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Facing death

3 segments in 3 recordings · 2021 to 2023 · 0 verified · 3 checked positions · wellbeing/death-and-mortality · Feed

Most recent statement · 2 Jun 2023What can the death of a parent teach us?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 2 Jun 2023

2 Jun 2023video LatestWhat can the death of a parent teach us? Mufti Abu Layth says death is the greatest admonition and grief brings families together; one lesson may be to serve those who have no one around them. Lessonposition checkedreport: no one alive on earth tonight will be alive a hundred years from nowQuran 36:68 (whoever We grant long life, We reverse in creation) machine4 min 28 s0:01on YouTube

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26 May 2023video LatestWhat is the funeral prayer and what do you say in it? The funeral prayer is in essence a sincere du'a for the deceased; many scholars allow any du'a, in any language, across its four takbirs. Lessonposition checkedQuran 67:2 (He created death and life to test which of you is best in deeds)Quran 3:185 (every soul shall taste death)Quran 89:27-30 (O soul at peace, return to your Lord)janazah (funeral prayer) machine4 min 48 s3:14on YouTube

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29 Nov 2021video LatestIs it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid? Do not make fun of people who are ill with covid: it is a roll of the dice, as a neighbour's sudden death showed, and it should make us grateful. Lessonposition checkedthe coronavirus pandemicshifa (cure) machine5 min 17 s0:14on YouTube