26th Ramadhan - Ingat Mati

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim
Assalammualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Astaghfirullahal azheem. Alhamdulillah segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam yang menetapkan segala urusan dunya dengan ketetapan yang Maha Halus, Maha teliti. Subhanallah. Tatkala berbual dengan seorang sahabat (alhamdulillah jazakillah ya ukhti), diri sangat bersyukur kerana telah diberi satu peringatan dari Allah berkenaan perkara utama yang perlu diri ini risaukan - apakah amalku jika ajal tiba? Apakah keadaanku jika malaikat maut menjemput? Ighfirly ya Allah, ana faqir ilayka.

Life is a TEST

Sayyidina Umar r.a. once asked Sayyidina Ka'ab r.a. to describe death. He said, "The similitude of death is like a thorny tree that has entered into the stomach of a person. The thorns then penetrate each of his vein and sinew. Then a strong person pulls the tree out with such force that it emerges, ripping the flesh as it is drawn out. This is the example of the throngs (pain) of death"

A person should be content and happy with whatever Allah gives. If a person attains contentment and satisfaction, then he/she should consider these as blessings and be thankful to Allah. He/she should not aspire for the wealth that has been given to others.

All actions can be performed before death, therefore life should be regarded as a blessing and be exploited fully. Someone has mentioned golden words in Persian when he said, "If a childhood is spent in play, youth in mischief, and old age in laziness, when will one worship Allah? "

Dipetik dari Kitab Tanbeehul Ghafileen (Peringatan Bagi yang Lupa) oleh Abu Layth al-Samarqandi

Wahai diri, bersedialah untuk mati

Peringatan untuk diri sendiri. Wahai diri, ingatlah bahawa yang paling dekat denganmu adalah al-maut. Bersedialah dengan amalanmu, bersihkanlah hatimu, sucikanlah jiwamu dan betulkanlah niatmu. Allahumma yassir wa la tu'assir wa tammim bil khayr.

Ramadhan...Please don't leave us [T_T]

Wallahua'lam
Segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam