On Remembering Death by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali

Author:Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali [Al-Hanbali, Ibn Rajab]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Claritas Books
Published: 2018-12-17T18:30:00+00:00

Al-Hasan b. ‘Ali lost composure when death came to him and said, “I truly want to have a view of what I have never had a view of before.” Hasan al-Basri cried upon his death, saying, “Precious, weak; a gravely horrid affair; verily we belong to God and very unto Him we are returning.” Habib al-‘Ajami would cry when he was dying, saying, “I want to take a journey I have never taken before and travel a path I have never trodden before. I am visiting my master and benefactor and have never seen him before, and I am on the brink of horrors I have never seen before.”

All of this was from the horror of death’s foray, which severs the hearts of the fearful to the point that ‘Umar said during his death, “If I had all that the earth contains, I would offer it in ransom from having to experience the horror of death’s foray.” An aspect of the horror of death’s foray is the trial of the grave, which will be revealed to the dead upon his descent into it. For the dead will be tested with a questioning in their graves like or close to the level of the test encountered from the Anti-Christ. Another aspect of it is that they will be shown their homes in the Garden and in the Fire while in their graves; they will experience the compression of the sides of the grave, its constriction, horror and torment, if God does not exempt them from that. One righteous person was seen in a dream after death and asked about his state to which he responded in poetic measure,

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