Death: The Greatest Means of Reformation

DEATH: THE GREATEST MEANS OF REFORMATION himself in a condition of power, whereas suddenly, after death, he will find himself in a condition of helplessness. It is the demand of this feeling that his heart be soft. He should be afraid of God’s grip and prepare himself as much as possible for the Hereafter. One who reaches old age, but does not get the sustenance of God-consciousness from his old age is undoubtedly an unfortunate person, for the consequences of this are nothing but eternal ruination and everlasting regret. DEATH: THE GREATEST MEANS OF REFORMATION We should remember death often. Death will make one completely helpless. This aspect of death is the greatest means of reform for man in this world. According to a tradition, the Prophet of Islam said: “Remember death often.” (Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith No. 4258) But it is strange that death is the thing which is seldom thought of in people’s lives. The reason could be that man’s DNA contains each and everything except for prescience of the event of death. But there is no need to include death in the DNA for it to be remembered. On a daily basis, people keep dying and this incident happening every day should be enough for people to remember their own death. They should not be oblivious of their eventual death, even for a moment. Death is like a frontier. On the one side of death is the present world which can be likened to a green garden.