Death and its Remembrance

September, 2015

• 5 September

  Last words at the time of Death

  Rabi bin Bazah (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) was a pious person who used to live in Basrah. He says: “A person was once in the pangs of death. The people around him reminded him to recite the kalimah, but instead the words that were continuously coming out from his mouth were ‘Give …

August, 2015

• 29 August

  Ali bin Saalih (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) on his Deathbed

  Abdullah bin Moosa says: “I was once on a journey when Ali bin Saalih (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) passed away. When I returned, I visited his brother Hasan bin Saalih to pay my condolences and was overtaken by weeping. His brother said: “Listen to his story first before you weep. His story …
• 22 August

  Hadhrat Bilaal (Radhiallahu Anhu) on his Deathbed

  When Hadhrat Bilaal (Radhiallahu Anhu) was about to pass away, his wife began to say: “Ah, how sad! You are departing from this world.” Hadhrat Bilaal (Radhiallahu Anhu) replied: “How pleasant and joyful it is that tomorrow we will meet our friends, we will meet Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) …
• 15 August

  Hadhrat Uthmaan (Radhiallahu Anhu) and Remembering the Grave

  It has been reported about Hadhrat Uthmaan (Radhiallahu Anhu) that when he would stand over a grave, he would weep so bitterly that his beard would get wet with tears. Someone asked him, “You do not weep so severely when you remember Jannah and Jahannam as you do when you …
• 8 August

  Remember Death Abundantly

  Ataa Khurasani (Rahmatullah alaih) says: Once Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) came upon some people who were sitting together and laughing loudly, and said to them, "In your meetings, do include the talk of the destroyer of lustful pleasures.” On being asked what he meant by it, Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) …