Mufti Menk – How to Prepare for a Good Death

			Salam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam
O Allah Rasool Allah, Allah Allah He was happy as a marine. We praise Allah subhanho wa Taala we
send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, his household, his
companions May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless them, and bless every one of us and grant us every form
of goodness. I mean, my beloved brothers and sisters, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used
to seek something known as personal hashima, which means a good ending. This good ending was
referring to being within the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala of the highest degree when death
		

			overtakes a person. So it's important for us to look into what is personal hajima and how we can
achieve it. So firstly, if we were to look at what is personal hearty Malhotra man means the end,
the finishing, and it does not depict the total end of yourselves and myself or anyone else, but
rather, the soul moving from one stage to another. The stage we are in right now where the soul is
in these temporary bodies is known as the life of this world and higher to dunya the life within
this world. Thereafter, the soul will be separated from these temporary bodies, and it will go to
Allah subhanho wa Taala in what is known as Alberta.
		

			Alberta is a place where the souls are kept
		

			in waiting for the day of judgment. So the waiting period between now and the Day of Judgment for
those who have passed away, those souls would actually be in a place known as Alberta, we have been
told very little about it and we would never be able to elaborate more than what we've been told
because it is a matter of the unseen. Remember my brothers and sisters, anything that has to do with
matters of the unseen you and I cannot guess them, we cannot come up with any form of suggestions
and details. Unless it was through revelation. That was from Allah subhanho wa Taala to Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And he gave us those details. So no one can see a dream and claim that
		

			Allah came to him or her today and inform them about details of the bursa. When the Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who was the most knowledgeable of all of us, has not given us the
detail, we need to understand the so the soul right now is on earth we feel like this life is full,
but it is actually a deception, or I'm having to do in
		

			a while in doubt on.
		

			Indeed, the life of this world is just but amusement and play. The real life is that of the
hereafter if only but they knew and they recognized Subhana Allah. So when we are coming to an end
of our time that Allah has prescribed on this earth, we need to understand a few things. Number one,
when you were born already your date of death was written. So no matter what you will die at a time
that Allah has fixed for you, even prior to your date of birth, Subhana Allah, so Allah fixed the
time nothing is going to change that in law either.
		

			You have no clue.
		

			On when the prescribed time comes, it will never ever be delayed, that time fixed by Allah. If you
know and you understand you will know it will never be delayed neither by a moment this way or be
brought forward by a moment that way.
		

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			fella has stuck to NASA is stuck on the moon. If their time or when they are prescribed the time
comes, they will not be delayed even by a moment nor will they will it be brought forward even by a
moment. That's something you need to know. Secondly, it does not mean that because Allah has
predestined and determined your date of death that you need to become careless. It does not mean
that you need to tell yourself well what's the point of any form of precaution for anything, it's
like when the Prophet salallahu alaihe
		

			selam was asked about the camel, I trust in Allah, should I tie my camel or should I leave it
because my trust is very strong. He says, tie your camel and then trust in Allah. So Allah is
testing us on this earth, one of the things he wants us to do is preserve and protect life and
preserve and protect the America known as this body that He has given you. So you will protect the
body to the best of the capacity and capability and understanding that Allah has given you some
people will have a different understanding. Yes, nope, no, no problem. You know, sometimes you might
think if I drive at 60 kilometres an hour, it is dangerous. And someone else might think if I drive
		

			at 100 kilometers an hour, it is still safe. Obviously, it's a different understanding, the experts
will tell you on this road, you're not supposed to go beyond 120, you might come up and say, Well, I
have a vehicle that was now made in 2021. We're sitting here almost February 2021, someone might say
I have a vehicle that is that way out dates, or should I say is so much advanced compared to the
time when they determined what a safe speed is on these roads, you know, people will come up with
all sorts of things. So it's an argument and I agree it is an argument still stick to the limit
Subhanallah, perhaps a little bit this way that way. But remember, you need to do what you believe,
		

			is very, very safe. Because if you were beyond that, perhaps Who knows? It might be in the eyes of
Allah considered suicide, because you abandoned all forms of precaution in terms of safety, road
safety rules, and you were very, very negligent. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us a deep
understanding. So that is the end of this life. Like I said, one the determine the time to because
of the time being determined, it does not mean that you become complacent, Allah will hold you
responsible. It's like a person committing suicide and saying, I'm going to hang myself, if Allah
has written my death, I will die. If he hasn't, I won't. There are people who make similar
		

			statements with different wording, perhaps a different type of suicide. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
grant us a deep understanding, he has given us that understanding. And we need to have a deep
understanding of what he requires and wants from us while we are on Earth. My brothers, my sisters,
you and I know that at this point in our lives, there has never been such a time as the time was we
are going through right now, where
		

			at any given moment, you can hear of a healthy person just passing away within a few days of falling
ill or moments. And this is a prophecy of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam, they will be
something known as a moat and Fujii death that is going to come towards the end of times where it
will be so sudden, you see a person today and tomorrow you don't see him, that is a sign of the end
of times. And obviously, although kiama might be distant in terms of yours, it is very, very near in
whom your own.
		

			Allah speaks of it when he says they see it very far and we see it very near. Remember, time is a
creature of Allah. So for Allah subhanho wa Taala you must understand that this time is nothing.
		

			Getting back to what we were saying. So I need to prepare for the day I'm going to go back to Allah,
the day that the whole objective of myself being on earth comes to an end. And what was that Allah
says, Well, I sent you on earth in order to test you in order that you will go through challenges
and difficulty, hardship upon hardship, and I will tell you what to do what not to do, you must pass
all those tests one after the other, I will reward you for every test you pass, whether it is a
sickness and illness, a failure, loss, whether it is loss of produce loss of people, you know, Death
of loved ones, your own injury, your health being taken away, your jobs being lost, perhaps so many
		

			other things uncertainty, insecurity, all of that Allah mentions in the Quran. And Allah says we
will test you with all of that that's part of the reason why we created you in order for you to go
through those challenges one by one, and then you return to Allah having told Allah subhanho wa
Taala I tried my best I did my best. You send me challenges upon challenge, challenge upon challenge
and I pass these challenges Subhan Allah, may Allah grant us the ability to be strong, steadfast,
sobre is something is that is amazing. Two things Sabra and chukar
		

			you know, the affairs of a true believer are absolutely amazing. When something good happens. He is
thankful to Allah, it makes him closer to Allah. It's better for him when something bad happens to
him, according to his own understanding. Then he is patient and it is good for him. He earns it
		

			Word from that too. So we are in a win win situation, we earn a reward when good happens because it
makes us closer to Allah. That's why we say when goodness comes in your direction, don't ever be
from among those who turn away from Allah subhanho wa Taala. So, and when some calamity strikes, we
bear patients, and we think Allah draws us closer to Allah. So that was also good for us. Now, with
all these tests, they will come to an end one day when when you pass away, and that is
		

			the end, your end, your end for what the end of the period of time wherein the soul was in this
temporary body, such a temporary body Subhanallah if I were to chop my own finger off,
		

			I won't feel what's happening to that finger when it's separated from my body because the soul is
with the rest of the body and no longer with that particular finger.
		

			SubhanAllah that's the plan of Allah, how it works. Allah alone knows Subhana Allah. So my brothers
and sisters, in order to have the best ending of your exam, you know, it reminds me of a marathon,
where you start off and you run steady, the best of runners, the best of these long distance
runners, they are steady steady throughout the 3000 meters perhaps, and they're going round the
track when it comes to the last lap or last two laps, they pick up the pace, they want to end on a
very high note and many times the race is one in the last few 100 meters when you find the real
runner, overtaking all the others, and then they end with that ribbon being cut and the ribbon
		

			moving from its place and they are so happy and excited. We need to lead our lives similar to that
marathon. Keep going. Even if it's a slow pace, keep going Pharaoh Rama Lima de la, we're in the
best of deeds, those which are done regularly, even if they are less, do them regularly. Keep a
steady pace. read Quran every day one page, it's better than reading one juice a day and then
leaving it for a whole month.
		

			Fulfill your Salah every single day, do some sooner, do some as car write down what you want to do
what you have to do on a daily basis because I promise you, my brothers, my sisters, a day will come
when you will go and I will go on that day. I want a lot to be pleased with me. So if I want
hurstville hakima i need to do regular deeds. I need to make sure that my compulsory deeds I do them
and don't fall prey for those who are trying to contaminate the mind by finding fault in the Prophet
Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam trying to find fault actually and trying to find faults in the Quran and
in Revelation and this and that and sometimes Hadith some of the Hadith are fabricated, some of them
		

			are authentic. And sometimes people come to us with a mixture and try to confuse us. They want to
make us lose our faith when we don't realize at times due to weakness that ultimately we're going to
go back to he who made us and all that Islam teaches us is to worship the one who made you and none
other than that. So if you want her stone hajima you make sure you never worship anyone besides
Allah. Muhammad Allah usually Kabila he she and
		

			whoever passes away without having associated partners with Allah or they sought forgiveness for the
Association of partner of partnership with Allah and after that they never ever associated
partnership with Allah, they will enter then they will enter Paradise. Allah says the whole aim is
to worship Allah alone. And then you need to understand every act of worship. Number one, it's
intended only for Allah number two, it should be from that which was taught by the prophet muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wasallam many times we become very encouraged by that which was not done by the
prophet Mohammed Salah Salaam in terms of acts of worship, because people are doing it. And so we
		

			feel energized. People tell you, let's do this. And you know, it's a bidder. It's an innovation and
people are energized towards innovation, but they are not energized towards that which is simple,
but it was done by the prophets of Salaam it was taught by him, he did not miss it at times and so
on. You know why shapen encourages you to do that and does not encourage you to do this. You see the
difference? So panela people say, why is it that we are so energized when it comes to adultery and
haram? And we are so you know, for example, we feel so lazy when it comes to halaal. It's because
shaytan is beautifying one thing and he's not beautifying the other in fact he's trying to make it
		

			ugly. So the same applies to Suna and be that that which is taught by the prophets of Salaam in
terms of acts of worship, and that which is not taught what is taught. We feel lazy to do it we feel
you know what it's something that's so simple, so easy. I need to do something more complicated.
While law he complicated or not, the sooner
		

			What you should be doing, and not that which is innovation, no matter how satisfying it might make
you feel because it is a false sense of satisfaction. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us. So
while we worship Allah alone in preparation for personal hajima, to prepare for personal hakima, you
need to make sure you're following the sooner the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam will recognize
us in the hereafter based on how much we followed him. And based on how much we adopted what he
taught, we want to be part of his oma and his nation, we want to achieve the intercession that he
will have on that particular day. But there will come a time when or there is a place upon the
		

			household meaning the pond, a special pond with water that never depletes. And if anyone drinks from
it, they will never feel thirsty, again, known as how alkota alcocer is that pond, the prophet SAW
Selim says I will be waiting for you not on that house. And you know what I will recognize you from
the places that you washed five times a day, when making you do sometimes it's less than five,
because you may hold your will do for more than one prayer, but that which you washed for will do.
Then there will be people who will be taken away from me. And I will say, Oh Allah, this is from me
from my alma. And he will say, you don't know what they did after you, they turned away from your
		

			teachings and your son, etc, etc. These were the champions of Buddha, the champions of that which
was innovation, and they enjoyed it, they loved it. They taught it, they preached it and promoted
it. Let's not be from among those, no matter how simple the sooner is, and the sooner will always be
easy and simple, be quenched by it be satisfied by it in a way that it does not lead you to what
shaytan wants you to go into. And that is the innovation. My beloved brothers and sisters prepare
for the day you're going to meet with Allah subhanho wa Taala by doing what
		

			by ensuring you have not wrong the fellow human beings so if you want to know how to develop your
character, your conduct, speak to people well be charitable, help people a lot. When you give out
lots of charity, there will be lots of Baraka in your life blessings in your life, even though your
life may be short because it might have been destined that you might die at an early age but the
beauty is when Allah is pleased with you, no matter what the figure of your age was. So if you died
at 30 5060 or 100, for as long as Allah is pleased with you, that was a good death, beautiful death
personal hajima hurstville hakima is when Allah is pleased with you at the point of your death, that
		

			is known as personal karma. At times, you might die in a car crash but Allah is pleased with you so
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			but if you are dying while committing a sin, then that is known as Sunil hakima. It's the opposite
of personal cotton. It is a bad ending. Imagine while you're committing a sin, you're dying. May
Allah protect us the prophets of Salaam used to say Allahu Allah Hira, Yamuna ahahaha wa Kira
Medina, Kawashima ottima, Oh Allah make the best of our days on earth the last days and make the
best of our deeds here on Earth, the last of our deeds and the best of our days. From all the days
may it be the day that we meet you. Oh Allah, the day that we see you. Subhana Allah, Armenia
belanda me. So my brothers and sisters, we've touched a little bit about hurstville hakima or on
		

			hurstville hakima. The issue of predestiny a good death, the fact that if you die in the obedience
of Allah, when Allah is pleased with you, Alhamdulillah it's a good death. If you die while seeking
forgiveness, and you had sought the forgiveness and you changed your life. It's a good death. These
are reminders from Allah, imagine people around us are dying, and we still don't take heed our eye
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			whom you stand on our feet,
		

			in some manner, malaria Tobu. Now what
		

			do they not see that we test them? Once or twice every year? They are tested with major tests. And
these tests include everything, whether it's war, whether it's death, whether it's other challenges,
or sickness or whatever else it may be. Allah says we test them once or twice every year and they
are still not repenting to Allah, they are still not turning away, meaning from shapen and coming
towards Allah Subhana Allah to Allah. So Allah says, Why not? In another place? Allah Subhana Allah
Allah says, Allah Mira
		

			albana Casa Harmon, Allah
		

			Subhana Allah Do they not see that we come to the earth and we are minimizing it from around them?
We are making it smaller and smaller. Subhana Allah there are many meanings of that. But one of it
is a reminder for us to turn to Allah subhanho wa Taala that's the lesson when Allah is making
things smaller and smaller. So May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us goodness in
		

			May Allah open our doors May Allah subhanahu wa taala forgive us and grant us personal Hardyman.
Another way of achieving personal hakima over and above, developing your character, being
charitable, don't wrong, anyone at all. Don't wrong people when you have been unjust, you cannot
have a good death. When you have been a tyrant, you will not have a good day. Take a look at the
tyrants around you. When you have usurped the wealth of people, when you have been an ugly
individual to others, when you have served the cause of corruption, and chaos and bribery and
whatever else you can never have a good death. SubhanAllah when you have stolen from people, when
		

			you have eaten the rights of others, you can never have a good death, even though you might die on
your bed at home. SubhanAllah
		

			it's not a good death, when the light is displeased with you. And when all of the people around you
are happy that you've gone. That's not a good death. Subhan Allah, imagine people are happy. I
remember a time when we were talking about someone and the people. Some people were saying, well
this guy died. Oh wow, Good riddance. Imagine what a statement and someone said he should have died
five years ago man. May Allah forgive us live your life in such a way that people around you
appreciate your goodness, appreciate what you've done. The service for the dean the service for the
community, the only other people you promoted the just cause and you stood for something that was
		

			fair and balanced, then you will be granted a good death. And finally and ultimately my brothers and
sisters keep asking Allah for
		

			Allah Hi, my name is Luca has Nakajima, Oh Allah I asked you a good ending. Oh Allah I asked you for
a good death. Allahumma Berkeley Phil motiva FEMA battle mode. Oh Allah grant me blessings in death,
meaning give me a blessed death and give me blessings even beyond death. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
grant us the ability to take heed akuto Kali hava wa sallahu wa Sallim wa barik ala nabina Muhammad