Hadiths

Good death

Want to have a good death? Live a
good life!
Shaykh Uthaymeen

O mankind, have Taqwa of Allah the Exalted
and prepare for the meeting with your Lord,
with the preparation of the righteous. Verily
the state of man is as his Lord the Exalted
said:

( ﻳَﺎ ﺃَﻳُّﻬَﺎ ﺍﻟْﺄِﻧْﺴَﺎﻥُ ﺇِﻧَّﻚَ ﻛَﺎﺩِﺡٌ ﺇِﻟَﻰ ﺭَﺑِّﻚَ ﻛَﺪْﺣﺎً ﻓَﻤُﻼﻗِﻴﻪِ ‏) ‏( ﺍﻻﻧﺸﻘﺎﻕ 6: )

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 Allah the Exalted said:

( ﻭَﻣَﺎ ﺗَﺪْﺭِﻱ ﻧَﻔْﺲٌ ﻣَﺎﺫَﺍ ﺗَﻜْﺴِﺐُ ﻏَﺪﺍً ﻭَﻣَﺎ ﺗَﺪْﺭِﻱ ﻧَﻔْﺲٌ ﺑِﺄَﻱِّ ﺃَﺭْﺽٍ ﺗَﻤُﻮﺕُ
ﺇِﻥَّ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻋَﻠِﻴﻢٌ ﺧَﺒِﻴﺮٌ‏) ‏(ﻟﻘﻤﺎﻥ : ﻣﻦ ﺍﻵﻳﺔ34 )

No person knows what he will earn tomorrow,
and no person knows in what land he will die.
Verily, Allah 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 Allah the Exalted. 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 Allah
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 Allah. 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 Allah 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 Allah the Exalted is too Generous
and too Kind to abandon His slave during the
time of difficulty if he used to know and
acknowledge Allah in times of ease.

The Prophet ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﻋﻠﻰ ﺁﻟﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ said:

ﺗَﻌَﺮَّﻑْ ﺇﻟَﻰ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟﺮَّﺧَﺎﺀِ ﻳَﻌْﺮِﻓُﻚ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟﺸِّﺪَّﺓ
ِ
Know and acknowledge Allah 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 Allah
the Exalted will know him during his time of
difficulty.

May Allah grant us and you that.

The only thing that matters is in what condition the person will die.

ﻟﺤﻈﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﻮﺕ ﻭﺣﻴﺎﺓ ﺍﻟﻘﺒﺮ
ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺻﺎﻟﺢ ﺍﻟﻌﺜﻴﻤﻴﻦ

Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee

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