Many of you might be annoyed, or dislike it and may be think that I am talking a bit pessimistically, as many of us live in the impression that we are too young to die. And we have enough time to repent, and to set our affairs right. That is not the case. Even single second of our life is not guaranteed. I continuously ask questions to myself concering death.

"Suppose you learn today that you have only one more day to live; you’ll die tomorrow. How will you spend your last day?"
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Death is the most certain aspect of life. According to the statistics, 6178 people die in the world every hour (has to be verified but it is close to that). These are people of all ages, dying of various causes. Some of these deaths will make headlines. A great majority will die quietly. Yet everyone will enter his grave the same way. Alone. At the time appointed by God. Science and technology can neither prevent nor predict death. It is solely in the hands of the Creator.
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"O mankind! If you are in doubt concerning the Resurrection, then lo! We have created you from dust, then from a drop of seed, then from a clot, then from a little lump of flesh shapely and shapeless, that We may make it clear for you. And We cause what We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed time, and afterward We bring you forth as infants, then give you growth that you attain full strength. And among you there is he who dies young, and among you there is he who is brought back to the most abject time of life, so that after knowledge he knows naught!"[Al-Haj 22:5]
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We see it happening all the time. Yet it is amazing how we feel that it won’t happen to us, we act like an ostrich which on facing death, bury his head into the ground. We keep convincing ourselves, that we have enough time. We bury our own friends and relatives but think that we’ll live forever or at least pretend to be like this. Our attitudes about death defy all logic. In a way we recognize it and even plan for it. We take out life insurance policies. We may do estate planning. Businesses and governments have contingency plans to carry out their operations in case f sudden loss of their leaders. But this is recognition of death as an end point of this life. Where we fail is in recognizing it as the beginning of another life that will never end and where we’ll reap what we sow here.
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Remembering death is the antidote for that deception. A person who remembers that he will have to stand before his Creator and be accountable for his actions simply cannot defy God
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In the story of Pharaoh, we learn that when he saw death approaching to him he declared belief in the God of Moses. Before that he had been fooled by his apparent power and might. His repentance came too late but it did show how his arrogance and intransigence evaporated when faced with the certainty of death.

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Peace
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As’salamu alaikum wa ramatullahi wa barakaatuhu

All of us will face death one day, our hearts will stop, our brain activity will stop and our bodies will decompose. However as Muslims we know that death is not the end. Allah (swt) has informed us thatthere is life after death, that we will be accounted for every action we performed and will be either sent to Jannah (paradise) or Jahannam (Hellfire) according to our deeds.

For a Muslim reminding oneself of death strengthens our realisation of the afterlife and commitment to Islam.
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “The clever one is he who disciplined himself and worked for what is after death, and the feeble one is he who followed his desires, then made (vain) prayers to Allah”.

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