Anxiety for the Eternal life of the Hereafter

Anxiety for the Eternal life of the Hereafter

The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم fostered the idea among the Ummah, that the duration of the worldly life is not known to anyone and everyone is bound to render accounts to Allah. People should, therefore, prepare themselves for the Hereafter, which represents an eternal life into which man is destined to enter soon. The legal tender of this hture eternal life is not the coins and money of this world, whatever its quantity and value, Millions, Billions a Milliards. All this wealth will have to be left in this transitory world. If there is anything of this world which will pass on to the next world, it is the good deeds.

The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is reported to have said in a Hadith: When a dead body is taken to the graveyard, three things accompany it -(I) its kinsmen who got to see the body off, (ii) its possession, e.g. its shroud in which the body is wrapped up and the cot on which the body is carried to the graveyard and (iii) its' deeds. The first two, i.e. its kinsmen and the possessions come back from the side of the grave. Only the man's deeds, whether good or bad are left that go with the body to the next world.

Thus, the legal tender of that world is not the wealth of this world but it is the good deeds the man did in this world during his lifetime. The greatest wealth which Almighty Allah has bestowed upon us is the Holy Qur'an. This is a panacea for this Ummah. It is a great virtue and cause of reward for man to read and understand it and to act upon its injunctions and to convey its teachings and commands to others.