The Meaning of the Trial of Life and Death
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is meant by the trial of life and death?
Answer:
The trial of the daughters is the trial of this world with wealth and children, and the trials of desires and doubts. The trial of the daughters is what befalls the deceased at the time of death: Satan comes to him and may teach him things, and he dies upon them as an apostate from Islam. So one seeks refuge from this, from the trial at the time of death. That is, some people may die without being guided, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 2643a This is an expression of a bad ending, and may Allah protect us from it. A person asks Allah for a good ending; seeking refuge from the trials of death is part of seeking refuge from a bad ending. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is meant by the trial of life and death?
Answer:
The trial of the daughters is the trial of this world with wealth and children, and the trials of desires and doubts. The trial of the daughters is what befalls the deceased at the time of death: Satan comes to him and may teach him things, and he dies upon them as an apostate from Islam. So one seeks refuge from this, from the trial at the time of death. That is, some people may die without being guided, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
that one amongst you acts like the people deserving Paradise until between him and Paradise there remains but the distance of a cubit, when suddenly the writing of destiny overcomes him and he begins to act like the denizens of Hell and thus enters
إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلاَّ ذِرَاعٌ فَيَسْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابُ فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فيدخل
Source
المراد بفتنة المحيا والممات — alfawzan.live
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