Mishkat
al-Masabih

مشكاة المصابيح

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Funerals

كتاب الجنائز

 

Chapter 2a: Wishing for Death and Keeping it in Remembrance - Section 1

باب تمني الموت وذكره - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 1601, 1602

‘Ubada b. as-Samit reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying, "If anyone wishes to meet Allah, Allah wishes to meet him; but if anyone does not wish to meet Allah, Allah does not wish to meet him.” When ‘A'isha or one of his wives said she did not want to die, he replied, "That is not what I mean; but when death comes to a believer he is given glad tidings of Allah’s good pleasure and regard, so nothing is dearer to him than what lies before him, and he wishes to meet Allah and Allah wishes to meet him. But when an infidel approaches death he is given tidings of Allah’s punishment and chastisement, so nothing is more objectionable to him than what lies before him, and he does not wish to meet Allah and Allah does not wish to meet him.” In ‘A’isha's version it says that death precedes the meeting with Allah. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

وَعَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ» فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَوْ بَعْضُ أَزْوَاجِهِ: إِنَّا لَنَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ: «لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ بُشِّرَ بِرِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ وَكَرَامَتِهِ فَلَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا أَمَامَهُ فَأَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ وَأَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَإِنَّ الْكَافِرَ إِذَا حضر بشر بِعَذَاب الله وعقوبته فَلَيْسَ شَيْء أكره إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا أَمَامَهُ فَكَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ وَكَرِهَ الله لقاءه» وَفِي رِوَايَةِ عَائِشَةَ: «وَالْمَوْتَ قَبْلَ لِقَاء الله»