In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The life of the predecessors between words and deeds
The condition of the predecessors upon death
The importance of remembering death and preparing for it
Safiya bint Omar, may God be pleased with them, said
A woman complained to Aisha, may God be pleased with her, about her hardness of heart
She said more than mentioning death
It softens your heart
So it made a difference in her heart
Thanks came to Aisha, may God be pleased with her
Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, said
Whoever anticipates death hastens to do good deeds
Abu Darda, may God be pleased with him, said
How often does a servant mention death?
Unless his joy is less and his envy is less
Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, said
If the deceased dies
The angels said
What was presented?
And people say
What he left
It was narrated on the authority of Saeed bin Jubair, may God have mercy on him, that he said:
If the memory of death leaves my heart
I was afraid that he would spoil my heart
Mutarrif bin Al-Shakhir, may God have mercy on him, said
This death has ruined their bliss for the people of bliss
So seek a bliss in which there is no death
Malik bin Dinar, may God have mercy on him, said
It is astonishing for those who know that death is their destiny
And the grave is its resource
How do you acknowledge the world itself?
How can he live a good life there?
Then he cries
The poet said
We go and eat for our needs
The need of those who live never ends
A person's needs die with him
What remains is his need
Marufni Al-Karkhi, may God have mercy on him, said
I saw Ahmed bin Hanbal
He has traces of asceticism
I heard him say some good things
I heard him say
Who knew that if you forget
Better and not worse
What was said about death and its terror
On the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas, may God be pleased with them both
He was asked about two souls whose deaths happened in the blink of an eye
One in the Levant and one in Morocco
How is the Angel of Death able to control them?
He said
What is the power of the Angel of Death over the people of the East and the West?
And the darkness, the air and the seas
Except like a man with a table in his hands
He can eat whatever he wants
Ka'b Al-Ahbar, may God have mercy on him, said
Who knew death?
The misfortunes and sorrows of the world were easy for him
Omar bin Abdul Aziz, may God have mercy on him, said
This death has deprived the people of the world of the richness and prosperity of the world
While they are in it like that
A sharp death came to them
So choose them from what they are in
Woe and sorrow are there for those who do not warn of death
He remembers him in prosperity
So he offers himself a good that he will find after he leaves the world and its people
Then Omar cried until he was overcome by tears
So he stood up
On the authority of Abdul Aziz Abi Marhum, he said:
We entered with Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may God have mercy on him, regarding a sick person whom we returned
When he sat with him, he said:
How to find you
He said I find myself craving food
I cannot forgive him
And I crave a drink
I cannot swallow it
He said
Al-Hassan cried
And he said
On illnesses and diseases, this house was founded
May you recover from illnesses and recover from illnesses
Can you survive death?
He said
The house shook with tears
He said, may God have mercy on him
The correct person expects from you an illness that will befall him
And the young man among you is old enough to consume it
And the old man among you will die
Aren't the consequences what you hear?
Is it not tomorrow that the soul will leave the body?
Tomorrow the robbed will have his family and what he has
Tomorrow the cabbage is in its shroud
Tomorrow he will be left in his hole
Forgotten tomorrow by the hearts that loved him
For whom his striving and sorrow were
Son of Adam
Death has befallen you
Don't see it coming
Don't come as a visitor
Don't talk soon
And you don't know a lover
She calls, but she does not answer
And you listen, but you do not understand
The house has been ruined
The children were orphaned
May your eyesight be improved
And on yourself
And your teeth became silent
And your knees are weak
Your children became strangers
With someone else
He said, may God have mercy on him
Exposing worldly death
He did not leave it there
He who has a heart of joy
Abu Bakr bin Abi Al-Dunya said
I hit a patch at the funeral
It is written in it
You gave your care to the world
And you forget how quickly the death comes
But I swear
May they be with you
Of death is a dark day
He will make you forget the length of your experience with grace
And you will regret it
Regret will not benefit you
Caution caution
Be careful before you go to death
And the neighborhood of the people of Bila
A man said to some predecessors
Or Sunny
He said the death soldiers are waiting for you
On the authority of Zaid bin Aslam
May God have mercy on him, he said
If it remains for the believer
One of his sins
He did not inform her of his work
Death stressed him out
To reach the throes of death
And his hardships are his degree in Paradise
And the infidel
If he had done a favor
In the world
Death is easy for him
To complete the reward of good deeds in this world
Then he goes to hell
On the authority of Ibrahim bin Al-Ash'ath
He said
If we went out with Al-Fadil
May God have mercy on him at a funeral
He still preaches, remembers, and cries
Even for you, he bids farewell to his companions
Going to the afterlife
Until he reaches the cemetery
So he sits down
It was as if he sat among the dead
Of sadness and crying
Until he rises
And he returned from the afterlife
He tells about it
What was said about funerals and cemeteries
And dying
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said
If the infidel is placed in his grave
He will see his seat in Hell
He said
May God bring you back
Until I repent and do good deeds
It is said
You have lived as long as you have lived
And his grave becomes narrow for him
He is like a madman
He falls asleep and panics
The vermin of the earth fall to him
Her life and her scorpions
On the authority of Ibrahim Al-Nakha’i, may God have mercy on him, he said:
If they are witnessing the funeral
They remain sad for days
He knows it in them
He said
And at your funerals you speak
With the conversations of your world
On the authority of Al-A’mash, may God have mercy on him, he said:
If we were to witness the funeral
We do not know which one is attributed
From the sadness of the people
He said, may God have mercy on him
I realized people
And if there is a funeral among them
They came and sat in silence
They don't speak
So if you put it
I looked at each man
Putting his pill on his chest
As if he were his father, brother, or son
On the authority of Salam bin Abi Muti’
May God have mercy on him, he said
Qatada, may God have mercy on him, witnessed his funeral
He did not speak until he left
Al-Haririya, may God have mercy on him, witnessed his funeral
He continued crying until the people dispersed
I witnessed Muhammad bin Wasi’, may God have mercy on him, at a funeral
He still kept his head down
He does not turn to the right or to the left
It was said to Sufyan bin Uyaynah, may God have mercy on him
For whatever reason, it is desirable to lower the volume at funerals
He said
They likened it to being gathered before God
Didn't I hear him say?
And the voices were humbled to the Most Merciful
You only hear a whisper
Al-Hassan, may God have mercy on him, was at a funeral
He saw a man talking to his friend and smiling at him
And he said
Oh Glory be to God
Wasn't the one in your hands too busy to smile?
Al-Hassan said
They glorified death if it raised its voice
On the authority of Muhammad bin Kaaben Al-Qardi, he said:
I came to Omar bin Abdul Aziz, may God have mercy on him, and he was a caliph
When I entered, I stopped looking at him
And he said
You are looking at me the same way you used to look at me in the city
That is, when he was its governor
I said
Yes, Commander of the Faithful
I liked what all of your body
And change your color
Inherited from your hair
And he said
What if you saw me after three days in the grave?
My gaze fell on my cheek
Pus and worms came out of my nostrils and mouth
You were the most hateful person to me
A man said to Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal, may God have mercy on him
Or Sunny
And he said to him
Look at what you love next to you in your grave
So he worked on it
The grave is the comfort of the believer
On the authority of Abu Ayyub bin Al-Ansari, may God be pleased with him, he said
If you catch the soul of a slave
The people of mercy received it from the servants of God
They also receive good tidings in this world
They come to him to ask him
They say to each other
Watch your brother rest
He was in distress
They approach him and ask him what so-and-so did
What did so-and-so do?
Did you get married?
If they ask about the man who died before him
He told them
He has perished
And they say
We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return
He took him to his mother, Hades
So miserable is the mother
What a miserable nanny
He said
He shows them their work
If they see well
They were happy and rejoiced
And they said
This is your blessing upon your servant
So he completed it
And if they see something bad, they say it
Oh God, return to your servant
Masruq, may God have mercy on him, said
There is no home better for a believer than another
He found rest from the worries of the world
And he is safe from God's punishment
Providing the waiting person with a certificate
Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, said
Bring your dead and remember them
They see what you do not see
And give them testimony
There is no god but Allah
Al-Hasan bin Al-Rabi’ said
I heard Ibn Al-Mubarak, may God have mercy on him
When death came to him
Nusayr came and told him
O Abu Abdul Rahman
Say there is no god but Allah
And he said to him
O supporter
You may see the severity of my words
If you heard me, I said it
Don't return it to me
So you can hear me
Then I made a statement
They used to like it
That should be the last words of the servant