1 00:00:00,850 --> 00:00:03,850 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 2 00:00:03,850 --> 00:00:09,300 The life of the predecessors between words and deeds 3 00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:14,539 The condition of the predecessors upon death 4 00:00:14,539 --> 00:00:19,370 The importance of remembering death and preparing for it 5 00:00:19,370 --> 00:00:24,489 Safiya bint Omar, may God be pleased with them, said 6 00:00:24,489 --> 00:00:30,489 A woman complained to Aisha, may God be pleased with her, about her hardness of heart 7 00:00:30,489 --> 00:00:34,490 She said more than mentioning death 8 00:00:34,490 --> 00:00:36,490 It softens your heart 9 00:00:36,490 --> 00:00:39,490 So it made a difference in her heart 10 00:00:39,490 --> 00:00:43,490 Thanks came to Aisha, may God be pleased with her 11 00:00:43,490 --> 00:00:47,969 Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, said 12 00:00:47,969 --> 00:00:51,969 Whoever anticipates death hastens to do good deeds 13 00:00:51,969 --> 00:00:55,350 Abu Darda, may God be pleased with him, said 14 00:00:55,350 --> 00:00:58,350 How often does a servant mention death? 15 00:00:58,350 --> 00:01:02,350 Unless his joy is less and his envy is less 16 00:01:02,350 --> 00:01:05,670 Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, said 17 00:01:05,670 --> 00:01:07,670 If the deceased dies 18 00:01:07,670 --> 00:01:09,670 The angels said 19 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:11,670 What was presented? 20 00:01:11,670 --> 00:01:13,670 And people say 21 00:01:13,670 --> 00:01:14,670 What he left 22 00:01:14,670 --> 00:01:20,379 It was narrated on the authority of Saeed bin Jubair, may God have mercy on him, that he said: 23 00:01:20,379 --> 00:01:23,409 If the memory of death leaves my heart 24 00:01:23,409 --> 00:01:26,409 I was afraid that he would spoil my heart 25 00:01:26,409 --> 00:01:30,629 Mutarrif bin Al-Shakhir, may God have mercy on him, said 26 00:01:30,629 --> 00:01:35,629 This death has ruined their bliss for the people of bliss 27 00:01:35,629 --> 00:01:38,629 So seek a bliss in which there is no death 28 00:01:38,629 --> 00:01:43,109 Malik bin Dinar, may God have mercy on him, said 29 00:01:43,109 --> 00:01:46,209 It is astonishing for those who know that death is their destiny 30 00:01:46,209 --> 00:01:48,209 And the grave is its resource 31 00:01:48,209 --> 00:01:51,209 How do you acknowledge the world itself? 32 00:01:51,209 --> 00:01:54,209 How can he live a good life there? 33 00:01:54,209 --> 00:01:56,209 Then he cries 34 00:01:56,209 --> 00:01:58,689 The poet said 35 00:01:58,689 --> 00:02:01,689 We go and eat for our needs 36 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:04,689 The need of those who live never ends 37 00:02:04,689 --> 00:02:07,689 A person's needs die with him 38 00:02:07,689 --> 00:02:11,689 What remains is his need 39 00:02:11,689 --> 00:02:16,169 Marufni Al-Karkhi, may God have mercy on him, said 40 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:18,169 I saw Ahmed bin Hanbal 41 00:02:18,169 --> 00:02:21,169 He has traces of asceticism 42 00:02:21,169 --> 00:02:25,300 I heard him say some good things 43 00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:27,300 I heard him say 44 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:30,300 Who knew that if you forget 45 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:32,300 Better and not worse 46 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:37,280 What was said about death and its terror 47 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:42,780 On the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas, may God be pleased with them both 48 00:02:42,780 --> 00:02:47,780 He was asked about two souls whose deaths happened in the blink of an eye 49 00:02:47,780 --> 00:02:51,780 One in the Levant and one in Morocco 50 00:02:51,780 --> 00:02:54,780 How is the Angel of Death able to control them? 51 00:02:55,780 --> 00:02:56,780 He said 52 00:02:56,780 --> 00:03:01,780 What is the power of the Angel of Death over the people of the East and the West? 53 00:03:01,780 --> 00:03:04,780 And the darkness, the air and the seas 54 00:03:04,780 --> 00:03:08,780 Except like a man with a table in his hands 55 00:03:08,780 --> 00:03:12,259 He can eat whatever he wants 56 00:03:12,259 --> 00:03:15,259 Ka'b Al-Ahbar, may God have mercy on him, said 57 00:03:15,259 --> 00:03:17,259 Who knew death? 58 00:03:17,259 --> 00:03:21,259 The misfortunes and sorrows of the world were easy for him 59 00:03:21,259 --> 00:03:24,810 Omar bin Abdul Aziz, may God have mercy on him, said 60 00:03:24,810 --> 00:03:32,810 This death has deprived the people of the world of the richness and prosperity of the world 61 00:03:32,810 --> 00:03:36,870 While they are in it like that 62 00:03:36,870 --> 00:03:38,870 A sharp death came to them 63 00:03:38,870 --> 00:03:41,870 So choose them from what they are in 64 00:03:41,870 --> 00:03:46,099 Woe and sorrow are there for those who do not warn of death 65 00:03:46,099 --> 00:03:49,099 He remembers him in prosperity 66 00:03:49,099 --> 00:03:55,099 So he offers himself a good that he will find after he leaves the world and its people 67 00:03:55,099 --> 00:03:59,099 Then Omar cried until he was overcome by tears 68 00:03:59,099 --> 00:04:01,099 So he stood up 69 00:04:01,099 --> 00:04:04,479 On the authority of Abdul Aziz Abi Marhum, he said: 70 00:04:04,479 --> 00:04:09,479 We entered with Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may God have mercy on him, regarding a sick person whom we returned 71 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:12,610 When he sat with him, he said: 72 00:04:12,610 --> 00:04:14,610 How to find you 73 00:04:14,610 --> 00:04:18,610 He said I find myself craving food 74 00:04:18,610 --> 00:04:21,610 I cannot forgive him 75 00:04:21,610 --> 00:04:23,610 And I crave a drink 76 00:04:23,610 --> 00:04:26,769 I cannot swallow it 77 00:04:26,769 --> 00:04:27,769 He said 78 00:04:27,769 --> 00:04:29,769 Al-Hassan cried 79 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:30,769 And he said 80 00:04:30,769 --> 00:04:35,769 On illnesses and diseases, this house was founded 81 00:04:35,769 --> 00:04:39,769 May you recover from illnesses and recover from illnesses 82 00:04:39,769 --> 00:04:43,769 Can you survive death? 83 00:04:43,769 --> 00:04:44,769 He said 84 00:04:44,769 --> 00:04:47,769 The house shook with tears 85 00:04:47,769 --> 00:04:50,220 He said, may God have mercy on him 86 00:04:50,220 --> 00:04:55,379 The correct person expects from you an illness that will befall him 87 00:04:55,379 --> 00:04:58,379 And the young man among you is old enough to consume it 88 00:04:58,379 --> 00:05:01,379 And the old man among you will die 89 00:05:01,379 --> 00:05:04,379 Aren't the consequences what you hear? 90 00:05:04,379 --> 00:05:08,699 Is it not tomorrow that the soul will leave the body? 91 00:05:08,699 --> 00:05:11,699 Tomorrow the robbed will have his family and what he has 92 00:05:11,699 --> 00:05:14,699 Tomorrow the cabbage is in its shroud 93 00:05:14,699 --> 00:05:17,699 Tomorrow he will be left in his hole 94 00:05:17,699 --> 00:05:20,730 Forgotten tomorrow by the hearts that loved him 95 00:05:20,730 --> 00:05:24,730 For whom his striving and sorrow were 96 00:05:24,730 --> 00:05:26,819 Son of Adam 97 00:05:26,819 --> 00:05:28,819 Death has befallen you 98 00:05:28,819 --> 00:05:30,819 Don't see it coming 99 00:05:30,819 --> 00:05:32,819 Don't come as a visitor 100 00:05:32,819 --> 00:05:35,819 Don't talk soon 101 00:05:35,819 --> 00:05:37,819 And you don't know a lover 102 00:05:37,819 --> 00:05:40,920 She calls, but she does not answer 103 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,980 And you listen, but you do not understand 104 00:05:43,980 --> 00:05:45,980 The house has been ruined 105 00:05:45,980 --> 00:05:47,980 The children were orphaned 106 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:50,110 May your eyesight be improved 107 00:05:50,110 --> 00:05:52,110 And on yourself 108 00:05:52,110 --> 00:05:54,110 And your teeth became silent 109 00:05:54,110 --> 00:05:56,110 And your knees are weak 110 00:05:56,110 --> 00:05:59,209 Your children became strangers 111 00:05:59,209 --> 00:06:01,779 With someone else 112 00:06:01,779 --> 00:06:03,779 He said, may God have mercy on him 113 00:06:03,779 --> 00:06:05,779 Exposing worldly death 114 00:06:05,779 --> 00:06:07,779 He did not leave it there 115 00:06:07,779 --> 00:06:09,779 He who has a heart of joy 116 00:06:09,779 --> 00:06:13,170 Abu Bakr bin Abi Al-Dunya said 117 00:06:13,170 --> 00:06:15,170 I hit a patch at the funeral 118 00:06:15,170 --> 00:06:17,170 It is written in it 119 00:06:17,170 --> 00:06:20,259 You gave your care to the world 120 00:06:20,259 --> 00:06:23,259 And you forget how quickly the death comes 121 00:06:23,259 --> 00:06:25,360 But I swear 122 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:26,360 May they be with you 123 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,360 Of death is a dark day 124 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,360 He will make you forget the length of your experience with grace 125 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,360 And you will regret it 126 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,360 Regret will not benefit you 127 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,420 Caution caution 128 00:06:38,420 --> 00:06:41,420 Be careful before you go to death 129 00:06:41,420 --> 00:06:44,420 And the neighborhood of the people of Bila 130 00:06:44,420 --> 00:06:47,939 A man said to some predecessors 131 00:06:47,939 --> 00:06:48,939 Or Sunny 132 00:06:48,939 --> 00:06:52,939 He said the death soldiers are waiting for you 133 00:06:52,939 --> 00:06:55,189 On the authority of Zaid bin Aslam 134 00:06:55,189 --> 00:06:57,189 May God have mercy on him, he said 135 00:06:57,189 --> 00:06:59,189 If it remains for the believer 136 00:06:59,189 --> 00:07:01,189 One of his sins 137 00:07:01,189 --> 00:07:03,189 He did not inform her of his work 138 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:05,189 Death stressed him out 139 00:07:05,189 --> 00:07:07,189 To reach the throes of death 140 00:07:07,189 --> 00:07:10,189 And his hardships are his degree in Paradise 141 00:07:10,189 --> 00:07:12,259 And the infidel 142 00:07:12,259 --> 00:07:14,259 If he had done a favor 143 00:07:14,259 --> 00:07:16,259 In the world 144 00:07:16,259 --> 00:07:18,259 Death is easy for him 145 00:07:18,259 --> 00:07:21,259 To complete the reward of good deeds in this world 146 00:07:21,259 --> 00:07:24,259 Then he goes to hell 147 00:07:24,259 --> 00:07:26,610 On the authority of Ibrahim bin Al-Ash'ath 148 00:07:26,610 --> 00:07:27,610 He said 149 00:07:27,610 --> 00:07:29,610 If we went out with Al-Fadil 150 00:07:29,610 --> 00:07:32,610 May God have mercy on him at a funeral 151 00:07:32,610 --> 00:07:35,610 He still preaches, remembers, and cries 152 00:07:35,610 --> 00:07:38,610 Even for you, he bids farewell to his companions 153 00:07:38,610 --> 00:07:41,610 Going to the afterlife 154 00:07:41,610 --> 00:07:43,610 Until he reaches the cemetery 155 00:07:43,610 --> 00:07:44,610 So he sits down 156 00:07:44,610 --> 00:07:47,610 It was as if he sat among the dead 157 00:07:47,610 --> 00:07:49,610 Of sadness and crying 158 00:07:49,610 --> 00:07:51,610 Until he rises 159 00:07:51,610 --> 00:07:54,610 And he returned from the afterlife 160 00:07:54,610 --> 00:07:58,720 He tells about it 161 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,720 What was said about funerals and cemeteries 162 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,939 And dying 163 00:08:03,939 --> 00:08:06,939 On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said 164 00:08:06,939 --> 00:08:09,939 If the infidel is placed in his grave 165 00:08:09,939 --> 00:08:12,939 He will see his seat in Hell 166 00:08:12,939 --> 00:08:13,939 He said 167 00:08:13,939 --> 00:08:15,939 May God bring you back 168 00:08:15,939 --> 00:08:18,939 Until I repent and do good deeds 169 00:08:18,939 --> 00:08:19,939 It is said 170 00:08:19,939 --> 00:08:23,939 You have lived as long as you have lived 171 00:08:23,939 --> 00:08:25,939 And his grave becomes narrow for him 172 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:27,939 He is like a madman 173 00:08:27,939 --> 00:08:29,939 He falls asleep and panics 174 00:08:29,939 --> 00:08:32,940 The vermin of the earth fall to him 175 00:08:32,940 --> 00:08:36,450 Her life and her scorpions 176 00:08:36,450 --> 00:08:40,450 On the authority of Ibrahim Al-Nakha’i, may God have mercy on him, he said: 177 00:08:40,450 --> 00:08:43,450 If they are witnessing the funeral 178 00:08:43,450 --> 00:08:45,450 They remain sad for days 179 00:08:45,450 --> 00:08:47,450 He knows it in them 180 00:08:47,450 --> 00:08:49,639 He said 181 00:08:49,639 --> 00:08:52,639 And at your funerals you speak 182 00:08:52,639 --> 00:08:54,639 With the conversations of your world 183 00:08:54,639 --> 00:08:58,090 On the authority of Al-A’mash, may God have mercy on him, he said: 184 00:08:58,090 --> 00:09:01,090 If we were to witness the funeral 185 00:09:01,090 --> 00:09:04,090 We do not know which one is attributed 186 00:09:04,090 --> 00:09:06,090 From the sadness of the people 187 00:09:06,090 --> 00:09:08,250 He said, may God have mercy on him 188 00:09:08,250 --> 00:09:10,250 I realized people 189 00:09:10,250 --> 00:09:13,250 And if there is a funeral among them 190 00:09:13,250 --> 00:09:15,250 They came and sat in silence 191 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:17,250 They don't speak 192 00:09:17,250 --> 00:09:19,250 So if you put it 193 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:21,250 I looked at each man 194 00:09:21,250 --> 00:09:24,250 Putting his pill on his chest 195 00:09:24,250 --> 00:09:28,659 As if he were his father, brother, or son 196 00:09:28,659 --> 00:09:30,659 On the authority of Salam bin Abi Muti’ 197 00:09:30,659 --> 00:09:32,659 May God have mercy on him, he said 198 00:09:32,659 --> 00:09:36,659 Qatada, may God have mercy on him, witnessed his funeral 199 00:09:36,659 --> 00:09:39,659 He did not speak until he left 200 00:09:39,659 --> 00:09:43,730 Al-Haririya, may God have mercy on him, witnessed his funeral 201 00:09:43,730 --> 00:09:47,759 He continued crying until the people dispersed 202 00:09:47,759 --> 00:09:52,860 I witnessed Muhammad bin Wasi’, may God have mercy on him, at a funeral 203 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:55,860 He still kept his head down 204 00:09:55,860 --> 00:10:00,269 He does not turn to the right or to the left 205 00:10:00,269 --> 00:10:03,269 It was said to Sufyan bin Uyaynah, may God have mercy on him 206 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:08,269 For whatever reason, it is desirable to lower the volume at funerals 207 00:10:08,269 --> 00:10:10,269 He said 208 00:10:10,269 --> 00:10:13,269 They likened it to being gathered before God 209 00:10:13,269 --> 00:10:15,269 Didn't I hear him say? 210 00:10:15,269 --> 00:10:18,269 And the voices were humbled to the Most Merciful 211 00:10:18,269 --> 00:10:21,269 You only hear a whisper 212 00:10:21,269 --> 00:10:25,659 Al-Hassan, may God have mercy on him, was at a funeral 213 00:10:25,659 --> 00:10:29,659 He saw a man talking to his friend and smiling at him 214 00:10:29,659 --> 00:10:30,659 And he said 215 00:10:30,659 --> 00:10:32,659 Oh Glory be to God 216 00:10:32,659 --> 00:10:37,690 Wasn't the one in your hands too busy to smile? 217 00:10:37,690 --> 00:10:39,779 Al-Hassan said 218 00:10:39,779 --> 00:10:43,779 They glorified death if it raised its voice 219 00:10:43,779 --> 00:10:47,980 On the authority of Muhammad bin Kaaben Al-Qardi, he said: 220 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:53,009 I came to Omar bin Abdul Aziz, may God have mercy on him, and he was a caliph 221 00:10:53,009 --> 00:10:57,009 When I entered, I stopped looking at him 222 00:10:57,009 --> 00:10:59,009 And he said 223 00:10:59,009 --> 00:11:04,009 You are looking at me the same way you used to look at me in the city 224 00:11:04,009 --> 00:11:07,009 That is, when he was its governor 225 00:11:07,009 --> 00:11:09,070 I said 226 00:11:09,070 --> 00:11:11,070 Yes, Commander of the Faithful 227 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:14,070 I liked what all of your body 228 00:11:14,070 --> 00:11:16,070 And change your color 229 00:11:16,070 --> 00:11:18,070 Inherited from your hair 230 00:11:18,070 --> 00:11:20,230 And he said 231 00:11:20,230 --> 00:11:23,230 What if you saw me after three days in the grave? 232 00:11:23,230 --> 00:11:27,230 My gaze fell on my cheek 233 00:11:27,230 --> 00:11:31,230 Pus and worms came out of my nostrils and mouth 234 00:11:31,230 --> 00:11:34,230 You were the most hateful person to me 235 00:11:34,230 --> 00:11:38,519 A man said to Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal, may God have mercy on him 236 00:11:38,519 --> 00:11:40,519 Or Sunny 237 00:11:40,519 --> 00:11:41,519 And he said to him 238 00:11:41,519 --> 00:11:46,519 Look at what you love next to you in your grave 239 00:11:46,519 --> 00:11:50,860 So he worked on it 240 00:11:50,860 --> 00:11:52,860 The grave is the comfort of the believer 241 00:11:52,860 --> 00:11:59,389 On the authority of Abu Ayyub bin Al-Ansari, may God be pleased with him, he said 242 00:11:59,389 --> 00:12:01,419 If you catch the soul of a slave 243 00:12:01,419 --> 00:12:05,419 The people of mercy received it from the servants of God 244 00:12:05,419 --> 00:12:08,419 They also receive good tidings in this world 245 00:12:08,419 --> 00:12:11,490 They come to him to ask him 246 00:12:11,490 --> 00:12:14,490 They say to each other 247 00:12:14,490 --> 00:12:17,490 Watch your brother rest 248 00:12:17,490 --> 00:12:20,580 He was in distress 249 00:12:20,580 --> 00:12:24,580 They approach him and ask him what so-and-so did 250 00:12:24,580 --> 00:12:26,580 What did so-and-so do? 251 00:12:26,580 --> 00:12:28,580 Did you get married? 252 00:12:28,580 --> 00:12:32,580 If they ask about the man who died before him 253 00:12:32,580 --> 00:12:33,580 He told them 254 00:12:33,580 --> 00:12:35,620 He has perished 255 00:12:35,620 --> 00:12:37,620 And they say 256 00:12:37,620 --> 00:12:40,620 We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return 257 00:12:40,620 --> 00:12:43,620 He took him to his mother, Hades 258 00:12:43,620 --> 00:12:45,620 So miserable is the mother 259 00:12:45,620 --> 00:12:47,620 What a miserable nanny 260 00:12:47,620 --> 00:12:48,710 He said 261 00:12:48,710 --> 00:12:51,710 He shows them their work 262 00:12:51,710 --> 00:12:53,710 If they see well 263 00:12:53,710 --> 00:12:55,710 They were happy and rejoiced 264 00:12:55,710 --> 00:12:57,710 And they said 265 00:12:57,710 --> 00:12:59,710 This is your blessing upon your servant 266 00:12:59,710 --> 00:13:01,710 So he completed it 267 00:13:01,710 --> 00:13:03,710 And if they see something bad, they say it 268 00:13:03,710 --> 00:13:06,710 Oh God, return to your servant 269 00:13:06,710 --> 00:13:10,000 Masruq, may God have mercy on him, said 270 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,000 There is no home better for a believer than another 271 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,000 He found rest from the worries of the world 272 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 And he is safe from God's punishment 273 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:25,720 Providing the waiting person with a certificate 274 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,899 Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, said 275 00:13:29,899 --> 00:13:33,899 Bring your dead and remember them 276 00:13:33,899 --> 00:13:36,899 They see what you do not see 277 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:38,899 And give them testimony 278 00:13:38,899 --> 00:13:40,899 There is no god but Allah 279 00:13:41,899 --> 00:13:45,320 Al-Hasan bin Al-Rabi’ said 280 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,320 I heard Ibn Al-Mubarak, may God have mercy on him 281 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,320 When death came to him 282 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,320 Nusayr came and told him 283 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,320 O Abu Abdul Rahman 284 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,480 Say there is no god but Allah 285 00:13:58,480 --> 00:13:59,480 And he said to him 286 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,480 O supporter 287 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,580 You may see the severity of my words 288 00:14:04,580 --> 00:14:06,580 If you heard me, I said it 289 00:14:06,580 --> 00:14:08,580 Don't return it to me 290 00:14:08,580 --> 00:14:10,580 So you can hear me 291 00:14:10,580 --> 00:14:13,639 Then I made a statement 292 00:14:13,639 --> 00:14:16,639 They used to like it 293 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:19,639 That should be the last words of the servant