fascinated me.’ People said to him: ‘These beautiful things continue to exist if there is a life, so do not endanger your life.’ He said: I would not leave this place at all,’ and then one day, in the state of sleep, a violent storm overcame him and he drowned. (‘Uyoon-ul-Hikayaat, pp. 446)

Aspirations of marriage were dashed

Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه said: Someone once told me an incident that a young man from Bangladesh grew his beard. When his wedding approached, his parents forced him to shave off his beard. Therefore, he unwillingly went to a barber-shop where he got his beard shaved. After the shave, when he was on his way back home, he was crushed under a speeding car whilst crossing the road, this resulted in his sudden death. All his wedding aspirations were ruined. His parents did not benefit him at all! Neither did his marriage take place nor was his beard saved.

(Nayki ki Da’wat, pp. 556)

Joy of a wedding turned into mourning

A man whose house was in the vicinity of a graveyard arranged a musical function at night on the occasion of his son’s marriage. People were singing and dancing in enjoyment when a loud and frightening voice consisting of two Arabic couplets suddenly echoed from the graveyard. (Translation):       ‘O those singing and dancing for temporary pleasure! Death puts an end to each and every happiness. We saw many people who were negligent due to fun and worldly pleasure, but death separated them from their family.’ The narrator stated, ‘By Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! The bridegroom passed away after a few days.’ (Ibn Abid Dunya, vol. 6, pp. 31, Raqm 41)

کِھلکِھلا کر ہنس رہا ہے  بے خبر         قبر میں روئے گا چیخیں مار کر

کر لے توبہ ربّ کی رحمت ہے بڑی      قبر میں ورنہ سزا ہو گی کڑی

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد