๐ It feels good, doesn't it? To vividly visualize
What it would be like to kiss your crush whom you admire?
To relish all delightful dishes your taste buds like,
To receive compliments on selfies you post online,
And get back savagely at each person you dislike?
~•~
It's amazing, sensational, brings massive delight
To be able to act on your desires, am I right?
No. It's Allah's rival and our foe who beautifies
The most abhorrent and wicked acts so they're desired
By souls who don't know yet about the truth of this life.
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Zina, same-sex affairs, and flirting just gratify
Those who've forgotten that death can take place anytime.
Major sins, such as gossiping, stealing, telling lies,
Disrespecting one's parents, and bribery entice
Those unaware of their rulings and yearn for long lives.
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When shaytan wants your faith spoiled and helps you fantasize
About kissing someone who can't be your husband/wife,
Or disclosing the secrets of ex-friends you despise,
Or living luxuriously like there's no afterlife,
Realize we're here to serve Allah, not our desires.
~•~
Remind ourselves as often as we can, day and night,
Of our main purpose - to worship Allah the Most Wise,
Who gave us life to pass His tests, to do what is right,
And to try our best to be worthy of Paradise.
Be prepared with good deeds. Death can occur anytime.
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๐ Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Remember often the destroyer of pleasures," by which he meant death.
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2307
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani
๐ Ibn Umar RadhiAllahu 'anhuma narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler along a path."
Ibn Umar RadhiAllahu 'anhuma would say, “If you make it to the evening, do not wait for the morning. If you make it to the morning, do not wait for the evening. Take from your health for your sickness, and from your life for your death.”
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6053
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Bukhari
๐ Ibn Umar RadhiAllahu 'anhuma narrated: A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, which of the believers is the best?" The Messenger of Allah SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Those with the best character." The man said, "Which of the believers is the wisest?" The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Those who remember death often and have best prepared for it with good deeds; those are the wisest."
Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 4259
Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to Al-Albani
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