A sermon from the dying to the living

There once lived in Basrah a prolific and profoundly spiritual worshipper whose fear of the Hereafter caused him to become physically weak, and whose constant crying made him skinny and sick. When he was on his deathbed, his family gathered around him, and they all began...

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What to do upon death: When signs of death start showing up

By Dr. Abdulhayy ‘Arifi rahimahullahWHEN SIGNS OF DEATH START SHOWING UPThe blessed Companion Aboo Sa’eed Khudri radiyallahu anhu narrates that the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam said, “Prompt the dying among you to say (the kalimah): Lã ilãha illallãh (I declare that...

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A good sealing state: Husn Al-Khatima

By Mufti Abdur Rahman ibn YusufThe final state of a person at the time of death is what matters in the Hereafter. In this article, we discuss some of the causes for both good and evil sealing states, and how a person’s inner traits will dominate at the time of death.In...

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At the face of death

A heart-touching story… learn from it.This is something that is very personal and important to me. I hope that you will learn and benefit from it. Let me begin by saying “Bismillah.” When I first started University, I had met another Muslim brother. We had become good...

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ISLAMIC DEATH: The Final Return

A police officer in a Muslim country wrote the following letter to a Shaykh describing the events that led to his return to Allah. He recalls: Seeing accidents and crash victims was a normal part of my day, but one incident was different. My partner and I had parked...

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