Value Imaan

My Respected Teacher began by mentioning the importance of continuosly remembering death in order to create the conciousness to prepare for that inevitable time.

The famous saying: you will be resurrected as you died, and you will die as you lived your life is a reminder of the fact that if a person lives his life as a practicing believer, he will die as a believer and hence, be resurrected as a believer. Whereas, if a person lives his life practicing the ways of the disbelievers, he will die in this poor state and be resurrected in this terrible state. Allah save us!

So, being believers at present we may be fooled into thinking that we are automatically guaranteed death as believers. No, this is not the case. It often happens, that during his lifetime a person is guilty of perpertrating such acts that at the end of his life Allah Most High snatches away this priceless gift: Imaan.

To value this gift is of utmost importance. The value of Imaan can be learnt from those people who were not born as Muslims, but thereafter Allah Most High blessed them with Imaan, after which they practice upon the teachings of Islam.

All that we do throughout our life strengthens and weakens our Imaan. The more a person dettaches himself away from the Religion, the weaker his Imaan becomes, and very easily a day may come when Imaan no longer remains inside him, and he leaves this world to meet Allah Most High in a state of disbelief. Allah save us!

 May Allah grant us death upon Imaan.