An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
5. Piety
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WHEN DEATH IS NIGH
Bilal ibn Rubah’s household gathered to lament
his imminent death. “There is no cause for grief,”
Bilal told them. “How good to think that
tomorrow I will meet my friends Muhammad and
his Companions.”
When death drew near Umar ibn Khattab, the
second Caliph of Islam, he exclaimed, “I shall
consider myself successful if everything balances
out and I receive neither punishment nor reward.”
SALVATION IS ALL
One day the Prophet heard his wife, Umm Habibah,
utter the following prayer: “Lord, long may I be
blessed by the shadow of my husband, the Prophet
of God, my father, Abu Sufyan, and my brother,
Muawiyah.” “Umm Habibah,” said the Prophet,
“life-spans are all decided by God. When you pray
to God, you had best ask for salvation from Hell-
fire.”
(MUSLIM,
SAHIH)
