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[A Piece of Advice from Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (MZ)]

At the Johannesburg International Airport, some brothers requested that I give them some nasihah (advice) before leaving.

I mentioned the following : ‘The Airport itself presents sufficient Ibrat (lesson) for a person’s Islaah (reformation).

Boards are seen, computer screens inform, and announcements are repeatedly heard of Arrivals and Departures . We should take lesson from this.

We have ‘arrived’. Our scheduled arrival to the destination of this world has come to pass. We have journeyed from Aalame-Arwah to this transitory world. Our next journey is to ‘Aalame-Barzakh’, then to the Hereafter.

In
this material world, the time of departure is given for the flights
that are leaving for various cities and countries. A person can make
preparations for travel, accordingly. As is common experience though,
flights are sometimes delayed and sometimes cancelled.

Our departure, to the Aakhirah (Hereafter),
is scheduled, but absolutely unknown to us. Moreover, the departure of
the flight of death will not be delayed or cancelled.

In a couplet
that deeply impresses upon the reality of this life, my Sheikh, Hazrat
Maulana Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Saheb, states:

Strange
is the visa of life; It can be cancelled at anytime. The duration of
its validity is unknown, And its extension too, impossible.

Therefore,
like the ‘Eveready’ battery (which is not necessarily ever ready), we
need to be ever ready for the journey to the Hereafter. Our boarding
passes are already in our hands. It is just a matter of time before
departure.

The Azaan, in our right ear, and the Iqaamat, in our
left ear, were already given at the time of our birth. All that is left,
is the Janaza Salaah at the time of our death. The time between the
Iqaamat and Salaah is negligible – so too, is the time span of our
lives.

As someone has mentioned : Our life is just like the ‘dash’
between the date of birth and date of passing away, which is inscribed
on many a tombstone. Though this ‘dash’ of life is so short, it is such a
significant stage in our journey, that it either ‘makes’ or ‘breaks’
our Hereafter. This little dash either delivers a person to Jannat
(Heaven in Urdu) or Jahannum. So before someone mentions the date of our
departure, we should convert the ‘dash’ of life, to time spent securing
provisions for the coming journey.

Then I mentioned that now two new boards are to be found at the airport:

Underground Parking and prayer room upstairs

Our ‘parking’ too is reserved. …What then should we do? Before ‘departure’ and before being ‘parked’ under the ground, we should visit the ‘prayer room’
– meaning, that we should bring the submission and servitude found in
prayer or Salaah, into our lives. Submit to the One who gave us this
life because very soon will we be returning to Him.

“…And the destination (of all) is to Allah.”
[Surah Ahzaab 35 : 18]

This
world is very much like a timeshare. The occupants make full use of all
facilities during their week/s or month/s – the lounge, fridge, stove,
furniture, air conditioner and the luxuries of the timeshare. However,
they know that they will have to move out as soon as their time expires.

Similarly,
we should make use of the bounties of Allah Ta’ala in this world, but
we should not give our hearts to this world. …How can we give our hearts
to a world which is so unfaithful ? …The home in which there is
excitement and celebration of a wedding is suddenly plunged into grief,
sorrow and mourning.

We should keep before us, the following Hadith of Rasulullah (SAW) : “Verily, the world has been created for you and you have been created for the Aakhirah.”

Preparation for the Aakhirah
(Hereafter) does not mean that we will be deprived of the good things
of this world. Eat, drink, marry, conduct business and do all other
activities according to the teachings of Shariah and Sunnah of
Rasulullah (SAW). This is all that is required.

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