and comfort of their life would get destroyed. Mentioning the severities of death, Sayyiduna Shaddad Bin Aws رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said: For a believer, there is nothing more dreadful than death in this world and the Hereafter as its pain is severe than being cut open by saws, cut by scissors and boiled in pots. If a deceased comes out of his grave and tells people about death, people could not obtain any benefit from life, nor could they sleep peacefully.

(Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 5, pp. 209)

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you noticed how bitter the taste of death is, which every person has to experience unwillingly! So delicate is the time of agonies of death in which on one hand, there are the troubles of death, on the other hand, the attacks of accursed Satan. Satan uses different types of tricks in order to deprive a person of his faith at the time of his death. He even impersonates parents and attacks the faith of some Muslims and tries to prove non-Muslims right.

At that time, the person who is greatly blessed by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ succeeds in protecting his faith from Satan. Under these conditions, Islam has commanded us to do good to a Muslim. What things should be paid special attention to, just right before and after the soul has been seized? Let’s listen to some important Madani pearls about them. If we act upon these Madani pearls, they will not only benefit us, but they will also be very useful for the deceased, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

   ٭When the signs of death are clearly evident on the patient, turn him towards his right side; and also turn his face towards the Qiblah as this is a Sunnah (if the patient feels pain while doing this, do not do it).

   ٭Make ‘Talqeen’ when a person is dying, that is, recite loudly beside him ‘اَشْھَدُ اَن لَّا اِلٰہَ  اِلَّا اللّٰہُ وَ اَشْھَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَّسُوْلُ اللّٰہ’, but do not ask him to recite.

   ٭If he has recited Kalimah, stop making ‘Talqeen’. If he speaks something after reciting Kalimah, then make ‘Talqeen’ again as his last words should be ‘لَا اِلٰہَ  اِلَّا اللّٰہُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُوْلُ اللّٰہ’.