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The Angel of Death
East and another in the West at the very same moment, what do you do in this situation?
The angel of death replied, “By the command of Allah, I summon souls, and they come between two fingers of mine.”[1]
On another occasion, Prophet Yaʿqūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم asked, “Do you take the soul of every living thing?”
“Yes”, replied the angel.
“Yet, you are with me this very second”, Yaʿqūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم declared, “Whilst people are spread across the entire globe.”
The angel explained:
Allah has placed the world under my authority. It is before me just as a tray is before you from which you take whatever you wish. Similarly, I take souls from across the world in this way from wherever I wish.”[2]
اللہ! اللہ Dear Islamic brothers! We learn from this that the angel of death always sees the entire world in front of him regardless of where he is. If angels can have this strength, who then can imagine the strength and rank possessed by the master of angels, the beloved of Allah, the Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم!
When the angel of death met Allah’s Messenger
The Proof of Islam, Imam Ghazālī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه writes:
When the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم journeyed through the heavens on the night of Miraj, he saw an angel sitting on the
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- Virtue of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- The Angel of Death
- Satan’s death
- Intentions of listening to the speech
- An introduction to the angel of death
- The angel of death’s ability
- When the angel of death met Allah’s Messenger
- Who remembers death the most?
- Prepare for death
- Fear the day of return
- The angel of death can see everybody
- Nobody will remain
- The angel of death عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم and his four forms
- The throes of death
- Pious deed number 30
- Department for Handling Religious Literature
- Maintaining family ties
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- Announcement
- The 6 ṣalāt upon the Prophet and 2 duas recited in the sunnah-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- 3. 70 doors of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000
- 5. Being close to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Weekly gathering study circle schedule – 2nd May 2024
- Remaining points on maintaining family ties
- The dua to recite after leaving the bathroom
- Method of collective Fikr-e-Madinah (Pious Deeds)
- How to do collective accountability – 72 Pious Deeds
- The 56 daily Pious Deeds
- Record of Qufl-i-Madina
- Weekly 10 Pious Deeds
- Monthly 3 Pious Deeds
- Yearly 1 Pious Deed
- Lifelong 2 Pious Deeds
- The Ameer of Ahl al-Sunnah’s prayer
