Al-Risala (English) · When Death is Nigh
When Death is Nigh
Al-Risala (English), August 1987, p. 9
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
When Death is Nigh
1987 8 August 9 When Death is Nigh (62)
Bilal ibn Ribah’s household gathered to lament Bilal’s approaching death. “There is no cause for lament,” Bilal told them. “How good to think that tomorrow I will meet with my friends – Mohammad and his Companions.” When death drew near Umar ibn Khattab, the second Caliph of Islam, exclaimed: “I shall consider myself successful if I come our equal, neither punishment nor reward.”
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