When you pass away, do not worry about your dead body as fellow Muslims
will take good care of it. They will take off your clothes, wash your
body up, and wrap it in a clean white shroud. They will take you to your
new house, the grave. Many are those who will escort you to your final
resting place; many will even cancel their businesses to see you off.
Your belongings will be discarded: your keys, books, handbag, shoes, and clothes.
By the consent of your family, these will be given out in charity in a
way to benefit you in the life to come. You can rest easy knowing that
the world will not collapse or even mourn you; life will go on, and your
job will be taken by another. Your property will be legally distributed
among your heirs whereas you will be brought to account for every
penny.
According to the degree of affinity with others, the period
they will spend to mourn you will vary. Eventually, you will be
completely forgotten and assigned a special place on the shelf of
memories. Believe it or not… the above is nothing but the truth! Hence,
your story among humans comes to an end and another one will soon start
with the truth, namely, the Hereafter.
At this very moment, you are
all alone, with no glory, property, power, health, children, or wife.
And the grave which represents the first stage of the Hereafter – that
is the real life – attends the scene. Now, the question that begs
answering here is: what did you prepare for this? What did you prepare
for the grave and your final hour?! This is a very important question
that requires every one of us to reflect on and think about.
Culled from A.S Halawani
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