Pray before they pray on you

So I was stopping by the masjid to make Zuhr and it just so happens that they started making Janazah prayer right after. Really reminded me of death and how one day that will be me lying there with a white sheet over my face(Yes. I peeked on the other side to see =P). SubhanAllah.. Alhamdulilah there wasnt any wailing (at least at the time).

Its amazing how one can get so caught up into the dunyah and forget the akhirah. Loving those late night strolls, seeing that girl, listening to music, etc. (esp. here in egypt). Sad to see such behavior from amongst the Muslims. Allahu Musta'an. With all the distractions one forgets that at any minute the angel of death can come. That the next corner they turn the angel of death might be waiting there. Seeing that body really slapped me in the face, made me realize that one day that'll be me under a white sheet. About to be lowered into my grave....the questioning from Munkar and Nakeer. May Allah protect us from the punishment of the grave and the punishment of the Fire. Allahuma Ameen.


Invocations for the dead in the funeral prayer :


156. Allaahum-maghfir lahu warhamhu, wa 'aafihi, wa'fu 'anhu, wa 'akrim nuzulahu, wa wassi' mudkhalahu, waghsilhu bilmaa'i waththalji walbaradi, wa naqqihi minal-khataayaa kamaa naqqaytath-thawbal-'abyadha minad-danasi, wa 'abdilhu daaran khayran min daarihi, wa 'ahlan khayran min 'ahlihi, wa zawjan khayran min zawjihi, wa 'adkhilhul-jannata, wa. 'a'ithhu min 'athaabil-qabri[wa 'athaabin-naar].

O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him and give him strength and pardon him. Be generous to him and cause his entrance to be wide and wash him with water and snow and hail. Cleanse him of his transgressions as white cloth is cleansed of stains. Give him an abode better than his home, and a family better than his family and a wife better than his wife. Take him into Paradise and protect him from the punishment of the grave [and from the punishment of Hell-fire].

Reference: Muslim 2/663.

http://www.islamawareness.net/Dua/Fortress/055.html


After that I went to the orphanage to see "my babies". SubhanAllah, they're so small and so innocent. It's ashame their parents would...i dunno what they do. One of the employees there said they get them from the hospital and sometimes the hospital finds them on the streets. These kids are like 2 man! I dont understand how a parent could do something so cruel. There's people in the world that are dying to have babies and yet these people...throw them away??? The orphanage just got a new baby boy named Omar and they have no idea about the where his parents are (nor the other kids...all 10 of them). He is so precious wallah, only 2 months old! Really breaks my heart to see them so lil and treated like garbage (being thrown out like that) but alhamdulilah there are good people taking care of them at the orphanage. =)
All of them are so smart mashaAllah...they know me and my sis since we go like...all the time lol. Sad how they'll never know their parents.=( Alhamdulilah for my parents! May Allah reward our parents. Ameen. May Allah make all of them from amongst the mo'mineen and mo'minaat. Allahuma Ameen. And May Allah reward all of the employees that take the time out to care for them. Allahuma Ameen.





May Allah ease all of our affairs. Ameen


~was salamu alaikum wa rahmatuAllahi wa barakatuh