Your last moments…
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Brothers and Sisters, how do you want to spend your last moments?
Do you want to spend them talking on the phone wondering what your friends have said about you, craving each compliment and pathetically searching for popularity. Have you ever longed to be popular with Allah? If Allah loves a slave, He calls Jibril and says “I love so and so…LOVE HIM!” That’s not it, then everyone on earth begins to loves you. Allah has given you a painless way into the crowd so drop the phone and the phoniness. Be a bit real and realistic - pick up the Quran. Your friend, the one you spent hours talking to, emailing, and calling, weren’t able to explain things to you. You need explanations and Allah explains:
“We showed him the Way: whether he be grateful or ungrateful (rests on his will)”
(Surat Al Insan, verse 3)
Which one of them are you?
Do you want to spend your last moments remembering Allah in solitude, shedding a tear or two for His sake in your room, in your car, at work, with your family, in school, while exercising, or would you rather be the one who is always being remembered? It upsets you when you’re not recognized, doesn’t it? It disheartens you when you step in a congregation and you are not the center of attention. Do you want to spend your last moment hoping that you were someone you couldn’t be? Why do that to yourself? If you remember Allah, He remembers you…it's that simple. This life is full of irony. We have learned through our hard experiences that most people are a disappointment; yet, we continue to seek their appreciation, and we know that Allah is grateful to those who render to His wishes; yet, we STILL continue to ignore HIM. The Irony of life is unbelievable.
Now, do you want to spend your last moments being upset with your brother or sister? Resenting the days you spent with him or her and hoping that you never see them in your life again. Do you want to spend your last moment being resentful and bitter? Is it possible to dispose the animosity in your heart and replace it with forgiveness? Don’t you wish to leave this world free, empty, and with a clear conscious - or, do you just want to be like that? Are you stubborn? Look into your heart right now, why aren’t you forgiving? How exactly do you want to spend your
last moments?
Do you want to spend them in prostration? Do you know that ALLAH might take your life when you are down on the ground and grant you a true blessing, wouldn't it be? Imagine meeting Allah while in prostration. Again, do you want to meet Allah while in the state of fasting? Imagine meeting Allah and telling Him that you refrained from food and bad behavior in desperate hopes of getting closer to Him. But reality tells us that people like to spend their last moments laughing and only if they knew. Some would like to spend their last moment listening to music, perhaps a song, and consider that you might meet Allah and you were dancing to a song. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our selves.
Some like spending their last moments being lazy and others like to watch movies. Imagine dying while watching a movie, especially if you were inspured by it or if you were caught in an indecent scene and BOOM!! Death!! What will you say to Allah when your only source of inspiration were movie actors and cereal figures but it wasn't the Quran! It wasn't your Prophet, peace be upon him, the man sent as a mercy. It is not uncommon that many don't know why he is a mercy. It can only be felt by a person who lives his life.
So tell me dear brother or sister, how do you want to spend your last moments?
Look at the clock. These are your last moments and we're counting.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:
“Whoever says Laa ilaaha Ill-Allah, seeking the Countenance of Allah thereby, and that is the last of his deeds, will enter Paradise. Whoever gives charity and that is the last of his deeds will enter Paradise”
Narrated by Imam Ahmad, classed as Saheeh by Al-Albani.
Hasan Al Basri, rahimahu allah, said:
“The soul of the son of Adam will depart this life with three sorrows: for not having his fill, for not reaching he hoped for and for not preparing well for what he is going to face”
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wasalam o 'alykum warahmatulahi wabarakatuh.