Alas! The storm of death had occurred, destroying all the happiness, music, singing, dancing, laughter, great desires, wishes and luxuries. The bridegroom met his death, turning happiness into lamentation and mourning. This incident should serve as an eye-opener for those arranging such shameless functions on the occasion of marriages as well as for those attending such functions full of laughter and such fun.

نہیں درکار وہ خوشیاں جو غفلت کا بنیں ساماں

عطا کر اپنی اُلفت اپنے پیارے کا تُو غم مولٰی

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Where are those beautiful faces now?

The Leader of the believers, Sayyiduna Siddeeq-e-Akbar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ would say during the sermon, ‘Where are those with beautiful faces? Where are those who were arrogant about their youth? Where have those kings gone who had magnificent cities constructed and had them fortified with giant forts? Where are those who were victorious on the battlefields? Without any doubt, time has ruined them and they are now lying in the darkness of the grave. Hurry up! Exceed in performing good deeds and seek salvation!’

(Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 7, pp. 365, Hadees 10595)

Dear Islamic brothers! In reality, the truly wise person is he who, whilst preparing for death before the arrival of death, gathers a treasure of good deeds and arranges for the illumination of his grave by taking with him the Madani lamp of the Sunnah. The grave will not care at all for the one who is in it – whether he is rich or poor, a minister or his counsellor, a ruler or a subject, an officer or a secretary, an employer or an employee, a doctor or a patient, a landowner or a labourer, whoever he be; if he is found sinful and failed to prepare for the afterlife, if he deliberately missed his Salah, did not observe the Siyam of Ramadan without a valid Shar’i reason, if he did not given Zakah despite it being Fard on him, did not perform Hajj when it was