صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الذكر والدعاء والتوبة والاستغفارThe Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness
باب مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ:Chapter: Whoever Loves To Meet Allah, Allah Loves To Meet Him, And Whoever Hates To Meet Allah, Allah Hates To Meet Him
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ ، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّاءَ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ ، وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ ، وَالْمَوْتُ قَبْلَ لِقَاءِ اللَّهِ " ،
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who loves to meet Allah, Allah also loves to meet him, and who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah abhors to meet him. There is death before (one is able to) meet Allah.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: Death is the forerunner and gateway to meeting Allah, and the meeting begins after it. Therefore, liking or disliking death is a separate matter. Thus, disliking death is not the same as disliking meeting Allah, because sometimes a believing person, despite naturally disliking death due to the fear of falling into religious trials and tribulations, prefers death in order to attain the blessings of the Hereafter and to remain safe from religious tribulation. And sometimes, due to the hope of increasing righteous deeds (a‘mal salihah) and the opportunity to repent and seek forgiveness for sins, he dislikes death.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6824
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this hadith, it is understood that sometimes a person, due to not correctly understanding the true meaning of a hadith, falls into misunderstanding, or becomes confused regarding the hadith. Therefore, to deny any hadith on the basis of one's limited knowledge is not the way of a Muslim. Rather, one should establish contact with other people of knowledge and seek to understand its correct meaning and interpretation. One should not consider oneself to be the possessor of complete intellect.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6826
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
The meaning is that the desire a person has to meet Allah at the time when the soul is departing and the angels of death have arrived is what is intended here, not in ordinary circumstances, because in normal conditions no one likes to die.
1:
The meaning is that the desire a person has to meet Allah at the time when the soul is departing and the angels of death have arrived is what is intended here, not in ordinary circumstances, because in normal conditions no one likes to die.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1067
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
The angels give glad tidings to the righteous person who passes away.
As a result, he develops a longing to go to Allah,
so that he may quickly attain those blessings which Allah has prepared for His beloved servants.
(2)
The evil person who passes away realizes from the terrifying state of the angels
that he is deserving of punishment.
Then the angels also inform him of this,
which increases his certainty.
That is why he becomes afraid of dying,
and he does not wish to go to Allah.
(1)
The angels give glad tidings to the righteous person who passes away.
As a result, he develops a longing to go to Allah,
so that he may quickly attain those blessings which Allah has prepared for His beloved servants.
(2)
The evil person who passes away realizes from the terrifying state of the angels
that he is deserving of punishment.
Then the angels also inform him of this,
which increases his certainty.
That is why he becomes afraid of dying,
and he does not wish to go to Allah.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4264
