Long Life
I am amazed by the eye which sleeps while it knows the length of the sleep within the darkness of the graves.
—Mu’adhah bint ‘Abdillah Al-Basriyyah
(Read on pg 102, Shaykh Mashhur Hasan al Salman, The Noble Women Scholars of Hadith. Jamiah Media. 2010.)
Earn virtues in your spare time, because,
Your death might come upon a sudden,
Many healthy people I have seen who were free of disease,
But then their soul parted upon a sudden.
—Muhammad b. Ismaa’eel al-Bukhari
(Read on pg 137-138, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Imam Bukhaaree. Darussalam. Riyadh: 2005.)
If I thought that I would live one more month, I would feel that I committed a major error! How can I hope for this time, when I see afflictions descending on the creations day and night?
—Dawud at-Tai
(al-’Aqibah, p. 67)
(Read on pg 120, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004.)
People utter three statements that they have incorporated in their life: They say that they are Allah’s slaves yet they work as free men do. This contradicts their statement. They say that Allah provides them with sustenance, yet their hearts are never content except by collecting the traits of this life and earning its splendor. This contradicts their statement. They say that there is no escaping death, yet they work as if they will never die. This contradicts their statement.
—Shaqiq al-Balkhi
Mukashafatul-Qulub, p.35
(Read on pg 70, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Life is a Fading Shadow. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:1999.)