LONG LIFE A BLESSING FROM ALLAH (SWT) Prepared by: Dr. Abdul Hakim In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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The Prophet (PBUH) considered long life a blessings from Almighty Allah providing that it would devoted for good deeds. Abi Bakrah (RA) reported that a man said: "O Allah's Prophet! Tell me, who are the best people." He answered: "Those who have a long life and good accounts." [Tirmidhi ] Abu Hurairah (RA) said: "There were two men of Bali - a neighborhood of Quda'h - who embraced Islam at the hands of Allah's Prophet (PBUH) and then one of them was martyred and the other lived for one more year. Talha Ibn `Ubaid (RA) saw in his dream that the man who lived for one more year entered Paradise before the martyr and he was surprised to see this. When Talha (RA) woke up, he told the Prophet (PBUH) about his dream. The Prophet (PBUH) said "Why should you be surprised, didn't he fast for one more Ramadan, prayed more than Rak'ahs in this year. [Ahmad] The lunar year is 354 days x 17 Rak'ahs = 6018 Rak'ahs

Our beloved Prophet (PBUH) stated that prolonged life is one of Allah's immediate rewards for some of his believing servants for certain good and pious deeds which are highly rewarded by Allah such as preserving the ties of kinship and being good to one's parents. In Sahih Muslim and Al-Bukhari, there is a hadith reported by Anas (RA) that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "Whoever pleases to be granted more wealth and his lease of life prolonged, then he should keep relations with his kith and kin." [Argeed upon] Also it was narrated in other hadith that: "He who likes that Allah prolongs his life and extend his provision, must be good to his parents and keep the ties of kinship". [ Ahmad] Notwithstanding the fact that this prolongation of life was in quantity or quality or it was superficial or deep, Allah holds life in high esteem. Therefore, the Prophet (PBUH) in many hadiths, forbade Muslims to wish death, for life is not a burden that one should get rid of.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "None of you should wish or supplicate Allah for death. Also, if a Muslim dies his record of good and bad deeds is closed, and a true believer will add good deeds through prolonged life." [Muslim] In addition, Anas (RA) reported that: "None of you should wish death because of a calamity befalling him; but if he has to wish for death, he should say: "O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me and let me die if death is better for me". [Agreed upon] Among the privileges of Islam is that it urges people to work in life, advance in construction and enjoy its blessings. Islam saw that the construction of life does not contradict with doing good deeds and preparing oneself for the Hereafter. In fact Islam encourages one to seek happiness in both: life and the Hereafter, as Allah (SWT) says: رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّار ِ Meaning: "Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of the Fire." (Sura Al-Bakara: 2:201) Anas (RA) reported that the Prophet (PBUH) often used this invocation of Allah [Ahmad, Muslim and Al-Bukhari and Abu Dawud] and used to repeat it in the Tawaf - circumambulation - between the Black Stone and the Yamani Comer.

Almighty Allah says: “O children of Adam, dress yourselves fully, properly and decently at the time of every worship; eat and drink, but do not transgress, for Allah does not like the transgressors Say, "Who hath forbidden the beautiful (Gifts) of Allah, which He hath produced for His servants, and the things, clean and pure, (which He hath provided) for sustenance? Say: They are in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day of Resurrection." (Sura: Al-Araf 7:31-32) يَا بَنِي آدَمَ خُذُوا زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُوا ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ ق ُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِ وَالطَّيِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ ۚ قُلْ هِيَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا خَالِصَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

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