Diseases of the Heart Forgetfulness of Death

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Diseases of the HeartForgetfulness of Death

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Certainty of Death

• "Every soul shall have a taste of death And only
  on the Day of Judgement shall you be paid your
  full recompense. Only he who is saved from the
  Fire and admitted to the Garden will have
  succeeded. For the life of this world is but
  goods of chattels of deception" (al-Imran 3185)

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Certainty of Death

• "Wherever you are, death will find you out. Even
  if you are in towers built up strong and high."
• (al- Nisaa 478)

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Reasons for Forgetfulness

• Love of this world
• The heart is reluctant to leave this world
• Occupied with illusions and worldly hopes
• Enjoying life and expecting to change when older
• Ignorance
• Thinking that death only comes to old people

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Different Attitude

• Habib Abi Mohamad used to say to his wife every
  day If I die today, send to so and so to wash
  me, and let him do so and so, and you do so and
  so
• Al-Hassan said I am surprised by those who were
  ordered to prepare for the trip, the call of
  depature has arrived, and many of them left
  already, yet they are sitting and playing.

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Hadeeth of the Grave

• Muhammad Ibnun-Nadr informed us saying
  Muaawiyah Ibn Amr said Zaaidah informed us
  saying Sulaymaan al-Amash informed me
  al-Minhaal Ibn Amr informed me saying Zaadaan
  informed us saying al-Baraa informed me saying
  
• We went out with the Messenger of Allaah
  (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) in the Funeral
  Prayer for a man from the Ansaar (helpers). So
  we stopped at the grave, and the niche at the
  side of it had not been dug out yet. So the
  Messenger of Allaah raised his head to the sky,
  and then he looked down to the ground and
  conversed to himself. He said Then he said
  Seek refuge with Allaah from the Punishment of
  the Grave, a few times.
• Then he said Verily when the Muslim man has yet
  to reach the Hereafter, but he has already been
  cut off from this world, Angels from the sky
  descend upon him having faces like the sun. So
  they sit as far as him as the eye can see, with
  them are the burial shrouds from the burial
  shrouds of Paradise, and embalming perfume from
  the embalming perfumes of Paradise. So then the
  Angel of Death comes and sits at his head, so he
  says Come out, O good soul to the forgiveness
  of Allaah and His pleasure.

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Hadeeth of the Grave

• He said So it flows out as a drop flows out
  from a water-skin. So when he takes it, he
  does not leave it in his hand for the blinking of
  an eye. He said And there comes out from him a
  smell like the best musk to be found upon the
  face of the earth. So they ascend with him, and
  they do not pass by any of the angels except that
  he says Who is this good soul? So they say
  This is so and so. So the doors of heavens are
  open for him, and they follow him through every
  level of heaven, until they reach the end of the
  seventh heaven. It is then said Write his book
  in highness (illiyyeen). He said So it is
  written. He said Then it is said Return to
  the earth, because it is from there that We
  created you. and it is to there that we return
  you, and it is from there that We raise you up
  again.
• So it is returned to his body, then the Angels
  come to him, then they say to him Sit. Who is
  your Lord? So he says My Lord is Allaah. He
  said They say What is your Religion? He said
  He says My Religion is Islaam. So they say Who
  is this man who was sent amongst you? He says
  He is the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu
  alayhi wa sallam). So they say How did you come
  to know of him? So he says I read the Book of
  Allaah, and I believed in it, and I attested to
  it.

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Hadeeth of the Grave

• So it will be called out from the heavens
  Indeed he has spoken the truth, so make space
  for him in Paradise, and clothe him with the
  clothes of Paradise, and show him his place in
  Paradise. He said So he will be allowed to see
  it and his grave will be made spacious for him as
  far as the eye can see. A man with beautiful
  clothes, a handsome face, and a good smell will
  be presented to him he will say Receive the
  glad tidings that will please you upon this day
  that you were promised. So he will say May
  Allaah have mercy upon you, who are you because
  your face seems to represent goodness? He said
  So he says I am your righteous deeds.
• He said However, if he was a disbeliever,
  Angels with black faces will descend upon him,
  and with them are coarse woolen cloths. So they
  sit as far from him as the eye can see. He
  said And the Angel of death comes and sits at
  his head, so he says Come out O foul soul to the
  Anger of Allaah and His displeasure. He said So
  he does not like to be taken out of his body. He
  said So he takes it out, he does not leave it in
  his hand for the blinking of an eye. So the
  Angels take it in the burial shrouds of coarse
  woolen cloth. He said And there emanates from
  him the most offensive smelling stench like the
  foulest smelling corpse upon the face of the
  earth.

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Hadeeth of the Grave

• So they ascend with him, so they do not pass by
  any one of the Angels, except that he says Who
  is this foul soul? He says So and so, using
  the most evil of names. So when they reach the
  heaven, they open the door, but it closes upon
  him, and it is called out Return to the earth,
  since I created you from it, and to it I return
  you, and from it I shall raise you again. So he
  is placed back in his body, so the Angels come to
  him and they say Sit. So they say Who is your
  Lord? He said He says Haah, haah, I do not
  know. So they say What is your Religion? So he
  says Haah, haah, I do not know. I heard the
  people speaking. He said So they say Who is
  this man who was sent amongst you? He said So
  it is called out from the sky Verily he has
  lied, so make space for him in the Fire, and
  clothe him with the clothes of the Fire. And he
  will be shown his place in the Fire. He said So
  he will see his place in the Fire, and he will be
  overtaken by its heat and its scorching air, and
  his grave will be constricted for him, until his
  ribs start to interlace. And then there will be
  represented a man with an ugly face, repulsive
  clothes, and a repugnant smell, so he will say
  Woe to you, who are you? So by Allaah your face
  seems to resemble evil. So he will say O lord,
  do not establish the Hour! O Lord, do not
  establish the Hour!

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Death of the Prophet

• He led the Muslims in prayer for eleven days
  though he was sick. The total number of his sick
  days were either thirteen or fourteen.
• When his sickness grew severe he asked his wives
  "Where shall I stay tomorrow?" "Where shall I
  stay?" They understood what he wanted. So they
  allowed him to stay wherever he wished. He moved
  to Aishahs room leaning while he was walking
  on Al-Fadl bin Al-Abbas and Ali bin Abi
  Talib. Head banded as he was, he dragged his feet
  till he came into her abode. It was there that he
  spent the last week of his life.
•  On Wednesday, five days before he died the
  Prophets temperature rose so high signalling the
  severeness of his disease. He fainted and
  suffered from pain. "Pour out on me seven Qirab
  (water skin pots) of various water wells so that
  I may go out to meet people and talk to them." So
  they seated him in a container (usually used for
  washing) and poured out water on him till he
  said "That is enough. That is enough."

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Death of the Prophet

• In the evening he grew so sick that he could not
  overcome the strain of disease or go out to enter
  the Mosque. Aishah said The Prophet pbuh
  asked "Have the people performed the prayer?"
  "No. They havent. They are waiting for you."
  "Put some water in the washing pot." Said he. We
  did what he ordered. So he washed and wanted to
  stand up, but he fainted. When he came round he
  asked again "Have the people prayed?" Then the
  same sequence of events took place again and
  again for the second and the third times from the
  time he washed to the time he fainted after his
  attempts to stand up. Therefore he sent to Abu
  Bakr to lead the prayer himself. Abu Bakr then
  led the prayer during those days. Sahih
  Al-Bukhari 1/99 They were seventeen prayers in
  the lifetime of Muhammad pbuh.
• Three or four times Aishah talked to the Prophet
  pbuh to exempt Abu Bakr from leadership in
  prayer lest people should despair of him, but he
  refused and said
• "You (women) are like the women who tried to
  entice Joseph (Yusuf) into immorality. Convey my
  request to Abu Bakr to lead the prayer."

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Death of the Prophet

• He led the Muslims in prayer for eleven days
  though he was sick. The total number of his sick
  days were either thirteen or fourteen.
• When his sickness grew severe he asked his wives
  "Where shall I stay tomorrow?" "Where shall I
  stay?" They understood what he wanted. So they
  allowed him to stay wherever he wished. He moved
  to Aishahs room leaning while he was walking
  on Al-Fadl bin Al-Abbas and Ali bin Abi
  Talib. Head banded as he was, he dragged his feet
  till he came into her abode. It was there that he
  spent the last week of his life.
•  On Wednesday, five days before he died the
  Prophets temperature rose so high signalling the
  severeness of his disease. He fainted and
  suffered from pain. "Pour out on me seven Qirab
  (water skin pots) of various water wells so that
  I may go out to meet people and talk to them." So
  they seated him in a container (usually used for
  washing) and poured out water on him till he
  said "That is enough. That is enough."

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Death of the Prophet

• On Sunday, a day before he died, the Prophet
  pbuh set his slaves free, paid as a charity the
  seven Dinars he owned and gave his weapons as a
  present to the Muslims. So when night fell
  Aishah had to borrow some oil from her neighbour
  to light her oil-lantern.
• narration by Anas bin Malik, he said "While the
  Muslims were performing the dawn prayer on Monday
  led by Abu Bakr, they were surprised to see the
  Messenger of Allâh pbuh raising the curtain of
  Aishahs room. He looked at them while they were
  praying aligned properly and smiled cheerfully.
  Seeing him, Abu Bakr withdrew to join the lines
  and give way to him to lead the prayer. For he
  thought that the Prophet pbuh wanted to go out
  and pray." Anas said "The Muslims, who were
  praying, were so delighted that they were almost
  too enraptured at their prayers. The Messenger of
  Allâh pbuh made them a gesture to continue
  their prayer, went into the room and drew down
  the curtain." ibid 2/640
• The Messenger of Allâh pbuh did not live for
  the next prayer time.

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Death of the Prophet

• When it was daytime, the Prophet pbuh called
  Fatimah and told her something in a secret voice
  that made her cry. Then he whispered to her
  something else which made her laugh. Aishah
  enquired from her after the Prophets death, as
  to this weeping and laughing to which Fatimah
  replied "The first time he disclosed to me that
  he would not recover from his illness and I wept.
  Then he told me that I would be the first of his
  family to join him, so I laughed." Sahih
  Al-Bukhari 2/638
• He gave Fatimah glad tidings that she would
  become the lady of all women of the world.
  Rahmat-ul-lil'alameen 1/282
• Fatimah witnessed the great pain that afflicted
  her father. So she said "What great pain my
  father is in!". To these words, the Prophet
  pbuh remarked
• "He will not suffer any more when today is over."
  Sahih Al-Bukhari 2/641

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Death of the Prophet

• He asked that Al-Hasan and Al-Husain be brought
  to him. He kissed them and recommended that they
  be looked after. He asked to see his wives. They
  were brought to him. He preached them and told
  them to remember Allâh. Pain grew so much severe
  that the trace of poison he had at Khaibar came
  to light. It was so sore that he said to Aishah
  "I still feel the painful effect of that food I
  tasted at Khaibar. I feel as if death is
  approaching." ibid 2/637 He ordered the people
  to perform the prayers and be attentive to
  slaves. He repeated it several times. ibid
  2/637
• When the pangs of death started, Aishah leant
  him against her. She used to say One of Allâhs
  bounties upon me is that the Messenger of Allâh
  pbuh died in my house, while I am still alive.
  He died between my chest and neck while he was
  leaning against me. Allâh has mixed his saliva
  with mine at his death. For Abdur Rahman the
  son of Abu Bakr came in with a Siwak (i.e. the
  root of a desert plant used for brushing teeth)
  in his hand, while I was leaning the Messenger of
  Allâh pbuh against me. I noticed that he was
  looking at the Siwak, so I asked him for I knew
  that he wanted it "Would you like me to take it
  for you?" He nodded in agreement. I took it and
  gave it to him. As it was too hard for him, I
  asked him "Shall I soften it for you?" He nodded
  in agreement. So I softened it with my saliva and
  he passed it (on his teeth).

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Death of the Prophet

• In another version it is said "So he brushed
  (Istanna) his teeth as nice as he could." There
  was a water container (Rakwa) available at his
  hand with some water in. He put his hand in it
  and wiped his face with it and said
• "There is no god but Allâh. Death is full of
  agonies." Sahih Al-Bukhari 2/640
• As soon as he had finished his Siwak brushing, he
  raised his hand or his finger up, looked upwards
  to the ceiling and moved his lips. So Aishah
  listened to him. She heard him say "With those
  on whom You have bestowed Your Grace with the
  Prophets and the Truthful ones (As-Siddeeqeen),
  the martyrs and the good doers. O Allâh, forgive
  me and have mercy upon me and join me to the
  Companionship on high." ibid 2/638-641 Then at
  intervals he uttered these words "The most
  exalted Companionship on high. To Allâh we turn
  and to Him we turn back for help and last abode."
  This event took place at high morning time on
  Monday, the twelfth of Rabi Al-Awwal, in the
  eleventh year of Al-Hijrah. He was sixty-three
  years and four days old when he died.