Book Name:Maut kay Qasid

Fard on him, if he did not enforce veiling as prescribed by the Shari’ah despite having the authority and power to do so, disobeyed his parents, had a habit of telling lies, backbiting, and tale-telling, watched films and dramas, listened to music, shaved his beard or trimmed it to less than a fist length, in short, if he has left no stone unturned in committing sins, then if Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are displeased with him, he will have nothing but complete regret and sorrow.

Dear Islamic brothers! Death will come to all of us and it is impossible to escape from death; wherever we manage to go in the world, we cannot escape from death. The subject ‘Death’ has been discussed at many places in the Glorious Quran. The Glorious Quran says:

 

اَیْنَ مَا تَكُوْنُوْا یُدْرِكْكُّمُ الْمَوْتُ وَ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ فِیْ بُرُوْجٍ مُّشَیَّدَةٍؕ-

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: ‘Death will come to you wherever you may be, even if you were in strong fortresses.’ (Part 5, Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 78)

 

It has been narrated that once Malak-ul-Maut (angel of death) came to Sayyiduna Sulayman عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام and continuously stared at a person sitting beside him and then went out. This person asked Sayyiduna Sulayman عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام: Who was he? He عَـلَـيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام said: He was Malak-ul-Maut (the angel of death). That person asked: When I saw him he was staring at me as if he had come to take me. Sayyiduna Sulayman عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام said: Now what do you want? He replied: I want you to save me from him and order the wind to take me to a faraway area of Hind. Having heard this, the wind took him to a faraway area according to his wish.

When Malak-ul-Maut (angel of death) came again, Sayyiduna Sulayman        عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام asked him: Why were you only staring at that person who was sitting beside me? Malak-ul-Maut replied: I was surprised that he was here because I was commanded to seize his soul after sometime in a faraway area of Hind, but he was sitting beside you. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 5, pp. 216)