The journey every soul will make — the taste of death, the first night in the grave, the standing before Allah, and the two abodes that never end.
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'Every soul shall taste death.' Wherever you may be, death will overtake you. The Prophet ﷺ counselled: remember often the destroyer of pleasures, and be in the world as a stranger.
every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the day of resurrection. so he who is drawn away from the fire and admitted to paradise has attained [his desire]. and what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.
wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. but if good comes to them, they say, "this is from allah "; and if evil befalls them, they say, "this is from you." say, "all [things] are from allah." so what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement?
say, "indeed, the death from which you flee - indeed, it will meet you. then you will be returned to the knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and he will inform you about what you used to do."
it was narrated that ibn ‘umar said:“the messenger of allah (ﷺ) took hold of some part of my body and said: ‘o ‘abdullah, be in this world like a stranger, or one who is passing through, and consider yourself as one of the people of the graves.’”
on the authority of abdullah ibn umar (may allah be pleased with him), who said: the messenger of allah (peace and blessings of allah be upon him) took me by the shoulder and said, “be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.” and ibn umar (may allah be pleased with him) used to say, “in the evening do not expect [to live until] the morning, and in the morning do not expect [to live until] the evening. take [advantage of] your health before times of sickness, and [take advantage of] your life before your death.” [al-bukhari]
narrated mujahid:`abdullah bin `umar said, "allah's messenger (ﷺ) took hold of my shoulder and said, 'be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler." the sub-narrator added: ibn `umar used to say, "if you survive till the evening, do not expect to be alive in the morning, and if you survive till the morning, do not expect to be alive in the evening, and take from your health for your sickness, and (take) from your life for your death
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'The intoxication of death comes with the truth.' The angels take the good soul while it is pure; teach your dying to say 'lā ilāha illā Allāh.'
and the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.
then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat
and you are at that time looking on -
the ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "peace be upon you. enter paradise for what you used to do."
it was narrated that abu hurairah that the messenger of allah (ﷺ) said:‘urge your dying ones to say la ilaha illallah.”
it was narrated that abu sa’eed al-khudri said:“the messenger of allah (ﷺ) said: ‘urge your dying ones to say: “la ilaha illallah.”
abu huraira reported allah's messenger (ﷺ) as saying:exhort to recite" there is no god but allah" to those of you who are dying
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'Behind them is a barrier until the Day they are raised.' The Prophet ﷺ called the grave the first stage of the Hereafter; Allah keeps the believer firm with the firm word, and two angels come to question.
that i might do righteousness in that which i left behind." no! it is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the day they are resurrected.
the fire, they are exposed to it morning and evening. and the day the hour appears [it will be said], "make the people of pharaoh enter the severest punishment."
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'A Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds' — a day a man flees from his brother. No servant's feet will move until he is asked of his life, his knowledge, his wealth, and his body.
the day when mankind will stand before the lord of the worlds?
on the day a man will flee from his brother
and his mother and his father
so whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it,
Race toward a Garden as wide as the heavens and the earth. In it is whatever the souls desire and the eyes delight in. Allah says: I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen.
and hasten to forgiveness from your lord and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous
circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. and therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.
and no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do.
on the authority of abu hurayrah (may allah be pleased with him), who said that the messenger of allah (ﷺ) said: allah said: i have prepared for my righteous servants what no eye has seen and no ear has heard, not has it occurred to human heart. thus recite if you wish (1): and no soul knows what joy for them (the inhabitants of paradise) has been kept hidden (quran 32:17). (1) the words "thus recite if you wish" are those of abu harayrah. it was related by al-bukhari, muslim, at-tirmidhi and ibn majah
narrated abu huraira:the prophet (ﷺ) said, "allah said, "i have prepared for my righteous slaves (such excellent things) as no eye has ever seen, nor an ear has ever heard nor a human heart can ever think of
abu huraira reported that allah's apostle (ﷺ) said:allah, the exalted and glorious, said: i have prepared for my pious servants which no eye (has ever) seen, no ear has (ever) heard and no human heart has ever perceived those bounties leaving apart (those bounties) about which allah has informed you
narrated abu huraira:allah's messenger (ﷺ) said, "allah said, "i have prepared for my pious slaves things which have never been seen by an eye, or heard by an ear, or imagined by a human being." if you wish, you can recite this verse from the holy qur'an:--"no soul knows what is kept hidden for them, of joy as a reward for what they used to do
'Guard yourselves against a Fire whose fuel is people and stones.' The Prophet ﷺ said this worldly fire is but one part of seventy of the Fire of Hell. It is warned of so that it may be fled — while fleeing is still possible.
but if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.
indeed, those who disbelieve in our verses - we will drive them into a fire. every time their skins are roasted through we will replace them with other skins so they may taste the punishment. indeed, allah is ever exalted in might and wise.
abu sa'eed narrated that the prophet (s.a.w) said:"this fire of yours is one part from seventy parts of the fire of hell, each part of it is like the heat of this one
it was narrated from anas bin malik that the messenger of allah (ﷺ) said:“this fire of yours is one-seventieth part of the fire of hell. were it not that its heat has been reduced by water twice, you would not have been able to benefit from it. and it is praying to allah, asking allah not to return it (to its original level of heat).”
This worldly life is but play; the Home of the Hereafter is the true life. Death is brought like a ram and slaughtered between the two abodes, and it is called: O people of Paradise, eternity with no death; O people of the Fire, eternity with no death.
and this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. and indeed, the home of the hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.
and they will call, "o malik, let your lord put an end to us!" he will say, "indeed, you will remain."
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This page is meant to soften the heart, not to crush it. The Fire is placed here beside Paradise on purpose — the Sunnah never mentions the warning without the hope. Whoever finds only fear in these verses has read half of them; the same texts that describe the Fire describe a mercy that outstrips it for the one who turns back. Read it, and prepare — the one certainty in every life is the journey named on this page.
