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The Grave

Assalaamu-Alaikum

Live so that when you're alive, people must want to be in your company, and
when you die, people must want to claim to have known you! (Ali ibn Abi
Talib RA)

Horrors of the Grave

Abu Sa'eed Khudri radhiyallahu anhu is reported to have said: One day when
the Holy Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam came to the Masjid, some people
were grinning with delight. He said: Had they remembered death (which brings
pleasures to an end) they would have refrained from indulging in things that
excite laughter.

The grave of everyone makes this announcement daily, "I am a place of
solitude, I am a lodging of wilderness, I am a dwelling place of worms."

When a believer is buried, the grave says, "I welcome your auspicious
arrival. I am pleased to meet you. Of all the men who passed me, I liked you
the most. You have come to me today. I will show you how I shall treat you."

After that the grave expands to such an extent that the dead body finds open
space as far as his eyes can see, and a window opening towards Paradise
sending out breeze and sweet fragrance.

When a wicked person or a disbeliever dies, the grave says, "Your arrival is
evil. I am displeased to meet you. Of all the men who passed me, I disliked
you the most. You have come to me today, I will show you how I treat you."

After saying so, that grave becomes narrow to such an extent that his bones
and ribs of one side pierce into those of the other side. The Holy Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam demonstrated it by putting and pressing the
fingers of one hand into those of the other hand. Then seventy serpents
begin to bite him, which are so venomous that if one of them were to sting
the earth, it would not grow grass till the last day. All these serpents
will continue to sting him till the last day.

After that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam remarked, "Grave is
either one of the gardens of Paradise or is one of the pits of Hell."

It is reported that a man asked the Holy Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
to tell him as to who was the wisest and the most cautious of all men. The
latter told: It was the man who always remembered "death"

in the world and who always made preparations for death; such are the people
who are honoured not only in this world but also in the life Hereafter.

A man always runs after a thing which is bound to perish, and is engrossed
in high hopes and great expectations. He does not know that day dreams can
never be realized. He spends his day in forgetfulness and passes his day in
unmindfulness and passes his night in slumber while death is lowering over
his head. He will regret tomorrow of what he is doing today.

Bukhaari and Muslim have narrated a Hadeeth that when the dead body is hit
by the iron-mace, it cries so loudly that it is heard by all the creatures,
living between the east and west except mankind (humans) and

jinns.

Human beings cannot stand the horrible sight of the tortures of the grave.
If they were to witness the tortures of the grave or hear the cries they
would faint. Those who are running away from death; one day

they will be trapped unaware and will be made to stand before Allah the
Almighty. They will be called upon to answer for their actions by Him Who is
all-knowing.

Brothers and Sisters! Remember death frequently; the worldly pleasures will
come to an end and death will become easy for you.

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