prepare for your death by offering the prayers; observing the fasts of Ramadan and adopting the Sunnahs of the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. 

Remember! Anyone who has fallen prey to heedlessness and continues to commit sins has lost his way and has wandered into the darkness of evil. If Allah Almighty and His Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are displeased, he will face the torments of the grave and the punishments of the afterlife. Then, remorse and guilt will be useless. You still have a chance, sincerely repent and tread on a life of Sunnah.

Old-age is a sign of death

Dear Islamic brothers! Like illnesses, old-age is also a sign of death. Being heedless of death is like sleeping whilst surrounded by enemies, but being heedless of death after growing old is like being attacked by an enemy and not retaliating in any way. Old-age is the last stage which is directly followed by death. It is the age which awakens one from heedlessness and encourages him to perform good deeds. However, if somebody remains heedless at this age, what will his condition be in the Hereafter? Allah Almighty states in the Glorious Quran:

وَ هُمْ یَصْطَرِخُوْنَ فِیْهَاۚ-رَبَّنَاۤ اَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا غَیْرَ الَّذِیْ كُنَّا نَعْمَلُؕ-اَوَ لَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُمْ مَّا یَتَذَكَّرُ فِیْهِ مَنْ تَذَكَّرَ وَ جَآءَكُمُ النَّذِیْرُؕ-فَذُوْقُوْا فَمَا لِلظّٰلِمِیْنَ مِنْ نَّصِیْرٍ۠(۳۷)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And they shall be screaming in it, ‘Our Lord! Free us, so that we may do good deeds, the opposite of what we used to do’; (it will be said to them) ‘And did We not give you an age long enough, in which anyone who wants to understand, would have understood? And the Announcer of Warning did come to you; therefore now taste it – for the unjust do not have any supporter.’ (Part 22, Surah Al-Faatir, verse 37)

It is stated in the books of commentary regarding this verse that: “‘النَّذِیۡرُ ؕ’ refers to old-age.” ‘Allamah Baghawi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه has stated: “When the first hair