Once Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا humbly asked: Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! Will any other person be resurrected with the martyrs? It was replied: Yes! The one who remembers death 20 times in the day and night. (Al-Mu’jam-ul-Kabeer, vol. 5, pp. 381, Hadees 7676)

The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم passed by a Majlis (gathering) in which people were laughing loudly, he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘In your gatherings also talk about the thing that makes joy unexciting.’ They humbly asked: ‘What is the thing that makes joy unexciting?’ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied: ‘Death.’

(Mawsu’ah Imam Ibn Abid Dunya, vol. 5, pp. 423, Hadees 95)

Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Bin ‘Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْـهُمَا has said that I was the tenth person who went to the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم when an Ansari Companion humbly asked: ‘Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! Who is wiser and more respectable amongst the people?’ He replied: ‘One who remembers death more and prepares for it more, these people are wiser as they depart the world and the Hereafter with honour.’ (Makarim-ul-Akhlaq, pp. 5, Hadees 3)

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you noticed that in the blessed Ahadees the one who remembers death has been given the good news of being raised with the martyrs and he is also included amongst the wise and honourable people! Therefore, being wise we too should remember death abundantly in order to attain this status. For its preparation, we should offer Salah, observe Siyam regularly, avoid committing sins and perform lots of good deeds. Today we have this opportunity, but we are not attracted to deeds, and when we die, we will have the longing of performing good deeds and will wish to return to this world for some time to perform good deeds, but at that time there will be nothing except deep regret and grief. Therefore, preferring today to tomorrow we should start performing good deeds from now, and keep our own death in mind at every moment because remembering death plays a significant role in the preparation for death.

نہ مانگے موت آئے گی نہ بیہوشی ہی چھائے گی

کرم کر دو یہ سب کیسے سہوں گا یا رسول الله