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Ibn `Umar radhi Allaahu anhu said, “After `Umar was stabbed, I placed his head on my lap. He said, ‘Place my head on the ground.’ Thinking that that was simply restlessness on his part, I did not do as he asked. Then he said, ‘Place my cheek on the ground - may you have no mother! Woe upon me, and woe upon my mother, if Allaah `Azza wa Jall does not forgive me.’”

And when Umar ibn al-Khattaab radhi’Allaahu anhu was in the final moments of his life, al-Mughirah bin Shu’bah radhi Allaahu anhu said to him, “Congratulations to you for Paradise, O Leader of the Believers.” Though one should not say such statements to someone while he is healthy, it is recommended to do so when someone is dying, so as to help him have good thoughts about Allaah subhanahu wa ta’ala.

“O Ibn Umm al-Mughirah,” `Umar radhi Allaahu anhu said, “And what makes you know (that I will enter Paradise)? By the One Who has my soul in His Hand, if I possessed all that is in the east and in the west, I would have ransomed it all to be saved from the terror of the beginning [of Judgement Day (and that which happens during it in terms of accountability)].”

[Min Qasas as-Saaliheen]
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Subhan’Allaah… what have we prepared for that Day… may Allaah protect us from the punishment of the grave and hellfire, and Grant us Jannat al-Firdaus, ameeen.

On the authority of Abu Dharr radhiAllahu anhu who said that the Messenger of Allaah sallallaahu alaihi wasallam said,

“I can see what you do not see, and I can hear what you do not hear. Indeed the sky groans (the large number of Angels in the sky make it heavy so that it groans) and it has a right to do so. There is not an area equal to that of four fingers, except that an Angel is prostrating to Allaah therein. By Allaah! If you knew what I know you would laugh little and weep much, and you would not enjoy your wives in bed. But rather you would come out onto the hills, supplicating and praying fervently to Allaah.”

[Ahmad, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah: Hasan]

Sometimes the river flows but nothing breathes.
A train arrives but never leaves.
It’s a shame.
Oh life like love that walks out of the door.
Of being rich or being poor.
Such a shame.
But it’s then, then that faith arrives.
To make you feel at least alive.

And that’s why you should keep on aiming high.
Just seek yourself and you will shine
You’ve got to search for the hero inside yourself.
Search for the secrets you hide.
Search for the hero inside yourself.
Until you find the key to your life.
In this life long and hard though it may seem
Live it as you’d live a dream.
Aim so high.
Just keep the flame of truth burning bright.
The missing treasure you must find.
Because you and only you alone.
Can build a bridge across the stream.
Weave your spell in life’s rich tapestry.
Your passport to a feel supreme.

(M People)