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As it is narrated in the book of Shifā that when entering an empty house or a Masjid, one should recite ‘اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيۡكَ اَ يُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَ رَحۡـمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهٗ’. Secondly, the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would recite Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī upon himself; sometimes he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم recited ‘صَلَّي اللّٰهُ عَلٰي مُحَمَّدٍ وَّسَلَّمَ’ and sometimes he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم recited ‘صَلَّي اللّٰهُ عَلَيَّ وَسَلَّمَ’. (Mirāt-ul-Manājīḥ, vol. 1, pp. 450)
Some people came to Sayyidunā Ibn ‘Abbās رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ and said: We went on Ḥajj, another man was also with us. When we reached the place called Żāt-uṣ-Ṣifāḥ[1], that man passed away. We arranged his funeral and dug a grave to bury him. When we were laying him to rest, we found his grave infested with black snakes. We immediately abandoned that grave and dug another grave, which, all of a sudden was also infested with black snakes. We have, therefore, delayed his burial and have come to you for advice. Sayyidunā Ibn ‘Abbās رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said, ‘ذٰلِكَ الۡغِلُّ الَّذِيۡ تَغِلُّ بِهِ انۡطَلِقُوۡا فَادۡفِنُوۡهٗ فِيۡ بَعۡضِهَا’, i.e., this is his hatred he kept in his heart towards others! Go, and bury him in the same grave. (Mawsū’aĥ Ibn Abid Dunyā, Kitāb-ul-Qubūr, vol. 6, pp. 83)
Dear Islamic brothers! Did you see that even a person who went on the holy pilgrimage of Hajj was buried in a grave full of black snakes due to hatred that he kept in his heart towards others. This parable is an eye opener for all of us, especially for those whose outward appearance looks very pure and sweet but inwardly they are fully contaminated with malice, hatred and other impurities. Just think about it! What would happen to us if we had to encounter such poisonous snakes and scorpions in our grave? So, before we breathe our last when the respite of repentance is not allowed, let us seek
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