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The Reality of Death
Just as our sustenance, down to the last morsel, has been decreed long before our birth, our life, down to the last breath, has been similarly decreed. Hence, we have a limited amount of breaths to take, and, with every breath, we draw nearer and nearer to our death.
Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) has described the reality of death and our limited breath in the following verses:
حَيَاتُكَ أَنْفَاسٌ تُعَدُّ فَكُلَّمَا مَضَى نَفَسٌ …
Motherly Moulding
(The Life of Ummu Sulaim [radhiyallahu ‘anha] #4)
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) once came to Anas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) while he was playing with some youngsters. On arriving, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) greeted them with salaam and sent Anas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) on an errand.
On account of the errand, Anas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) was delayed in returning to his mother. When he eventually returned home, his mother asked, “What delayed you?” Anas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) replied, “Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) sent me …
Ultimate Investment
(The Life of Ummu Sulaim [radhiyallahu ‘anha] #3)
As seen previously, Ummu Sulaim (radhiyallahu ‘anha) had great concern for the Deen of her son, Anas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu). It was on account of this concern that she had risked the wrath of her husband and made her son recite the kalimah, entering him into the fold of Islam.
It was this same motherly concern for the Deen and upbringing of her son that prompted Ummu Sulaim (radhiyallahu ‘anha) to take Anas (radhiyallahu …
