The Fiqh of travelling from the Flight Home to the Enduring Home (15)

Chapter on: [Death, and the exit of the soul]
Question 4/18: Each person has a fixed lifetime and to death he shall walk, so one should prepare himself for that day.

It is a fixed time known to Allah Almighty as He is the All-Knowing and the Expert. As for us, we do not know its time or place. The Almighty said:

{وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَداً وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ }

“And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.” [Luqman: 34].

Death shall come truly to every creature: kings, the poor, the young and the old, men and women. The Almighty said:

{كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ}

Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned. [Al Ankaboot: 57]

The eternal life is for the Lord of the Worlds:

{كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُ لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ}

“Everything will be destroyed except His Face. His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned.” [Al Qasas: 88]

It is not possible that anyone dies except after the permission and knowledge of Allah. The Almighty said:

{وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَنْ تَمُوتَ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ الله كِتَاباً مُّؤَجَّلاً }

“And it is not [possible] for one to die except by permission of Allah at a decree determined.” [Aal-e-Imran: 145]

If Allah Almighty wants death for a human than he is not able to prevent that, even if he protects himself and surrounds himself with everything he owns, he would not be able to prevent the reality. The Almighty said:

{أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُواْ يُدْرِككُّمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِي بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ}

“Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction.” [Al Nisa: 78]

The Almighty said:

{قُلْ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ الَّذِي تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مُلَاقِيكُمْ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَى عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ}

“O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade. That is better for you, if you only knew.” [Al Jumuah: 8]

We ask Allah Almighty for a good ending and good deeds. He is the Most Generous and Most Kind.