Now, what could be the story this time? Money? Nope...I'm just going to make this one short as my mind is practically blank after a long day of marking essays and some peek-a-boo with my Facebook wall. Today, I just like to touch on a very serious matter ~ DEATH! Death is a certainty. No one escapes death once the time comes. "To Allah (the Almighty) we belong and to him we return" (Holy Quran 2:156). No one knows for sure of the 'Life After Death' but we can always study the Al-Quran and hadiths to learn about it. However, before I go further on this matter, I'd like to emphasize that DEATH DOES NOT FALL IN THE JURISDICTION OF SCIENCE. So, to those atheist scientists out there, if you wanna challenge this story with science, you may leave my blog. But why that title? Why THE WALLET? Here's the story...
A few months ago, my husband told me that his colleague had to run to her hometown to attend a funeral. At that funeral in her hometown, an eye-opening-reminder incident took place right after the corpse was placed in the grave and engulfed with earth again (Muslims belong to the earth)...Suddenly, one pakcik (old man) realized that his wallet went missing. They searched the entire graveyard to no avail. Therefore, they concluded that the wallet must have fell into the grave hole while placing the body in the liang lahad...(Sorry, I don't have time to find the English word for liang lahad)
After a short discussion with the Pak Imam, they decided to dig the grave again and look for the wallet. So they dug the grave and found the wallet. However, the wallet was not the only thing they found. To their surprise, they saw the corpse which was initially properly covered with white cloth was already rotting within less than 30 minutes. The white cloth was already off the body and they discovered ugly bruises on the body. The body was badly wounded with traces of being terribly beaten and slashed... Those who witnessed were in awe ... They were speechless ... none could say anything, not even a word... They quickly shovel the soil back into the grave and left without even reading the Talkin ...
I do not know that man who died that day... neither do my husband. I do not know if he was a bad man or not. However, I came to a conclusion that Allah has chosen those people to witness that incident... Not to shame the dead, but to share this story that proves 'death is indeed certain' and 'the life after death is true'. No one escapes the torture in the grave...
What confront men after death? What will become of him in the grave? Some people think that it's not our business but it is all written in the Al-Quran. Therefore, it is our business. Our job is to ensure that we are prepared to face it... When a man dies, three things will follow him to the grave - HIS WEALTH, HIS FAMILY AND HIS GOOD DEEDS BUT ONLY ONE WILL STAY WITH HIM IN THE GRAVE, THE GOOD DEEDS...
Allahu'alam...
I apologize for my terrible English...I wish I could write better but my language has become so rusty :(
subhanaallah. What will happened to me when my body being placed in the grave :((((???? Ya Allah ampunkan lah dosa-dosa ku Ya Allahh :(((((((( *i felt so scared*
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