What is the connection between the remembrance of death and the prescribed Islamic etiquettes?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a collection of questions; I have presented whatever was feasible of them. This questioner says: What is the connection between the remembrance of death and the prescribed Islamic etiquettes? Or what is the reason for mentioning death in this poem?
Answer:
O, glorified is Allah! If death is not mentioned, what is to be mentioned? Death is mentioned to prepare for it, and this is one of the greatest of the prescribed Islamic etiquettes: preparing for death. Yes. It is fitting to mention the resorts and the outings; the fitting thing is to mention death, the state of the deceased, and what comes after death. That is what benefits people. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a collection of questions; I have presented whatever was feasible of them. This questioner says: What is the connection between the remembrance of death and the prescribed Islamic etiquettes? Or what is the reason for mentioning death in this poem?
Answer:
O, glorified is Allah! If death is not mentioned, what is to be mentioned? Death is mentioned to prepare for it, and this is one of the greatest of the prescribed Islamic etiquettes: preparing for death. Yes. It is fitting to mention the resorts and the outings; the fitting thing is to mention death, the state of the deceased, and what comes after death. That is what benefits people. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [324 -954] ما مناسبة ذكر الموت مع الآداب الشرعية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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