Explanation of his saying: (or the particular matter of one of you, or the general matter of the people).

The Shaykh : Then he said regarding the fifth of the six characteristics: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This refers to the death from which no one can flee or is able to flee; it is specific to every person. Hurry to [do good] before the sun rises from the west, and especially before your own [deaths]. This means that if a person considers it unlikely that the signs will appear, such as the sun rising from the west, the emergence of the Dabbah, or the Dajjal, does he consider it unlikely that he will die? Death is an inevitability that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has decreed for every created being, especially humans, whose lifespans are determined to be within the middle range of ages, not exceeding sixty or seventy years. Therefore, the Muslim must not rely on the unlikelihood of the Dajjal, the Dabbah, or the sun rising from the west appearing, for there is a matter from which he has no escape, which is his own death. Thus, a person must hasten to righteous deeds before he is overtaken by this death, which has been decreed for every living soul. Finally, the sixth characteristic in this hadith is: The general matter of the people is the death that encompasses the general public, which is an allusion to the Hour. The Hour will come after those characteristics mentioned in the hadith, with the exception of the specific death of each individual, which comes to a person before the Hour occurs. Some preachers say that when a person dies, his Hour has occurred, and this is correct, because with his death, everything has ended. He will either be happy and receive the reward for his righteous deeds, or wretched, the opposite of that. The conclusion of this hadith is very clear: a person must not rely on this worldly life, nor be deluded by it, nor be distracted by it from what is obligatory upon him, which is to save himself before he is overtaken by any of these six matters, the closest of which to him is death, which is named in the Qur'an as the Certainty.