Shaykh Ihsaan Ilaahee Zaheer spent his life defending the Sahaabah; when he was injured by the bomb explosion, he was brought to Saudi Arabia for treatment and died here.
Tag: grave
A man whose heart fills with emotion at the remembrance of the dead
Safwaan ibn Sulaym would visit [the graveyard of] al-Baqee’ over a number of days – and [in doing so] he would pass by me.
Washing the bodies of the dead in preparation for burial
[In preparation for their burial], al-Muzanee رحمه الله would wash the dead as an act of worship, and he would say
If the remembrance of death departed my heart
If the remembrance of death departed my heart, I would certainly fear my heart[‘s pursuit of desires] will corrupt me.
The love of this world
There is none who loves [the pursuit of] this world, except that he has not loved death; [yet] whoever exerts himself [in righteousness] towards it (death), [will find that he] loves to meet his Lord.
Remembering death and the Hereafter
[About as-Saffaar رحمه الله it was said]: ‘…and he was seldom seen to be smiling.’
Unable to regularly visit my father’s grave
My father died a long while ago, and he is [buried in a graveyard] far away from [where I live], and [as such] I am unable to visit him except after two or three years.
Regularly visiting the graveyard
Abu ‘Abdir-Rahmaan ‘Abdullaah al-’Umaree رحمه الله would visit the graveyard a lot, and with him he would have a book to read. [About this], he would say
It rained over the grave of Harim ibn Hayyaan
It rained over the grave of Harim ibn Hayyaan on the day he died, and then vegetation began to sprout [forthwith].
When Harim ibn Hayyaan died
[When] Harim ibn Hayyaan died it was a hot day. So when they had finished with his grave, there came a cloud which stopped over the grave; it was neither longer nor shorter than it (the grave).