The Meaning of the Trial of Death
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Question:
The questioner, Haytham, says: Shaykh, what is the meaning of the trial of death?
Answer:
The trial of death: a person is tested at the time of death, when his soul is being taken. Satan comes to him and whispers to him to make him leave Islam and die in a state of kufr (disbelief). Satan comes to him in this state:[Al-Mu'minun 23:97-98] This is at the time of death. So there is no doubt that Satan strives to mislead the children of Adam even in the last moment; he wants them to die in doubt and in kufr (disbelief). But Allah makes them firm: [Ibrahim 14:27] This is the trial of death.
The questioner, Haytham, says: Shaykh, what is the meaning of the trial of death?
Answer:
The trial of death: a person is tested at the time of death, when his soul is being taken. Satan comes to him and whispers to him to make him leave Islam and die in a state of kufr (disbelief). Satan comes to him in this state:
(97) And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils, (98) And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِthose who believe, with the firm word, in worldly life and in the Hereafter
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6932- المراد بفتنة الممات - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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