Dear Islamic sisters! Have you heard how valuable our life, in fact every moment of our life is and how quickly this short journey of our life is ending! Therefore, wise is the one who does not fall prey to the deception of this mortal world. She should value the precious moments (of her life) more than jewels and gold. She should adopt piety. She should not waste her life in useless activities and worldly luxuries. She should not show laziness at all in performing the actions commanded by the Shari’ah. If our Nafs makes us lazy, we should rebuke it. We should refrain from Shari’ah-forbidden acts without any ifs and buts avoiding any kind of delay.

If we remain indulged in the luxuries of this mortal world spending all of our precious time heedlessly in only brightening our worldly future and the angel of death comes to us, then by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! We would not be given time to even say ‘سُبْحٰنَ اللہ’ once. Let’s listen to an admonitory parable in this regard:

No respite to even distribute wealth

It is stated on page 389 of the book called ‘Lubab-ul-Ihya’, translated as ‘Ihya-ul-‘Uloom ka Khulasa’, a publication of Maktaba-tul-Madina, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Bin ‘Abdullah Muznee رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: A person from Bani Israel hoarded [i.e. gathered] wealth. When the time of his death approached, he said to his sons: Show me my different possessions. Many horses, camels and slaves were brought to him. Seeing them, he began to weep in remorse.

Seeing him crying, Malak-ul-Maut (Sayyiduna ‘Izra’eel) (عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم) asked, ‘Why are you crying? I swear by the One Who blessed you with all this! I will not leave until I separate your soul from your body.’ He pleaded, ‘Grant me a little time so I may distribute this wealth.’ The angel said, ‘Now you would not be granted any respite. Why did you not do it before your death?’ Therefore, Malak-ul-Maut (Sayyiduna ‘Izra’eel) (عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم) (then) seized his soul.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب    صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد