of someone we knew took place and their house was very close to a graveyard. When the wedding ceremony took place, his father and family members organised a gathering of entertainment (which might be referred to as a function today); wherein drums were played and dancing took place. All of a sudden, a loud voice was heard from the graveyard and it mentioned some Arabic couplets, the translation of which is as follows: O those who are engaged in taking pleasure in short lived entertainment! O those who are absorbed in the pleasures of dancing and delight! O those who are lost in the delight and enjoyment of music and instruments! Death will bring an end to all entertainment; it will end your gathering of dancing and delight! Many of those who are busy in their pleasures are separated from their family in one strike of death!

Hearing this terrifying voice, all of the people began to tremble and the groom was also shaken. Sayyiduna Sa’eed Bin Haashim رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: By Allah! That young bridegroom passed away only a few days after. (Mawsu’ah Ibn-e-Abi Al-Dunya, vol. 2, p. 459, Hadith 48)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! The aforementioned account is a warning for us; undoubtedly, the young man must have thought, ‘I am young yet and I have a long life ahead of me; I will fully enjoy my youth. I am getting married now, so I will take pleasure from these days of joy; I will fulfil all of my desires; I will eat at the meal invitations of family members and others!’ But alas! Death arrived and it took away the amusement and playing and the sound of music and the joy of those who felt joy in laughing and joke-telling. The groom met his  death and a home that was full of joy became a place of sorrow.

Dar-ul-Ifta Ahl-e-Sunnat

Dear Islamic brothers! If we wish for marriages in our society to take