CD 2: Death November 15, 2007
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Imam Ahmad’s Death
‘Abdullah ibn Imam Ahmad said that he was there when his father was passing away. His father was going into sakaarah, the state of unconsciousness. When you are going from dunya to akhirah, it’s a very difficult change. You’ve been in this world for 60 or 70 years and now you are going to a completely different world. That change between these two stages is difficult, sometimes it doesn’t happen immediately. Sometimes you’ll find that the person goes back and forth.
To simplify this, think of sleep, because sleep is the minor death. Allah says, “And He is the One who takes your souls when you are sleeping.” Sleep is a minor death. (more…)
CD 1: Intro and Death November 11, 2007
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The Hereafter Series
by Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki
Intro
We, the human race living on this earth, are under the perception that we belong here and that this is our residence. We don’t want to know the fact that we are on a train. And the train is going through stations to another final destination. And that this world is only one of these stops on one of these stations. But we do not belong here.
We have a ticket that has three slips: we live in the womb for nine months and then when we’re born a slip is torn off. And then we live in dunya for awhile and when we die, the second slip from the ticket is torn out. Then we have one slip left. And that will be torn off in either hell or heaven. And that is the final destination.
We don’t belong here. We are traveling. That is why the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said “Be in this world as if you are a traveler.” And he said that the example or the analogy of me in this dunya is as if somebody is traveling in the desert and he saw a tree and he took some shade under this tree and then took some rest. And then he continued traveling. That is dunya: we spend a few moments under this tree, and then we keep on traveling.
Can you stop time? The movement of time is an erosion of our existence in this dunya. It is taking part of us with every second passing. We need to believe in the fact that we don’t belong here. We need to prepare for death. And that is what this series is about: The Journey towards the Hereafter. (more…)
The Hereafter Series November 11, 2007
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I didn’t forget about the book on Paradise and Hell. The chapter on the description of paradise was sooo long. I couldn’t get myself to finish it and eventually I became really frustrated.
Alhamdulillah the sisters in our community got together and started a halaqa. We’re listening to the Hereafter series by Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki. MashaAllah it’s a very good reminder of the hereafter and is a good way to bring yourself closer to Allah subhaana wa ta’aala and remind yourself of death.
The series is basically talking about our journey from death to the day of judgement. (For more details, see my next post – “outline”).
InshaAllah I will be posting up my notes from each CD (which we listen to at the halaqa). I don’t transcribe word-for-word, but I try to do it as best as I can. I also edit it for grammar, etc. Let me know if anyone finds any mistakes!
JazakAllahu khairan.
wasalaamu ‘alaykum
The Hereafter Series
By Imaam Anwar Al-Awlaki
