Maut (Death) is the inescapable evet - the inevitable reality - which both the Mu’min and Kafir acknowledge. In so far as the Mu’min is concerned, Maut is not the end of life. It is simply another stage in the onward journey of man back home - Jannat - from whence he heralded.
The Prophet Hazrat Muhammad [S.A.W.] said:
“Maut is the bridge which unites the lover with his Beloved.”
The Mu’min is the lover and Allah Ta’ala, The Rabb, is the beloved. With death the servant of Allah Ta’ala reaches his Goal towards which he was striving all his life. For those who had lost themselves in the pursuit of fleeting pleasures of a corrupt and contaminated kind, consequently forgetting the Goal and Purpose of life on earth, Maut is a terrible event. On the other hand, the sincere and pious servants of Allah will be greeted by the proclamation:
“O Soul at peace! Return to your Rabb, well-pleased (with Him) while He is well-pleased (with you). Thus enter (the association of) My servants and enter My Jannat.” (Qur’an)
Since man - the Mu’min - is the noblest of Allah’s creation, He has ordained a host of rules and rites which the living have to observe in honor of the mayyit (deceased) who passes onto the next leg of his journey to Jannat. Kitãbul Janã-iz deals with these rules and rites.
May Allah Ta’ala accept our humble effort and may the Ummah derive maximum benefit from this endeavor, and may it assist in our Naj’at (Salvation) in the A’akhirah.
