Dear brothers, death is the only certainty of this life. But\nmany people refuse to acknowledge death or they are saddened by the prospect of\nit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allah SWT speaks of death in ayat 185 of Sura Al-Imran. It is\ntranslated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every soul will taste death. And\nyou will only receive your full reward on the Day of Judgment. Whoever is\nspared from the Fire and is admitted into Paradise will \u02f9indeed\u02fa triumph,\nwhereas the life of this world is no more than the delusion of enjoyment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As well as this the Prophet SAWS spoke of death as the\ndestroyer of pleasure. And whilst there are those in life who commit injustices\nthinking there is no account, the 19th<\/sup> ayat of Sura Qaf reminds us\nthat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u02f9Ultimately,\u02fa with the throes of\ndeath will come the truth.1 This is what you were trying to escape!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear brothers, death should serve as a reminder for us all\nto remember our duties, to avoid haram, to do good in this world and to please\nAllah SWT. None of us truly know when our time here will expiry and death will\nbe tasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, there is an important point to make here. Death is\na journey. It is a journey insh\u2019Allah to an inevitable place that cannot be\ncompared to this world. If this world was to be called a barren desert, then we\nare travelling to a lush garden in comparison. And this is merely our dwelling,\nlet alone the pleasure of knowing that Allah SWT is pleased with us upon our\nreturn to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If we remind ourselves what potentially awaits us then it\ndoes not sadden the heart. Instead, we become optimistic of our return to Allah\nSWT. We feel contentment at the next stage of our journey, and we ask Allah SWT\nfor forgiveness and actively worship Him with sincerity and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This week we were served a reminder of how fleeting this\nworld is. But these reminders will not end. And one day we will be a reminder\nto those who are left behind. Now is the time to remain hopeful on the mercy of\nAllah SWT and to remind one another the reward of the believers. Because if you\ndo ponder on what awaits those who believed and did good in this life then you\ncan\u2019t help but feel motivated to be a better Muslim and to strive to achieve\nthe best of the next life, a life that is bliss and never ending. <\/p>\n\n\n\n May Allah SWT enable us to make the most of this life in\npreparation for our return. May Allah SWT save us from becoming deluded from\nthis life and may Allah SWT grant mercy to all of us when death finally reaches\nus. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear brothers, death is the only certainty of this life. But many people refuse to acknowledge death or they are saddened by the prospect of it. Allah SWT speaks of death in ayat 185 of Sura Al-Imran. It is translated to say: Every soul will taste death. And you will only receive your full reward […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-2612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon","tag-death"],"blocksy_meta":[],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}