صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب    صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! We should also prepare for death before it arrives; we should also perform good deeds, leaving the sinful and heedless life that we are living. Otherwise, besides the torment of the grave and the Judgement Day, we will have to face the horrors and agonies of death. Remember! When the time of someone’s death comes and his soul is being seized, he undergoes an extremely difficult experience. The agonies one experiences at the time of death throes has also been mentioned in the Holy Quran. In Ayah 19 of Surah Qaaf, part 26 it is stated:

وَ جَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّؕ-ذٰلِكَ مَا كُنْتَ مِنْهُ تَحِیْدُ(۱۹)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And the hardship of death came with the truth; this is what you were escaping from!

Remember! Enduring the agonies and throes of death is extremely difficult. Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen, Sayyiduna ‘Umar Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said to Sayyiduna Ka’b-ul-Ahbaar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ: O Ka’b! Tell us about death. Sayyiduna Ka’b-ul-Ahbaar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ humbly said, ‘O Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen! Death is like the branch [of a tree] which has many thorns and it is made to enter the belly of someone in a way that each thorn becomes entangled in any vein. Then someone pulls it out with a jerk, so whatever has to come out, it comes out, and the rest is left there. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 5, pp.210)

Sayyiduna ‘Isa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام has said: O group of my companions! You make Du’a to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ that He عَزَّوَجَلَّ eases the agonies of death for me because I have a fear of death so much lest I die of its fear.

(Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 5, pp. 208)

Sayyiduna Imam Awza`ee رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: We have heard that the dead will continue to feel the agony of death until the Judgement Day.

(Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 5, pp. 209)

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