Daily Death Reminders

Make it your habit to weep in the awe of the Divine, so you may laugh on the Day of Resurrection. [Yahya bin Mu'adh]

Yahya ibn Mu`adh al-Razi said, “Glad tidings to the one who leaves the
dunya before it leaves him, prepares for his grave before he enters it,
and pleases his Lord before he meets Him.”

“Abdullah Abu Ya’la would say: “Are you laughing while your coffin has been sewn by the soiler?!”
["Al-Ihyaa Ulum Ad-Deen", 3/137].


Ahmad Fareed writes:
وقال أحد الصالحين : يا عجباً من الناس يبكون على من مات جسدهُ ولا يبكون على من مات قلبه وهو أشد
“One
of the pious said: “Amazing how men cry over the death of a body, but
never cry about the death of the heart, while the death of the heart is
way more awefull”
["Tazkiyah al-Nufus", 33].


Ibn Kathir states:

“The print on ‘Umar ibn al Khataab’s ring was: “Sufficient is death as an admonisher O Umar”.
["Al-Bidayah wal Nihayah", 7/151].

Its has been narrated:

“When death reached Al-Ma’mun, he said: “Help me to get out of my bed”.
He was helped, so he placed his cheek in dirt and said: “O You, Whose
Kingdom never ceases! Have mercy on the one whose kingdom ceased!”
["Tarikh Al-Khulafa", 104].

Maymoen Ibn Mihran said:

“I went with Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz to the graveyard. When he saw the
graves, he started to weep. Then he looked at me and said: “O Maimun,
these are the graves of my fathers from Banu Umayyah. When I see their
graves now, it seems as if they never participated with the dwellers of
the world in their pleasures and (enjoyment-filled) lives. Do you not
see how they are inextricably beset by trials? The insects are feeding
off of their bodies..,”
["Dhikr Al-Mawt", 1/147].


Matraf Ibn Abdullah said:
“Verily, the death destroyed the pleasures of the people of enjoyments, so seek a pleasure which knows no death”.