Chapter
15: Death & Janaazah
* The Onset of Death
* Laws of Jurisprudence
* Dua when closing eyes of the deceased
* Ghusl (Bathing the deceased)
* The Kafan (Shrouding the deceased)
* Carrying the Janaazah
* The Janaazah Namaaz
* Method and Rules for Janaazah Namaaz
* The grave and burial
* Ziyaarat-e-Quboor
* Manner of performing Ziyaarat-e-quboor
* Ta’ziyat (Condoling the Bereaved)
* Noha (Lamenting)
The Onset (Coming) Of Death
The (materialistic) world is a passing world that is worth relinquishing.
One day death will come. The fact that we have to journey from here one day,
means that we should be preparing for the hereafter, where we will live forever,
and that moment should be given priority at all times. Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said to
Abdullah ibn Umar رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ, ‘Live
in this world like a traveller (Musafir), but rather like a wayfarer’.
So similarly, just as a Musafir is a stranger and a wayfarer
usually does not participate in the entertainment and vices on the road, because
the road will become unsafe and he will be unsuccessful in reaching his actual
destination. Similarly, a Muslim should not be trapped by the vices of the world,
and he should not form such associations which would become obstacle that
hinder him from reaching his actual goal; and remember death abundantly, for
its remembrance (and thought) eradicates worldly connections. It has been
mentioned in the Hadith Shareef as follows:
اَکْثِرُوْا ذِکْرَ ھَاذِمِ اللَّـذَّاتِ الْمَوْتِ
Remember Death, the destroyer of
pleasures; abundantly
However, we should not wish for death when facing any calamity or adversity
as we have been commanded not to do so, and if one is in a situation where one
feels complete helpless, then one should rather say, ‘O Allah, keep me alive
until such time that my life is best for me, and grant me death when it is best
for me’ (As reported in the Hadith of Sahihain from Anas رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ)
Every Muslims should also hope for goodness from Allah Almighty, and
one should be hopeful of His Mercy. It has been mentioned in the Hadith that,
none shall die but in the condition that he should be hopeful of goodness from
Allah, for Allah says
اَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِیْ بِیْ
Depending on the expectations My
servant has regarding me, is how I treat him.
Rasoolullah صلی
اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم went to visit a young man whilst he was on
his deathbed, and asked him about his condition. He said, ‘I am hopeful of
Allah’s Reward (for me), and I am afraid of my sins’; so Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said that,
‘Allah will fulfil the expectation of the one in whose heart both these things
are combined, and He will grant him protection from fear’.
The moment when the soul is removed from the body is a very difficult
time, because the foundation of all ones deeds rests on that moment. In actual
fact, the final outcome of one’s Imaan is based on that moment, because
acceptance is based on death with Imaan, and shaitaan the accursed is occupied
in trying to usurp your Imaan. To the one whom Allah saves from shaitaan and
grants death with Imaan, is the one who has truly reached his final purpose.
اِنَّمَا الْعِبْرَۃُ بِالْخَوَاتِیْمِ
The final judgement is based on
death with Imaan
اَللّٰھُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا حُسْنَ الْخَاتِمَۃِ
O Allah, Bless us with a Good Death
Rasoolullah صلی
اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘The one whose last words are لَا اِلٰـہِ اِلَّا اللہُ
(in other words Kalimah Tayyibah), he will
enter into Jannat’.
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