips, talebearing that people
are involving themselves in. What a waste of time!
Spend your time wisely and productively. Rush to good deeds. Ask yourself before doing anything, "Is this action that I am going to do is going to harm me in my grave and thereafter?" If the answer is yes, don't do it. FULL STOP. If you are doubtful, it is better to stay away from it. This is the way of the companions.
اللّهُـمَّ إِنِّي أَعْوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الهَـمِّ وَ الْحُـزْنِ، والعًجْـزِ والكَسَلِ والبُخْـلِ والجُـبْنِ، وضَلْـعِ الـدَّيْنِ وغَلَبَـةِ الرِّجال
Allāhumma 'innī 'a`ūdhu bika mina ‘l-ḥammi wa ‘l-ḥuzn, wa ‘l-`ajzi wa ‘l-kasal, wa ‘l-bukhli wa ‘l-jubn, wa ḍala`id-dayn, wa ghalabatir-rijāl.
O Allah, I seek refuge in you from grief and sadness, from weakness and from laziness, from miserliness and from cowardice, from being overcome by debt and overpowered by men (i.e. others).
Aameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam
And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.
Wassalaam
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