has no feeling of pain, but that part which is not dead has feels pain. And this pain is felt by the soul. Therefore, if any part gets injured or burnt, the same pain or burning is experienced by the soul, the more feeling means greater pain to the soul. Just imagine, in this case, the pain is divided among the flesh, blood and other parts of the body and only very little of it reaches the soul. However, if the same pain does not reach the other parts and reaches the soul directly, what would the state of its agony be! (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 5, pp. 207)

He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه further stated: The agonies of death directly affects the soul, then this spreads all over the body in such a way that the soul is ripped out from every vein, muscle, part and joint. Furthermore, the soul is ripped out from the root of every hair and from every part of the skin (from head to toe). (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 5, pp. 207)

Dear Islamic brothers! Besides the pain of the soul being ripped out, the sorrow of losing one’s wealth, friends, relatives, mother, father and siblings, the fear of seeing Malak-ul-Maut عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام, fear of the narrow and dark grave, to answer the questions of Munkar and Nakeer, these would be very difficult stages! We beg Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ for His blessing and mercy; surely we will not be able to bear the agonies and horrors of death. Therefore we should not commit sins and avoid committing those things which may displease Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. We should be afraid of His hidden plan. We should repent today, no, not today, but right now and let us make a firm intention not to commit sins again in future.

Please associate yourself with the Madani environment of Dawat-e-Islami in order to develop the interest to perform good deeds and rid ourselves of committing sins. Make it your routine to attend the weekly Sunnah-Inspiring Ijtima’, Madani Muzakarah and to travel with a Madani Qafilah for three days every month. By this blessing, we will have countless opportunities to perform good deeds as well as to prepare for the Hereafter before death, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

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