not care at all for the one who is in it – whether he is rich or poor; a minister or his adviser; a ruler or subject; an officer or secretary; an employer or an employee; a doctor or patient; a landowner or labourer etc. If he is found to be sinful and failed in preparing for the Hereafter, if he deliberately missed his Salah; did not observe the fasts of Ramadan without a valid Shar’i reason; he did not give Zakah despite it being obligatory upon him; did not perform Hajj when it was obligatory for him to do so and did not implement the veil as prescribed by the Shari’ah despite having the capabilities; if he disobeyed his parents; had a habit of telling lies, backbiting, tale-telling, watched films and dramas; listened to music and shaved his beard or trimmed it to less than a fist-full in length; in short, if he has left no stone unturned in committing sins, then if Allah Almighty and His final Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are displeased with him, he will have nothing but complete regret and sorrow.

Dear Islamic brothers! Death will come to all of us and it is impossible to escape from it. Wherever we are in the world, whether we are in fortified houses or grand palaces, death will certainly arrive at its appointed time. It is mentioned in the Quran:

اَیْنَ مَا تَكُوْنُوْا یُدْرِكْكُّمُ الْمَوْتُ وَ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ فِیْ بُرُوْجٍ مُّشَیَّدَةٍؕ-

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: ‘Death will come to you wherever you may be, even if you were in strong fortresses.’ (Part 5, Surah An-Nisa, verse 78)

It has been narrated that the angel of death came to Sayyiduna Sulayman عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم, stared at a person sitting beside him, then left. The person asked Sayyiduna Sulayman عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم: ‘Who was he?’ He عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم replied: ‘He was the angel of death.’ The man said: ‘When I saw him, he was staring at me as if he had come to take me.’ Sayyiduna Sulayman عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم said: ‘Now what do you desire?’ He replied: ‘I want you to save me from him, and command the wind to take me to a faraway place in India.’ Having heard this, the wind took him to a faraway area as per his wish.

When the angel of death came again, Sayyiduna Sulayman عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم asked: ‘Why were you only staring at that person who was sitting beside me?’ The