just said. Tell me! What you can do for me?” Consoling the person, he replies, “My friend! I shall accompany you in your grave and save you from terror. When the Day of accountability arrives, I shall sit in your scales and make them weighty.” This friend is that person’s actions.  

The Companions exclaimed, “O Messenger of Allah! That is an excellent friend!” The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, “This is true.”^[1]

O those who love Allah’s Messenger! These are our three friends. We usually worry about these three things most in this world. In particular, we mostly think of our wealth and family,  and even fall into sin due to this.

When this happens, the distinction between halal and haram is done away with. As soon as we open our eyes, our only concern is making money. Chasing money all day, night eventually sets in. Day and night, morning and evening, eventually our entire lives are spent thinking about money, food, cars, houses, and the latest luxuries. We only worry about where these will come from.

Remember, death will come very soon. This world is temporary. Our money and everything we worked hard for; this will all be left here. We will only take our deeds with us to our graves.

The bed and pillow of the grave

Dear Islamic brothers! Allah declares in the Quran:

وَ مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا  فَلِاَنْفُسِہِمْ  یَمْہَدُوْنَ (۴۴)

 And those who do righteous deeds so they are preparing for themselves.^[2]