Preparing for Death

• We constantly plan for our futures in this dunya, yet we don’t plan for our future in the akhirah.
• There are countless hadith and verses in the Quran reminding us of death.
• Death will destroy all the pleasures this dunya ever had to offer.
  The best and wisest of people are those who think about death constantly.
• This is why it is encouraged to visit the graveyard in Islam.
  Every single soul will face death—even the Prophet Muhammad SAW had to face it.
• Thinking about death should not make us feel hopeless or depressed, because death is only the transition between this life and the next life.
• Rather, death should make us ponder our actions and beliefs and motivate us to be the best Muslims we can be.
• We can’t physically run away from death, but many of us mentally do so by not thinking about it and distracting ourselves with other things.
• Ask yourself: what happened to the people you used to know and see every day who are now in their graves?
•  The hereafter requires our preparation before death.
• Everything we do in this life will build our lives in the next life.
• There are people begging to be returned to this world just so they could pray two more rakahs.
• Our personal Day of Judgement starts at the time of our death.
• Race to do good deeds before your time comes.

Seeing Death Around Us in Our Ummah

• We see the reminder of death in Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, and so many more places in our ummah.
• How can we see those images and not let them change us and remind us of the hereafter?
• No hardship or pleasure will last forever—death will always come.
• We may not understand why these things are happening, but we believe that Allah SWT is the best of planners, and we know that His promise is always true.
• Death is not just another post on social media or another email for janazah at the masjid.

Doing Good Deeds Before Your Death

• Imam Ash-Shafi‘ says, how can a person be heedless when he knows that the kafan that is going to wrap him has already reached the shelves of the stores?
• This dunya’s job is to make you forget that one day you have to leave it.
• From the best of deeds is giving your money and time for the sake of Allah SWT, increasing in your worship, and praying qiyam ul-layl regularly, even outside of Ramadan.
• We never know when our time will come, so act accordingly.