Mufti Menk – ANYTHING can happen at ANYTIME to ANYONE

			Salam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam
ala rasulillah, Allah, Allah, he was happy to mine,
		

			my beloved brothers and sisters, anything can happen at any time, we know that we have seen it. But
for some strange reason many of us feel within ourselves that perhaps this might not happen to me or
something like death might not overcome me just yet, we need to change that, as much as we should
not lead a life where we become so depressed, that we cannot even continue to progress on a day to
day basis. But rather, we should be concerned about the preparation for anything that can happen at
any time. Mashallah people save money in order to perhaps have something for a rainy day. And
similarly, when it comes to your deeds, your actions, you need to make sure that you have packed
		

			away a lot of good deeds and preserved those good deeds. The way to do that is by doing good deeds,
and making sure that you have not done bad and evil, you have not given those good deeds away to
others, by way of doing bad to them. So on the Day of Judgment, the currency that will be used will
be deeds, and so you lose your good deeds. So let's do a lot of good deeds. If you look at the
Quran, Allah speaks about the weighing of the deeds. And if you have more good deeds than bad, good
news to you, and if you have more bad deeds than good, then you are perhaps in some form of trouble.
May Allah protect us all. So we have lost loved ones, suddenly, people have lost their spouses,
		

			their parents, perhaps their children, their siblings in a day or two or suddenly shocking,
Mashallah, they were with us an hour ago, they were with us a few minutes ago, suddenly, they're
gone. Now, from one aspect, we need to know that there are people who have gone without any
preparation whatsoever, perhaps, in fact, from a worldly perspective, no one knew what they had,
what they didn't have, who they owed, who they dealt with the businesses they had, the amount of
money they owed others, or they were owed. People don't have their passwords on their phones or
laptops. People don't know how to access anything to do with their lives, and they're gone. So
		

			panela your families suffer as a result, or people can take them for a ride because they don't know
what exactly this person was worth what they owed, or what they were owed. So Panama. Now from that,
we need to learn a lesson I need to prepare now at this age today, to tell my folks whatever they
need to know if I were to die, you have money, for example, with someone, you have a business, you
have a partner you have an issue that you're dealing with someone somewhere somehow needs to know,
or you need to put it in a place where you can tell someone if I were to die, you will find
everything here, I have a brother, a friend of mine whom I've been dealing with for a long time, he
		

			sent me a little email and told me if I die, that's when you open this email and I've encrypted it,
this is the password, you will find it whatever needs to be done. And the guy is so young
Subhanallah and I was smiling, nodding to myself saying I need to do the same thing. The problem is
we keep saying I need to do until the day we die and we would still have needed to do and we didn't
do so Allah subhanho wa Taala is telling us Do you know when death comes, it may come suddenly you
can die and you would have left behind things you would be foolish not to have told your family,
your loved ones your heirs what exactly there was or there wasn't. That's from one aspect. So
		

			prepare for death. Write a will make sure you understand the systems in your countries, wherever you
live, how would they manage your estate upon death? If you have executors to that particular estate,
are they honest people upright Do they know what to do what not to do? Another thing if you have
investment for yourself or for your family members, let it be known that this is for them. And this
is how you will be able to lead a life where when you leave you leave with a smile and you've left
no stone unturned in preparation for that particular day. May Allah make it easy for us. Because
many people pass away and they leave people without knowing what exactly to do, where to begin, how
		

			to pick up the pieces we don't know. And then you have others coming along and saying Subhanallah
you know what I am, for example owed so much money.
		

			In fact, I thought of something. We have had cases where people come along and say, do you know I'm
the son of the same man or the daughter? It has happened. Some people come along and say, I'm the
wife of so and so. And this is why I know of a young man, whenever he is ill and sick, he calls his
wife and he says, Listen, my wife and children I need to tell you, I don't have any other wives and
I don't have any other children. If anything happens to me and someone comes claiming that they are
telling a lie. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us ease my brothers and sisters, another way that
we need to know of preparation for dying, or for something to happen to ourselves is to be able to
		

			have a good relationship with Allah seek the forgiveness of Allah on a daily basis. These might be
your last days and I'm not joking. These may be your last days Subhana Allah you may not see another
week or another few days you may not see next year, you might not even see the month of Ramadan.
What have you done in your relationship with Allah, seek forgiveness on a daily basis. Cut your bad
habits. You don't want to meet Allah without having sought forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala
Allah we depend on Him we will go back to Him we will be alone. Nothing that we had with us on earth
will be with us. When we meet with Allah subhanho wa Taala we will be coming alone to Allah subhanho
		

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			Allah says and you will come to us alone alone on that day, like we created you in the first place
when you were alone when we created you, you come back to us alone. And we do not see with you all
of those who gave you company on Earth. You left behind everything that was giving you the company,
behind your back, everything is left Subhan Allah, you look back, you won't see them anymore. You
look forward, you can't see them anymore. All those who comforted you on Earth. When you get to
Allah on the Day of Judgment, it's you and you alone, Colonia Kowloon FC and FC even for the
prophets of Allah subhanho wa Taala. They will all be saying myself myself, I'm concerned about
		

			myself except for the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who will be concerned for his own mighty
mighty, may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us goodness. So Allah says, We don't see with you, what
you had in terms of company comfort, companionship, securities on Earth, all of it is gone. All of
those whom you believed were intercessors on your behalf. Where are they today? Subhana Allah,
Allah, Allah mean, may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us goodness, Allah says, What is the
relationship between them? And you know what, what they used to believe in what they used to
imagine, was actually something wrong. What we need to do is, believe the right thing we're going
		

			back to Allah prepare between you and Allah to meet with Allah subhanho wa Taala. You need to
prepare, I need to prepare for that meeting by doing what fulfill your obligations, engaging,
seeking forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala change your life, change your dress code for the
better change your morals and values for higher morals and values. become someone who is obedient
unto Allah and remember the day you go back to meet with Allah, Allah will be pleased with you to
the degree that you wouldn't imagine. we as human beings are just human, we are not angels, but we
are not Satan's as well. We need to remember were human and at the same time, develop a relationship
		

			with Allah, you may falter, you probably will falter because you're a human. It's human nature to
falter to sin to but it's not human nature, not to turn to Allah subhanho wa Taala. Turn to your
maker, turn to the one who created you and you will never ever regret the best relationship you
could ever have is with he who made you La ilaha illa Allah so as I said, you don't know if you're
going to see the next week you don't know if you're going to see Ramadan. You don't even know if
you've already had your last Ebola. Ha, you don't even know if 2021 is going to be your last year.
And you don't know perhaps next year might be your last year. How long do you want before you're
		

			reminded to prepare for the meeting with Allah? May Allah make it easy for us and this is why we
		

			Say your loved ones, your brothers, your sisters, make peace with them. Try your best to be a person
with a clean heart. For indeed the one with a clean heart that is free from Association a
partnership with a law that is free from hatred, that is unjustified, that is free from abuse from
backbiting, from slander, that is the person who is going to be successful that on that day your
wealth won't come to your avail the number of relatives and children you had will not come to your
avail. Allah subhanho wa Taala says it quite clearly about the Day of Judgment. Yo man I
		

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			Sunday. On that day, you will not be benefited by your wealth nor your children, except for the one
who comes to Allah with what is known as an colobus Salim, the pure, clean, uncontaminated heart
which is free of sickness, and what is the sickness I've just explained it. Don't associate partners
with Allah worship, worship Allah alone, do for Allah, stay away from Haram. Develop your
relationships, and Allah will open your doors. So my brothers and sisters, always remember, anything
can happen at any time to anyone, it is in the hands of Allah. If Allah once you will lose your job,
you may lose your health, you may lose your wealth, you may suffer a loss, you may lose family
		

			members, you may lose produce something you did not believe you would lose, you lost it, take it in
your stride. It's part of a loss plan for you. And Allah subhanho wa Taala knows better than you and
I.
		

			When Allah tests us, he tests us with tests we wouldn't have imagined he would test us with. That's
the whole idea of a test and an examination. So this is Allah. Don't question Allah, take it in your
stride if you continue to make dua to Allah and now I'm getting to those who've just lost loved
ones. You lost a loved one. It's normal to cry, it's natural to miss them. It's okay to be saddened.
But it's not okay to question Allah.
		

			You don't question Allah subhanho wa Taala. It's okay to be sad, pray for them, pray for yourself,
prepare for the day you are going to be similar to them in condition. You know, when we make a draft
for the deceased, we say Oh Allah have mercy on them, and grant them goodness and so on. And then we
say what Hamner either Cerner Isla Masato LA, Oh Allah have mercy upon us. If we become similar, or
the day we are going to be in a similar condition that they have gotten to already.
		

			Oh, Allah have mercy on me. When you hear of a death, remind yourself one day people will be hearing
about your death. When you go to the graveyard, for example, to bury someone, it's more about you
being reminded about where your abode is, that's your home, your address is somewhere there.
SubhanAllah. look around and see some of the plots and the pieces and the graves and tell yourself
perhaps the one 10th down here is mine, Allahu Akbar. That's the way you should be looking at things
not to do Mew, and not to depress you simply to speak reality. And to be able to prepare for that
day, it's inevitable, you have to go and so do I. So if you've lost a loved one, make dua for them.
		

			The most powerful thing you could ever do for them is simply to pray for their forgiveness, there is
nothing more powerful than that. Yes, if they've left behind a debt,
		

			although that debt is on them, if you can help by paying up their debts, it would be a bonus for
them, they would be able to achieve more comfort, having sorted out a problem. But if you cannot
afford it, it was theirs, not yours. SubhanAllah. And this is why we say never get yourself into
debt for no reason. It's dangerous. When you go on to the day of the AMA, you won't know how you're
going to fare because you owed someone something. Don't live your life, having owed someone
something for nothing. So Panama.
		

			And this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala clearly reminds us again and again, to prepare for the day
that you're going to be meeting with Allah subhanho wa Taala you've lost a loved one, take it in
your stride, beat your spouse, your your parent, your child, whoever it may be, take it in your
stride, make dua for them, ask Allah to forgive them constantly. And remember when it comes to do
one thing, very important is for you and I to make sure that we repeat that again and again. For
indeed, repetition is what makes it more valuable in the eyes of Allah. Allah doesn't give you
something sometimes because he loves the way you were when you were asking him for the thing. And so
		

			he wants you to repeat it again and again. And he leaves you in that condition for a few years
sometime. Don't say that. Allah didn't hear me he heard you. And don't say that Allah doesn't want
to respond. He will respond. He has responded. He knows what's better for you.
		

			When you see the reward of the crying that you engaged in for two years, while you were asking for
something, you will tell Allah, why did you give me what I wanted? You should have just kept me in
this condition at least I was making 200 A lot of people say, I am making 200 because I've got a
massive issue. I want to ask Allah for I haven't stopped the 100 Wasn't that a blessing? So prepare
for the day? And don't question Allah, Allah takes your loved ones away. So your life can change how
many people's lives have changed, because they lost their spouses or children, or brothers or
parents or relatives. So if your life does not change, when people are being taken away from around
		

			you, who is at loss,
		

			we would be at loss. My brothers and sisters, remember another thing.
		

			When you lose a loved one, a good thing for you to do. Like I said, Make dua for them.
		

			And you must pick up the pieces. And remember, you're not the first person this is happening to and
this is why Think about it. Think about the possibilities and probabilities and prepare for them.
Look at your loved ones and tell yourself the reality is I have to go or you have to go. Or both of
us have to go at the same time.
		

			Subhan Allah and ultimately, we're going to meet again with Allah subhanho wa Taala. So prepare for
that day people say, Don't be silly, don't talk about that. You have to you have to prepare a will.
It would be a wise idea perhaps to buy and keep with you at home your shroud known as the cuffin.
It's a wise idea reality would remind you to stay away from sin and engage in obedience. I'm going
to go one day I've even bought my shroud, it's sitting in my cupboard back at home. May Allah grant
us goodness, Gone are the days when we could just say Allah Subhana Allah, you know what that is far
not at all. In fact, they will never such days.
		

			Nowadays with what's going on across the globe, it's driven the matter home in a bigger way. So
don't be deceived. My brothers and sisters, don't let shaytan deceive you and make you think that
you know what, you still have a long time to live, you may have a few hours or a few days.
		

			May Allah help us prepare for this. And if you ever fall into sin, because of human weakness, make
sure that you seek forgiveness immediately. While living in
		

			Asia, I will on mo fusa, whom the common law festival faraone don't obey Him. Beautiful verses Allah
says, those who commit sin, they commit immorality. And they remember Allah and seek forgiveness for
their sins immediately. Allah forgives them, and the losses for them. We've actually prepared
genital for those. So my brothers and sisters, like I've said, anything can happen at any time to
anyone. So be prepared, and do not become depressed Your life will continue until death comes to you
too. And then you are gathered with your loved ones. If you lead your life in a similar good way.
		

			You know, one of your relatives perhaps who passed away your spouse, someone you loved lead a good
life, they were doing salah and so on a new one to be with them in the hereafter when Allah says
then lead a good life. Because if you're not, you're probably going to head in another direction.
They caught a flight going to Mecca and you're catching a flight going to Honolulu and you expect to
meet there. It's not going to be Subhan Allah May Allah grant us is you headed in different
directions. So if they headed in one direction, you head in a similar direction, if that direction
was good, and if it wasn't and they've passed on, keep seeking forgiveness for them and change your
		

			life for the better you will still meet in the good place. May Allah grant that to us. So my
brothers and sisters like I just said,
		

			We must make sure that if we lose loved ones, we pick up the pieces and live shall continue to live
shall continue. It must be strong, be brave. Many people would need from your family members, the
younger ones, the weaker ones, they would need your strength and support that you would be getting
from Allah subhanho wa Taala. So we help them by being strong about it by saying good words by
having good faith in Allah. have hope in Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			and then you pick up the pieces and continue living a beautiful life until the day we all would meet
Subhan Allah May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us ease and goodness and May Allah open our doors and
May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us a good death help us prepare for it by writing our wills and
speaking to our loved ones about our affairs, our businesses who we owe what we owe, and what is
owed to us on one hand and also by preparing with our own acts of worship and our own goodness and
seeking the forgiveness of Allah for Indeed, we are human beings and therefore
		

			We would always need to turn back to Allah wherever we have faltered and altered and May Allah
subhanho wa Taala make it easy for our loved ones the day that he has taken us away and may He make
it easy for us. The fact that he has already taken away some of our loved ones. It's not a bad thing
but for us with the human heart and mind, we miss them. We miss them and we cry because we love them
so much and we still love them. So we will do good deeds inshallah, in a way that will benefit them
as well. akuto Kali hada sallallahu wasallam Baraka Allah and Amina Mohammed