(Preparing for Death and Working for It) O lover of this world, prepare for that which *** the lovers have attained in every age, or have you not heard, but rather seen, the deaths of the *** lovers, among
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The Shaykh :"O lover of this world, prepare for that which *** the lovers have attained in every age"
What is it? Death. Prepare for it. Even if you remained until the end of the world, departure is inevitable.
"Or have you not heard, but rather seen, the deaths of *** the lovers, among the elderly and the young"
The answer? Or have you not seen? Yes, and no? Yes, we have seen. We have seen the elderly die in this world, and the young die, and the middle-aged die, and the rich die, and the poor die. It is not established that people reach a certain age. You find a man burying his children and his grandchildren and remaining alive, or the reverse. This is something observed. Therefore, when he said:
"Or have you not heard" he said: "but rather seen"
Seeing is more eloquent than hearing, and it is true. We see and hear the deaths of people, among the elderly and the young, and that they will not remain in this world. May Allah grant us and you a good ending.
The student : ... who says that the highest degree of love is ...
The Shaykh : The highest degree of love is intimate friendship.
The student : He means ...
The Shaykh : ... and therefore the correct view is that it is not permissible ...
What is it? Death. Prepare for it. Even if you remained until the end of the world, departure is inevitable.
"Or have you not heard, but rather seen, the deaths of *** the lovers, among the elderly and the young"
The answer? Or have you not seen? Yes, and no? Yes, we have seen. We have seen the elderly die in this world, and the young die, and the middle-aged die, and the rich die, and the poor die. It is not established that people reach a certain age. You find a man burying his children and his grandchildren and remaining alive, or the reverse. This is something observed. Therefore, when he said:
"Or have you not heard" he said: "but rather seen"
Seeing is more eloquent than hearing, and it is true. We see and hear the deaths of people, among the elderly and the young, and that they will not remain in this world. May Allah grant us and you a good ending.
The student : ... who says that the highest degree of love is ...
The Shaykh : The highest degree of love is intimate friendship.
The student : He means ...
The Shaykh : ... and therefore the correct view is that it is not permissible ...