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Musk Al-Khattab | Episode (67) | Good ending
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Some people understand this verse
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to mean that a person
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must not die except while they are a believer.
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However,
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can a person guarantee that?
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And does a person know
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when they will die, so that
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they may die as a believer?
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No one is able
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to guarantee that.
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Nor does a person know the time
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or the place in which they will die.
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But they can only
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strive to die
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with a good ending,
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dying while they are upon faith
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and Islam.
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At that point, it does not harm them in which
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land they die.
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For the life of a person, even if it is long,
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is short,
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and hearts are prone to change.
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And you, O servant of Allah,
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are required to die
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while you are upon faith.
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You are required to worship Allah
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until the very last moment.
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The Almighty says:
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"And worship your Lord
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until there comes to you
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the certainty [of death]."
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So beware of having
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a bad ending.
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For the command to observe piety and worship
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continues until death,
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so that you may attain a good ending.
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The Prophet,
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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has explained
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that some people
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strive in acts of obedience
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and distance themselves from sins throughout
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their lives,
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but shortly before death,
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they commit evil deeds and sins,
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and thus die in that state,
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and their lives are concluded with
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an evil ending.
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He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"A man
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may perform the deeds of the people of Paradise
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until there is only a cubit
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between him and it,
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then the decree overtakes him,
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and he performs the deeds of the people of
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the Fire and enters it."
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On the authority of Sahl Ibn Sa'd,
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may Allah be pleased with him,
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[it is narrated] that a man among the Muslims
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in one of the battles with the Messenger of Allah,
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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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fought with great valor.
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The Companions were impressed
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by this and said,
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"No one among us
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has performed today as
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so-and-so has."
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said,
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"Know that he
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is among the people of the Fire."
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Some of the Companions asked,
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"Who among us is of the people of Paradise
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if this man is of the
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people of the Fire?"
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A man from the group said,
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"I will follow him and see
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what he does."
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He followed him, and he said:
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"The man was severely wounded,
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and he sought to hasten his death.
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He placed his sword upon
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the ground, with the tip of
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his sword between his breasts,
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then he leaned upon his sword
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and killed himself."
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The man returned to the Messenger of Allah,
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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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and said,
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"I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah."
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He asked, "Why is that?"
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He said,
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"The man whom you mentioned earlier,
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that he is of the people of the Fire—
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the people were astonished by that,
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so I said, 'I will find out for you.'
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I went out in pursuit of him,
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until he was severely
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wounded,
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and he sought to hasten his death.
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He placed the blade of his sword on the ground,
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with its tip between his breasts,
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then he leaned upon it
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and killed himself."
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said
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at that moment:
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"A man may perform
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the deeds of the people of Paradise
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as it appears to the people,
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while he is actually of the people of the Fire."
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Indeed, deeds are judged by their endings.
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So work, O Muslim,
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and be consistent in your deeds,
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and beware of dying
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while you are in a state of sin.
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For what matters is the end.