27. PREPARE FOR THE MOMENT OF DEATH
He who realises the nearness of his departure from Makkah (after making hajj or ‘umrah) will perform lots of tawdf. Especially if he feels that he will not return to it because of his old age or health.
Similarly, he who is getting closer to the shores of death because of old age must work faster and anticipate the attacker (i.e. death). The bow was tough during his youth, but the bow became soft during old age, so now the only choice is to wait for the enemies who are trying to harm him.
How can anyone enjoy life while knowing that the good days he lives only bring him closer to his demise, and with increase in his life is a decrease in the possibility of him living longer?
Let him think about the following issue, it is more important than what I have said: Did not the Prophet say: “Each one of you will be presented his place in heaven or hell, and will be told: ‘This will be your place after Allah resurrects you.’”
So how sac! is a person who is threatened with murder, continuously feels he is being killed before actually being killed!
And let he who has reached the age of seventy know that his breath is an expression of pain!
May Allah make death easy
(Source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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