The pious saints have added: The agony of death is more severe than being slashed by a sword, hacked with a saw and cut with a pair of scissors. When the body is attacked by a sword, it feels pain due to its connection with the soul. So just ponder, how painful will it be when the sword strikes the soul directly? Furthermore, one can ask for help when he is injured because his tongue and body still have energy, whereas a dying person’s voice and cries will be subdued due to the pain. It then saps all the energy from his body, leaving him with no strength to ask for help. It surprises him by overpowering his sense of thinking and understanding, and leaves him mute and the rest of his body paralysed. At the time of experiencing the pains of death, a person will be unable to weep, cry or ask for help. If he has any strength left in him, it will only enable him to make a low gargling sound from his throat and chest, or he will make the sound of a mooing cow. The colour of his skin turns muddy, that is to say, he was made of soil and soil manifests itself at the time of death. The soul is extracted from every vein, with the result that the pain spreads throughout the body, internally and externally. His eyeballs roll upwards, lips dry up, tongue shrinks and fingers turn blue.

Do not ask about the state of the body from which the soul has been extracted. If a single vein of the body is pulled, it causes terrible pain. Just imagine if the whole soul is extracted from not just one, but from every vein. How painful would it be? Then gradually, every part of the body is overcome by death. First the feet become cold; then the shins, calves, thighs, and then every part of the body faces an overwhelming amount of pain, until the soul is pulled out up to the throat. At this point, his hopes for the world and its people come to an end. The door of repentance has already been closed and he is surrounded by deep remorse and grief.”

(Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 5, pp. 511, 512)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

 Dear Islamic brothers! Only the deceased knows of the pain of death, but we should never forget our death. Sayyiduna Imam Muhammad Ghazali رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه has