Thinking about death

Three things to be content with

The consequence attached to it is unusually short.

مَنْ قَالَ رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولاً وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ

Man qāla: raḍītu bi-Llāhi rabban wa bi-l-islāmi dīnan wa bi-Muḥammadin rasūlā, wajabat lahu-l-jannah

“Whoever says: I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad as Messenger, Paradise becomes due for him.”

Where this comes from

Wajabat is a word from contracts. It means the thing has fallen due, become owed. Not hoped for. Not likely. Owed.

The full narration

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:If anyone says "I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion and with Muhammad (ﷺ) as Apostle" Paradise will be his due

Source

Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 1529

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Al-Albani: Sahih
  • Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
  • Shuaib Al Arnaut: Sahih
  • Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih
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