Book Name:Mola Ali Aur Fikr e Akhirat
between halal and haram sources will be subject to punishment in the Fire.
Dear Islamic brothers! This world is a realm of deception. We know it is a temporary abode, but we do not change our ways.
Sayyiduna ꜤAlī gave us the following advice:
I fear two things for you: fleeting hopes and pursuing your desires. Hopes of a long life leads to forgetting the Hereafter, and succumbing to desires leads one away from the path of truth.”[1]
Dear Islamic brothers! These are two severe societal illnesses which are deceiving us. We think we have a lot of years left in our lives, whilst others have never thought about death at all. When we hear about someone’s death, we give ourselves false reassurances. We say, “He had heart disease”, “He had cancer and that’s why he died”, “He died in an accident because he never drove safely”, “He died from electric shock because he wasn’t careful”, and so on.
We comfort ourselves with these statements, but the truth is that whoever lives will eventually die.
Remember, Allah has said:
کُلُّ نَفۡسٍ ذَآئِقَۃُ الۡمَوۡتِ ؕ
Every soul will taste death.[2]
Everyone will taste death, and it has no link with one’s health, driving ability, illness or calamity. These are apparent causes of death, but