Death

• Wish not for death any of you; neither the doer of good works, for peradventure he may increase them by an increase of life; nor the offender, for perhaps he may obtain the forgiveness of God by repentance. Wish not, nor supplicate for death before its time cometh; for verily when ye die, hope is out and the ambition for reward: and verily, the increase of a Mumins' (Muslim's) life increaseth his good works.

•  Remember often the destroyer and cutter off of delights, which is death.

•  Not one of you must wish for death from any wordly affliction; but if there certainly is anyone wishing for death, he must say, "O Lord, keep me alive so long as life may be good for me, and wish me to die when it is better for me so to do."

•  The Faithful do not die; perhaps they become translated from this perishable world to the world of eternal existences.

•  Death is a blessing to a Muslim. Remember and speak well of your dead, and refrain from speaking ill of them.

•  There are two things disliked by the sons of Adam, one of them death; whereas it is better for Muslims than sinning; the second is scarcity of money; whereas its account will be small in futurity.

•  The grave is the first stage of the journey into eternity.

•  Death is a bridge that uniteth friend with friend.

•  Sleep is the brother of death.

•  Muhammad said, three days before his death, "Not one of you must die but with resignation to the will of God, and with hope for his beneficence and pardon."