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One Who Loves To Meet Allāh

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Darussalam · Volume 3

21. The Book OfFunerals

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الحديث: 1834 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 9

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1835. It was narrated that Abū Hurairah said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Whoever loves to meet Allāh, Allāh loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allāh, Allāh hates to meet him.’” (One of the narrators) Shuraih said: ‘I went to Āishah and said: O mother of the believers! I heard Abū Hurairah narrate from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ a Ḥadīth which, if that is the case, we are all doomed. She said: ‘What is that?’ He said: ‘The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: Whoever loves to meet Allāh, Allāh loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allāh, Allāh hates to meet him. But there is no one among us who does not hate death.’ She said: ‘The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did say that, but it is not what you think. When the eyes begin to stare, the death rattle sounds in the chest and the flesh shiver, at that point, whoever loves to meet Allāh, Allāh loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allāh, Allāh hates to meet him.’” (Saḥīḥ)

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1834 - أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادٌ، عَنْ أَبِي زُبَيْدٍ وَهُوَ عَبْثَرُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ، وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ»، قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ: فَأَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدِيثًا إِنْ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَدْ هَلَكْنَا، قَالَتْ: وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ، وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ»، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ، قَالَتْ: «قَدْ قَالَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَيْسَ بِالَّذِي تَذْهَبُ إِلَيْهِ، وَلَكِنْ إِذَا طَمَحَ الْبَصَرُ، وَحَشْرَجَ الصَّدْرُ، وَاقْشَعَرَّ الْجِلْدُ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ، وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ»

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When the moment of death draws near, and the angels become discernible and they commence their work, the believer at that moment becomes glad that he would be meeting his Lord. And the disbelieving hypocrite dreads the meeting with Allāh, Most High, at that moment, because of his past deeds. Otherwise everyone dislikes death during one's lifetime.