Thinking about death

To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6549

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ لأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ يَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ. يَقُولُونَ لَبَّيْكَ رَبَّنَا وَسَعْدَيْكَ. فَيَقُولُ هَلْ رَضِيتُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ وَمَا لَنَا لاَ نَرْضَى وَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتَنَا مَا لَمْ تُعْطِ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ. فَيَقُولُ أَنَا أُعْطِيكُمْ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالُوا يَا رَبِّ وَأَىُّ شَىْءٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَيَقُولُ أُحِلُّ عَلَيْكُمْ رِضْوَانِي فَلاَ أَسْخَطُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا

inna-Llāh yaqūlu lʾahli al-jannah yā ahla al-jannah. yaqūlūna labbayka rabbanā wasaʿdayka. fayaqūlu hal raḍītum fayaqūlūna wamā lanā lā narḍā waqad aʿṭaytanā mā lam tuʿṭi aḥadan min khalqika. fayaqūlu anā uʿṭīkum afḍala min dhalika. qālūā yā rabbi wau shayʾin afḍalu min dhalika fayaqūlu uḥillu ʿalaykum riḍwānī falā askhaṭu ʿalaykum baʿdah abadan

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah will say to the people of Paradise, 'O the people of Paradise!' They will say, 'Labbaik, O our Lord, and Sa`daik!' Allah will say, 'Are you pleased?" They will say, 'Why should we not be pleased since You have given us what You have not given to anyone of Your creation?' Allah will say, 'I will give you something better than that.' They will reply, 'O our Lord! And what is better than that?' Allah will say, 'I will bestow My pleasure and contentment upon you so that I will never be angry with you after for-ever

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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 6549

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