Category: Death
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One of my favourite ḥadīths is reported by Al-Bukhārī on the authority of Anas ibn Mālik, who narrates that he along with a group of Companions, accompanied the Prophet ﷺ in visiting his young son (Ibrāhīm), who was in the final stages of his life. Tears began to flow from the Prophet’s ﷺ eyes. ʿAbdur…
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Ibn Al-Jawzī رحمه الله writes in Ṣifat-aṣ-Ṣafwah: It has been narrated from ʿIkrimah رحمه الله regarding Muḥammad ibn Al-Munkadir رحمه الله that he became extremely scared at the time of his death. He was asked, ‘Why are you so afraid?’ He replied, “I fear [that I may be victim of] a verse in the Book…
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لكلّ أناسٍ مقبرٌ بفِنائِهم فهم ينقصون والقبور تزيدُ ‘Every community has a graveyard on its outskirts…its numbers continue depleting and the graves increasing.’