I saw my own dear daughter who had died some time ago. She began to weep, exclaiming: “By Allah, he is my dear father!” She jumped on a swinging cradle, which seemed to be made from heavenly light and darted to me. I took her to my bosom; she lifted her left hand towards me and with her right hand motioned the snake away. The snake went away immediately. Then she gave me a seat and sat in my lap and began to stroke my beard with her right hand saying: “My dear father: أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّـهِ ‘Has not the time come for the people of imaan that their hearts surrender to the remembrance of Allah Ta‘ala.’ I was moved to tears and asked her: “My daughter, do all of you know the meaning of the Quraan?” She replied: “We understand the Quraan even better than you.” I asked her: “My dear child, what was this snake?” She said: “It was your own evil deeds which had made it so strong, it was about to push you into Jahannam.” I asked: “And who was that old man?” She replied: “Those were your good deeds. You had made them so weak that he could not help you against the snake.” I asked: “What are all of you doing on this hill?” She replied: “We are the children of the Muslims who died in infancy. We shall live here till the Day of Resurrection, waiting to be reunited with you when you come to us at last and we shall intercede for you by our Lord.” I then awoke terrified, and repented to Allah Ta‘ala from all my evil habits and ways. (Kitaabut Tawwaabeen – Ibnu Qudaamah, pg. 156) Lesson: Allah Ta‘ala has blessed us with yet another chance to witness this great night (15th Sha’baan). Let us capitalise on this opportunity and make sincere taubah from all sins before it is too late. We should also strive to ‘strengthen’ our good actions, and ‘starve’ the snake of our evil deeds, so that we would not have to face any difficulty in the Hereafter. آميـــن يا أرحــم الراحميـن
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