graves. Hurry! Race toward good deeds and seek salvation."^[1]

Dear Islamic Brothers! A truly wise person is the one who prepares for death before it arrives. Such a person accumulates good deeds as provisions for the Hereafter and carries the lamp of the Sunnah to illuminate his grave. By doing so, he arranges light for the darkness of the grave.

Otherwise, the grave will show no regard for who enters it. Whether it is:

*     a wealthy individual or a poor one,

*     a minister or his advisor,

*     a ruler or a subordinate,

*     an officer or a clerk,

*     a businessman or an employee,

*     a doctor or a patient, or

*     a contractor or a labourer.

Those whose provisions for the Hereafter are lacking, who:

*     intentionally neglected their prayers,

*     missed fasting during Ramadan without a valid excuse,

*     did not pay Zakat despite it being obligatory,

*     failed to perform Hajj when it became mandatory,

*     did not implement Shariah-compliant veiling despite having the means to do so,

*     disobeyed their parents,