Knowledge of the time of passing

It is stated in the noble Quran:

وَ مَا تَدۡرِیۡ نَفۡسٌۢ بِاَیِّ  اَرۡضٍ تَمُوۡتُ ؕ

“And no soul knows the place where it will die.”^[1]

The meaning of this is that no person can know of the time or place of his passing independently without Allah Almighty informing him. Allah Almighty is indeed All-powerful. He informs whom He wills about matters of the Unseen, as has been mentioned in the noble Quran:

عٰلِمُ الۡغَیۡبِ فَلَا یُظۡہِرُ عَلٰی غَیۡبِہٖۤ اَحَدًا (ۙ۲۶) اِلَّا مَنِ ارۡتَضٰی مِنۡ رَّسُوۡلٍ

“(Allah is) the Knower of the unseen; He does not completely inform His (exclusive knowledge of the) unseen to anyone except (some of which) to His chosen Messengers”^[2]

From this it is apparent that Allah Almighty is the Knower of all the unseen and informs His chosen Messengers of this knowledge. As for the knowledge of the time and place of death, it is known by the angel that records the divine decree about a child in the womb of a mother.

Sayyidunā Ibn MasꜤūd رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ relates that the beloved Prophet               صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  said:

Indeed, the creation of a human being is put together in the womb of his mother in forty days as a drop of liquid, then he becomes a clot of thick blood for a similar period, and then a piece of flesh for a similar period. Then, Allah Almighty sends an