Sheikh Uthaimeen رحمه الله
It is NOT
importance when the person will die or where the person will die. It is not
important that he dies in Mecca or in Medina or another place from the lands of
Allaah. It is not important that he dies on Friday, or Monday or any other day
of the week. The only thing which is important is in what condition the person
will die. This is what is important.
In what condition will the person die?
Will you die upon Imaan (faith), sincerity, and Tawheed?
O mankind, have Taqwa of Allaah and
prepare for the meeting with your Lord, with the preparation of the righteous.
Verily the state of man is as his Lord سُبحانه وتعالى said:
يَا
أَيُّهَاالْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَى رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ
"O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your
deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, so you will meet Him."
(Soorah Al Inshiqaq 84:6)
O Muslims, verily the person does
not know where he will die. And he does not know when he will die. As Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى said:
مَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِي
نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ
"No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows
in what land he will die. Verily, Allaah is All-Knower, All-Aware (of things)."
(Soorah Luqman 31:34)
If we don’t know what we will earn
tomorrow while this is from our actions, then surely we do not know when we
will die as this is from the actions of Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى. Since we do not know in what land we will die, despite the
fact that the person travels to the land by choice, and since we do not know
when we will die, therefore the place of death is unknown and the time of death
is unknown. We ask Allaah سُبحانه
وتعالى to grant us and you and good ending.
It is not
importance when the person will die or where the person will die. It is not
important that he dies in Mecca or in Medina or another place from the lands of
Allaah. It is not important that he dies on Friday, or Monday or any other day
of the week. The only thing which is important is in what condition the person
will die. This is what is important. In what condition will the person die?
Will you die upon Imaan (faith), sincerity, and Tawheed?
We ask Allaah
to grant this to all of us. Or will you die upon doubt, shirk, kufr and
obstinacy and ingratitude? This is what is important; this is what is
important, O Muslims. But whoever wants to die upon good then let him do good.
For surely سُبحانه
وتعالى is too
Generous and too Kind to abandon His slave during the time of difficulty if he
used to know and acknowledge Allaah in times of ease.
The Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said:
تَعَرَّفْ إلَى اللَّهِ فِي الرَّخَاءِ يَعْرِفُك فِي
الشِّدَّةِ
Know and
acknowledge Allaah سُبحانه
وتعالى in times of
ease and prosperity, and He will know you in times of difficulty.
What is more
difficult than the person’s life coming to an end, what is more difficult than
the person leaving this world?! Thus if the person knew and acknowledged his
Lord during times of ease, by obedience to Him and drawing near to Him with
worship of Him and constantly remembering Him, then surely Allaah سُبحانه
وتعالى will know
him during his time of difficulty. May Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى grant us and you that. The only thing that matters
is in what condition the person will die.
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