وَ اتَّقُوْا یَوْمًا تُرْجَعُوْنَ فِیْہِ  اِلَی اللّٰہِ

And fear the day in which you will be returned to Allah.^[1]

According to one opinion, this verse describes how Allah is telling the believers to fear the day they shall leave the world and begin the journey of the Hereafter.^[2]

On that day, the angel of death will arrive. He will remove your soul from your body. An announcement will be made in the masjid, “So-and-so has passed away.” We will be given ghusl, shrouded, and eventually lowered into a dark grave.

The angel of death can see everybody

Dear Islamic brothers! The angel of death has been given the task of taking souls. He does not fall short in this at all. Imam Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyuṭī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه writes:

The angel of death comes to every home five times a day, and according to one narration, seven times. He looks to see if there is anybody regarding whom it has been commanded to remove his soul.^[3]

Thābit Bunānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said:

Out of the 24 hours in a day, there is not an hour in which the angel of death does not stand over the head of every living thing.