Shaykh al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullah):
Whenever (you find) your heart heedless, and you are preoccupied with the worldly life, then go to the graves and contemplate about those people (in the graves), yesterday they were upon the earth, just as you are now.
Sharh Riyadh as-Saaliheen v.3 pg.473
Regarding seeking forgiveness, Shaykh Fawzan in explanation of the final verse of soorah an-Nasr said,
“It is better to complete ones lifespan with seeking and supplicating for forgiveness, because people, whether they are upon righteousness, uprightness and performance of righteous actions; then indeed they still have shortcomings regarding the right of Allah, so they should seek forgiveness. Subsequently it takes precedence and is obligatory for the sinful servant to seek and supplicate for forgiveness from Allah.
There is great virtue in seeking forgiveness and seeking of forgiveness is legislated to be done when completing righteous actions; when your life is approaching its end; when getting up from a gathering (1) and when completing the prayer.
On the authority of Thawbaan (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: When he had finished his prayer, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to ask for forgiveness three times and say: “Allaahumma anta al-salaam wa minka al-salaam, tabaarakta yaa dhaa’l-jalaali wa’l-ikraam (O Allaah, You are al-Salaam (the One Who is free from all defects and deficiencies) and from You is all peace, blessed are You, Possessor of Majesty and Honour).” (2)
Likewise he completes his life with asking for forgiveness, just (as he does at the end of each obligatory prayer) because seeking of forgiveness is sought after (at then end of an action, or one’s life).
Maa Tayyasara wa Tahassala min Duroos al-Quraan fee Hizb al-Mufassal pg. 527 with additional benefits from the recorded lesson.
(1)Sunan at-Tirmidhi 3433, Authenticated by Shaykh al-Albaani
(2) Muslim 135
The messenger of Allāh (sallallāhu alaihi wa salam) said,
‘Whomsoever performs ghusl for a (deceased) Muslim and conceals (his affairs), he will be forgiven 40 times…”
To attain this reward there are two conditions
1. That he conceal the dead person, i.e. he does not talk or disclose that which he has seen from disliked/unpleasant affairs (related to the deceased).
2. That he hopes and desires by way of washing the dead Muslim, the Face of Allāh, not seeking a reward or thanks or anything from the affairs of the worldly life.
Ahkhaam Al-Janaaiz Shaykh Albaani pg 69.
Hadeeth is Saheeh upon the conditions of Muslim
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān:
Reflect on the rapid passing of the nights and days, indeed this is your life (passing you by). These (night and days) are the deposit boxes of your actions. On the day of resurrection these boxes will be opened. The believer will find in his boxes, honour and nobility, whilst the negligent find in their boxes, humiliation and degradation.
Therefore, fill these boxes with the taqwa of Allah (subhānahu) and righteous actions before (these boxes) are closed due to the end of your life.
Official Website of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān
Ammaar Bin Yaasir (radiyallaahu-anhu) said:
Death is enough as an admonition, certainty is enough as richness and worship is enough as an occupation.
[Jaami-ul Uloom Wal-Hikam: 308]
Question: Is it permissible for a person to say about a dead person, “Fulaan [i.e. such and such] is Marhoom [i.e. he has been forgiven or bestowed with mercy] or my father is Marhoom [i.e. he has been forgiven or bestowed with mercy]?”
Answer: The statement Al-Marhoom [i.e. the one forgiven or bestowed with mercy] is not permissible to be uttered about a dead person, rather it is to be said: ‘’Rahimahullaah [may Allaah have mercy upon him]- because the first statement [i.e. al-Marhoom] is information given by the speaker whilst he is not aware of the true state of affairs [of the dead person], rather Allaah is the [only] One who knows about it.
[Fataawaa Al-lajnah Ad-Daa-imah 9/141]
Al Allaamah Ahmad an Najmee (rahimahullah):
O slave of Allaah, may Allaah have mercy upon you; Observe the fasting of the month of Ramadhaan and standing in its night prayer. Take benefit from this opportunity, it may be that you will not get it again, as perhaps death may snatch you before the next Ramadhaan reaches you again.
Source: Istiqbaal Shahri Ramadhan:pg 28
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful The Bestower of Mercy
There is a soul within a person, without which he will not be alive. Had it not been that a soul was inside his body, he would not have been alive.
Al Allaamah Ash Shaykh Saalih Al Fawzaan – May Allah preserve him – said:
“The loss (death) of the Scholars is a calamity upon Islaam and the Muslims.”
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Shaykh Al-Uthaymeen – Rahimahullaah – said:
Among the causes of decrease in imaan is ignorance concerning Allah The Most High. (Ignorance) of His names and attributes, as well as inattention and disregard towards contemplating over His universal and legislative laws. For indeed that is what results in (either) sickness of the heart or it’s death, due to doubts and desires overwhelming it (i.e. the heart). Likewise perpetrating sins decreases one’s imaan, in accordance to the type of sin commited, the degree of the sin, laxity concerning it, as well as the strength or weakness of the factors that invite one to it.
فتح رب البرية بتلخيص الحموية / ص105
Translated by Abu Arwah Ali bin Mushtaq Mir