Death Is Cruel

Maulana Bilalishah Zuhoori speech on Tamilan T.V
Published in Muslim Murasu, October 2011

The shop that is widely accepted by customers will do good business. If your amal (good deeds) are accepted by God then your position and rank will improve. The moment your amal are approved by God, they will increase and improve.
Any injury to eyes will cause them to become red. It does not mean there is good blood flow and they are in healthy condition. It indicates of impairment and injury. Some people are obese. We cannot think they are physically strong. They have unwanted fat and cholesterol.
People who do lot of amal are not necessarily noble in the eyes of God. Shaitan was leader in amal and he prayed everywhere in paradise, earth and sky. There is no place where he did not do Sajda.
Ilm, knowledge that imparts nobility and piety is important. Once people asked Prophet which is good deed. Prophet told the knowledge that finds Allah. They asked about deed. But Prophet repeatedly answered the same.
Amal won’t be helpful if the perspective is not proper and pious. I am not suggesting to leave amal. Do amal round the clock. Namaz is for remembering God. Remember God even when Namaz is over, praise Him in all postures and in all circumstances.
Zohar Namaz comprises four rakaath. This is common for Prophet, His Companions, people of this era, Imam, Auliya, Kuthubul Aktab, and Jaahil. No one has the permission for fifth rakaath. But the way each of them get near to God is different in these four rakaath. Deed is same but result is different for Prophet, Imam, Aalim and plebeian.
Ilm, right knowledge will make you loftier. Even if it means to travel far, pursue and attain knowledge. Don’t back down in this pursuit.
When wife is sick, husband admits her in the hospital. Then he comes home and relaxes. Hardships in hospital are not very huge. But turmoils in grave (Kabr) are unimaginable. You are burying your relative and sleeping peacefully. Can you imagine the pains there? How can you sleep with those thoughts. A loving son or a husband won’t sleep indifferently. You have cheated your family, you have betrayed them.
You acted like a friend, a son or a dear one. You faked intimate relation. That’s how you are able to sleep without care.
If you are a good person, you will feel restless even if they are having good life there. You will cry all night and pray for their well being. You are a caring person if you show your love even after they are in grave. Otherwise you are a fake person.
Prophet said, “My Ummath (people) go through terrible punishments in their graves”. I see their pain. I hear them cry. If you see what they go through you will not bury anyone. You will fear the result and leave the body to rot and cause disrespect to them. Prophet seldom laughed in his life. He will only smile. How can he laugh after seeing what is happening in grave. He prayed in the nights. He will stand and pray till his legs get swollen. Even when he was in deathbed, he prayed Allah relentlessly to make death less painful for his ummath.
Even when he was harassed and stones were hurled at him in Taif, he restrained from praying for their destruction. He hoped their children will embrace Islam. Even those who were ready to get him killed for just 100 camels later became his dear friends. I don’t mind the way these people harass and torture me. I am crying for the punishments they will meet in their graves for not accepting Tawheed (God’s Oneness). I am not concerned that they beat me.
When we go to graveyard, we will be reminded of these thoughts. It will turn our attention to cruelty in death.