Death

This is a very long topic. Below, I would divide this post into three parts: a story, quotes from the prophets and an advice from me to you inshallah.

There is a story which the Arab Sheikhs say:

There is a young King which lived in the outskirts of town. He was full of Energy and had great Strength because he was Youthful. He wakes up one morning with all this food around him. He looks at all the dishes and picks the one that he wants to eat. After that he walks to his huge closet and says, "I have nothing to wear". He looks around and finally picks something to wear. After all of the that, the King says: "Which horse should I take today?" He looks around and says to himself, "That one is too small, this is too slow, this is too fat. How about I take this horse. "

This young King who has everything in this world rides off in his horse and a man says to him, "Assalamu Alaikum, I have a message for you." The King has no time for this, so he just rides on. So the man grabs the reins of the horse and says, "Wait, I have something to tell you." The king says, "Let me go, I am busy. I have somewhere to go." The man says,"This is an important message for you. You need to hear this." The King says, "Quick tell me this, I don't have time." The man says,"Alright, lower yourself." Than says, "Come down." The King says, "What." The man says, "Come down even lower." The King goes down and says, "What is it?" The Man whispers in his Ear,

"أنا ملك الموت (I am the Angel of Death)". 

The King says, "Waitt, Let me.. Just One More... " The King had no Time left in his Clock, No time to even get up. When the Soul reaches the Throat, That is when the doors of Repentance Close.

Prophet Nuh (Noah), the man who lived on this planet for over a thousand years said, "This life was like walking in the front door of a house and leaving out the back."

Prophet Isa (Jesus) said, "I began the morning with my Lord, the Blesses and Supreme above me and the Fire of Hell before me and Death in pursuit of Me. I have not obtained that for which I wished and i cannot keep away the things I hate. So who of the poor is poorer than I?"

Prophet Isa has also said, "This Life is like a Bridge, Try to cross it and Do not Build on It."

Allah says in the Quran, "Do not forget your Portion of this Dunya." Imam Khurtubi says that "Your portion of this Dunya is your Coffin. The only thing you would take from this World is Your Coffin."

When you go to your grave, Your Family, Wealth and Deeds come with you. I think you know what will stay and what will go. Your Deeds is all that stays with you.

To Read more about this World and the deception of it, Please go back to the very first Post I made on this Blog.

My advice to you comes from a conversation between Suleiman ibn AbdulMalik and a Scholar from the Tabi'een. Suleiman asked the scholar a question, "How Come we Hate Death?" The Scholar responded with, "You have constructed this Present World and you have Destroyed your Akhira (HereAfter). So you would not want to think about leaving what is Constructed to What is Destroyed. You have prepared for yourself a good life but we haven't done much for the Akhira. You built for ourselves a Palace here but not a Palace there. You made yourself a easy lifestyle here but not a similar one in the Akhira, That's Why you don't like Death. On the other hand, for somebody who is investing all of their money, money and time in building for themselves a better life in the Akhira. These are the ones who would love to go from this World to the Other."

When we were born and came into this World, The Athan was given but there was no Prayer. When we Die and Leave this World, There is a Prayer but no Athan. We were being Planned for Death when we were Born. The Athan of Birth was for the Prayer of our Death. This is the Most Certain thing in Life. Let's not let the Enjoyments of this World keep us from Remembering 

Death - The Destroyer of Pleasures.