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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is repeating the recitation of the Qur'an in the final year evidence that one's time has come?

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Question : I said: I see that the presence of the angel of death means, after the word, how do I know it?

Answer : Yes, because he recited it twice, which is contrary to his custom. It is as if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) understood that this was his final year, like one who is bidding farewell. Yes. However, it is not necessary that because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) thought so, if something happens to a person twice, it means his time has come. Even if we suppose that a person recited the Qur'an ten times in this year during Ramadan, whereas his custom is to recite it five times, we would not say that this means his time has come. But this matter is specific to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah may guide a servant, for example, to gather his affairs and check them, and to write down what he owes and the like before he dies, and this may be a blessing from Allah upon him.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1790 - 4600 لما عارض جبريل النبي بالقرآن مرتين علم النبي أنه يودعه هل هذا خاص بالنبي...؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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