On the drive home from the Jenazah Workshop, I turned to RS, "You know, I couldn't watch them put on the burial shroud for you without tears in my eyes. I had to look away. I can't imagine if you're really gone, habibty" RS let out a small chuckle, "But Kak Fad, when they were putting the shroud on me, all I wanted was for it to be real. I cannot explain the feeling, but I wish I was really returning to Him" Every living soul will taste death - but the taste of death itself varies from person to person, as according to her relationship with her Rabb. A person who loves the dunya and all that is in it - including her wealth, status, family etc -, will find death an immensely terrifying affair for it is a cause of separation between her and that which she loves. A person who on the other hand, loves Allāh and His Messenger ṣalla Allāhu ʿalay-hi wa-sallam, will find death - as painful an experience as it still is - a happy affair for it is the last barrier to be removed, one that has been preventing her from meeting with her beloved. May we be of the people who embrace death when it knocks on our door. May we be of the people who are granted a good end. May we be of the people whose souls the Angels are eager to present to their Rabb. May we be of the people whose deeds are sincere and accepted. May we be of the people to whom Allāh Subḥānahu Wa Ta'Ala says, "O soul at rest, return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing to Him. Enter then with my true servants, enter then to My Paradise." Ameen! #NurazZahraSG #sambutlahpulangku #SurabayawithUstazahZ














