As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmutallahi Wa Baraakaatahu,
It’s your Sunnah Infographics Family here.
Hope you're well and in good health.
The last moments of life.
Can be good or bad.
When a calamity strikes…
Most of the time it is too late.
To think and prepare.
At your last breath..
It’s a good end that counts.
So seek refuge from an evil end.
How do we achieve this?
Let's find out...
Ayat Al Qur’an - Surah Luqman (31:34)
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌۢ بِأَىِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌۢ
Verily, Allah! With Him (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour, He sends down the rain, and knows that which is in the wombs. No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die. Verily, Allah is All-Knower, All-Aware (of things).
1 Hadith (Some narrations vary)
أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ صَيْفِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْيَسَرِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَدْعُو فَيَقُولُ " اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَرَمِ وَالتَّرَدِّي وَالْهَدْمِ وَالْغَمِّ وَالْحَرِيقِ وَالْغَرَقِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ يَتَخَبَّطَنِي الشَّيْطَانُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَنْ أُقْتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ مُدْبِرًا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ لَدِيغًا " .
It was narrated from Abu Al-Yasar that: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate and say: "Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min al-harami, wat-taraddi, wal-hadmi, wal-ghammi, wal-hariqi, wal-gharaqi, wa a'udhu bika, an yatakhabbatanish-shaitanu 'indal-mawti, wa an uqtala fi sabilika mudbiran, wa a'udhu bika wa an amuta ladigha (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from old age, being thrown from a high place, being crushed by a falling wall, distress, burning and drowning. I seek refuge with You from being led astray by the Shaitan at the time of death and from being killed in Your cause while fleeing from the battlefield. I seek refuge with You from dying of a scorpion sting.)"
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5532
Reflection Point
Every single one of us.
Is unaware of where our last breath will be.
And what land it will be in.
And what time it will take place.
With the endless calamities that face mankind in the 21st Century.
The deadly Hurricanes and Tornadoes in the the Americas.
The Earthquakes in Asia.
The Bloodshed and Shootings in the western world.
The Wars in the Middle East.
The Oppression..
It becomes even more important as Muslims to seek refuge with Allah, The Exalted from a frightful end..
How do we do this?
By learning and memorising the authentic supplications of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
This is how one safeguards themself from a frightful end.
In this weeks Infographic, we have created a clear and understandable design that highlights the calamitous endings that one must seek refuge from.
A supplication that was uttered on the tongue of the final Messenger that was sent to mankind..
Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim ﷺ.
And now..
At a time when mankind is most in need.
Your chance to utter those same words...
Your task this week is to supplicate often with this dua, memorise it and call upon Allah alone, by his beautiful names and lofty attributes to grant you, your family and your community..
A Good End..
From this world and a protection from destruction and chaos..
During your last moments...
