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Do you ever think about your own death? If so, what are some of the things that bother you?
my fear is always about the love ones I am going to leave behind. I pray that they all are financially and emotionally secure at that time
Re: Death...some questions
Do you ever think about your own death? If so, what are some of the things that bother you?
The question - maN raab u ka - who is your Lord ....
I always wonder - when I gona say Allah is my lord - would I be in position to justify it
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I always wonder - when I gona say Allah is my lord - would I be in position to justify it
A philosophical conunderum... ultimately thats down to the individual though...
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I don't fear death, as we all have to face it one day, but I do have a lot of goals that I wish to accomplish before I die. I believe that this is most likely the only life we have and while I'm content with this life, I really hope there is an afterlife.
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I don't fear death, as we all have to face it one day, but I do have a lot of goals that I wish to accomplish before I die. I believe that this is most likely the only life we have and while I'm content with this life, I really hope there is an afterlife.
most religions have this concept of 'life hereafter'. i dunno which religion u belong which doesn't have it...i would wanna know! :)
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I really hope there is an afterlife.
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Worried if my scale of good deeds will be heavier than the scale of sins.
Ya Allah, have mercy on this Ummah on the Last Day.
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My fear maybe i'll will choose the cold water.
Narrated Rabi bin Hirash: 'Uqba bin 'Amr said to Hudhaifa, "Won't you relate to us of what you have heard from Allah's Apostle ?" He said, "I heard him saying, "When Al-Dajjal appears, he will have fire and water along with him. What the people will consider as cold water, will be fire that will burn (things). So, if anyone of you comes across this, he should fall in the thing which will appear to him as fire, for in reality, it will be fresh cold water." Hudhaifa added, "I also heard him saying, 'From among the people preceding your generation, there was a man whom the angel of death visited to capture his soul. (So his soul was captured) and he was asked if he had done any good deed.' He replied, 'I don't remember any good deed.' He was asked to think it over. He said, 'I do not remember, except that I used to trade with the people in the world and I used to give a respite to the rich and forgive the poor (among my debtors). So Allah made him enter Paradise." Hudhaifa further said, "I also heard him saying, 'Once there was a man on his death-bed, who, losing every hope of surviving said to his family: When I die, gather for me a large heap of wood and make a fire (to burn me). When the fire eats my meat and reaches my bones, and when the bones burn, take and crush them into powder and wait for a windy day to throw it (i.e. the powder) over the sea. They did so, but Allah collected his particles and asked him: Why did you do so? He replied: For fear of You. So Allah forgave him." 'Uqba bin 'Amr said, "I heard him saying that the Israeli used to dig the grave of the dead (to steal their shrouds)."
Source: 'Virtues and Merits of the Prophet (pbuh) and his Companions' of Sahih Bukhari No 659.
Re: Death...some questions
Do you ever think about your own death? If so, what are some of the things that bother you?
The only certain thing in life is death....so conceptually, death doesn't bother me because its only a means of transitioning to the next world. The uncertainty of events that might follow is whats actually disturbing.
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What Do You Think Happens When We Die?
This is one of the most interesting questions that we tend not to think about very much. Yet our answer profoundly informs how we live. In the U.S., we have a culture of silence around dying and death. It’s a great taboo that fills most of us with anxiety about life’s end without any way to reduce that anxiety. We all know we are going to die, yet we don’t talk about it. The entire subject has become a mysterious and ominous kind of black hole in our consciousness, and we learn not to go there.
I think it would be really healthy for us to break through this taboo and normalize our conversation about death. It would free us to examine our beliefs, thoughts and feelings about death, both individually and collectively. Perhaps it would change how we feel about war and violence. By embracing the reality of death, we might be able to perceive a greater value and a deeper meaning of life.
When I raise this question with people, the most common answer begins with the phrase “I was raised… and I believe…” Many people have never challenged the belief system they were taught as children. Others question and affirm it, while still others find it a starting point from which their beliefs evolve as they explore the issue over the course of their lives. I fall into this latter category.
When I began to explore the reality of death more deeply, I found that I was less afraid of death itself than I was of dying. I was anxious about not knowing when and how I would die. It terrified me when I thought of it. It was as though we all walk around with a huge question mark over our heads, not knowing how much time we have left. Here today, maybe gone tomorrow. At first, I thought that God had a mean streak or a bad day when inventing death. I thought it was wrong and that we should live forever. But when I thought about that, I wondered what forever would be like – an endless story, a giant run-on sentence with no ending punctuation. Would there be no aging of the body or maturing of our minds in an endless now? Would we be stuck in a perpetual state of changeless being? The more I thought about the mixed blessings of being an infant, a child, a teen, a 20-year-old, a 40-year-old, and now a person in my 60s, the more I valued the exquisite design of this progression of maturation. I wouldn’t want to live endlessly in one frozen form without the punctuation of time passing. The more I thought this way, the more normal and appropriate death seemed.
When I delved further into the question of what happens when we die, I looked first at what I had been taught as a child. Just as many children learn to be good to get great presents from Santa, I was taught to be good in the way I lived my life so that I could earn eternal life with God. I had no idea what that meant other than that I shouldn’t be “bad.” It was a great inducement for conformity to the rules. As I matured, my ideas about life, death, God and eternity evolved. I found myself to be eclectic in gathering bits and pieces of wisdom from around the world that resonated with the truth that existed inside of me. Where did that truth come from? I do not know. I just know that I have always recognized what is true for me by a process of reflection and inner resonance.
When I think about what happens to us when we die, I realize that I cannot address the matter without simultaneously looking at the purpose and meaning of life. Life and death seem to be woven together in an endless process of one birthing the other.
Based on my current understanding of things, I believe that we are all souls having human experiences for the purpose of coming to know our divine nature in human form – our oneness through and with God. As such, I believe that what we commonly refer to as death is simply the death of this body and personality, the dropping of a human form by our real self – the soul. As far as I can tell, we really do see a bright light and loved ones on the other side of this death as we journey forward in our process of awakening. I believe that we do re-embody again and again as we strengthen our awareness of our own divinity. So, while I am saddened by the loss of connection to loved ones that occurs at death, I am comforted by my belief that this is one in a series of lives.
I know that many people do not share my particular beliefs. That is fine with me. Personally, I find it quite fascinating that “the truth” resonates differently in each of us. What do you believe happens when we die?
We simply stop being, going out like a fire.
Our physical body dies, and that is all we are.
We are spiritual beings having human experiences, and at death our body dies, but our spirit or soul lives on.
We only live this one life.
Our souls reincarnate, taking on different physical identities to work off karmic imbalances accrued from previous lives.
We go to heaven, hell or purgatory.
It doesn’t matter.
Other.
Have you explored your truth? What do you think, and how do you feel about the fact that we all die? That you will die? That everyone you know will die? Are you at peace with this reality? If not, what is your experience, and why do you think that is so? If you are at peace, what has enabled you to view death that way? What do you think happens when we die? How do your beliefs about death inform how you live your life? I look forward to your views and comments.
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Do you ever think about your own death? If so, what are some of the things that bother you?
What bothers me is who you leave behind.
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well, every one have to die one day,, But no one knows the time, when????? this can happend at any time,,, any where,,,, So every one have to prepared for that,, this means to follow, what Islam says us,, and go with what the Quran guide us,,,,,,,
the second thing is that,, most of the people,, they never imagine their death,,, and this is because they are not close to Islam,, the people they are close to islam,, and and following islam in right way,,, they really feel know know each and every thing,,, and they keep their selves prepare for it,,, God bless us all... thanks,,