Sunan at-Tirmidhī Ḥadīth [2307]

Being heedful and talking about death checks man from being lost in the worldly pleasures and seductions. We are, therefore, supposed to remember death frequently and to avoid remaining indifferent to post-death affairs and occurrences.

• Reference: [579 (1/512), Riyāḍuṣ Ṣāliḥīn, Dārussalām (Eng)]

Engrossed in the luxuries and pleasures of the world, man tends to forget the Hereafter. The best panacea for this disease is the remembrance of death that keeps alive the fear of Allāh and the care of the Last Hour, and thus man is saved from becoming oblivious of his ultimate destiny.

• Reference: [2307 (4/345), Sunan at-Tirmidhī, Dārussalām (Eng)]

The mention of death often provokes a feeling of abstinence, self-introspection concerning one’s own deeds, and the dreadfulness of the Doomsday which in turn instigates one to perform good deeds and molds one’s psyche in such a condition so as to be prepared for the Day of Judgement.

• Reference: [425 (1/186), Bulūgh al-Marām, Dārussalām (Eng)]

Death is a reality that is not denied by anyone from the beginning of creation until the day of eternity. It is something that is observed by people. Every other day, relatives, friends and companions drink from the cup of death before their eyes. Everyone is helpless at that time. On such an occasion, hearts naturally become soft, people become afraid, reflect on their deeds, and the horrible scenes of the Day of Resurrection play out before their eyes. This creates a desire to prepare for the Day of Resurrection, and man inclines to good deeds. Therefore, we are commanded to remember death at all times.

• Reference: [425 (1/567-568), Tafhīm al-Islām Sharḥ Bulūgh al-Marām, Dār al-Qudas (Ur)]

• Sunan an-Nasā’ī (1824 [1825])
• Sunan ibn Mājah (4258)
• Musnad Aḥmad (7925 (13/301-302)) ^{[Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ]}
• Ḥilyatul Awliyā’ (9/252) – on the authority of Anas bin Mālik
• Bulūgh al-Marām (425)
• Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ (1607)
• Riyāḍuṣ Ṣāliḥīn (579)
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ (1210 (1/264))
• Irwā’ al-Ghalīl (682 (3/145-146))

Grade:

• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’)
• Ḥasan isnād by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ʿAlī Za’ī (Sunan an-Nasā’ī, Sunan at-Tirmidhī, Sunan ibn Mājah, & Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ)
• Ḥasan isnād by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Musnad Aḥmad)
• Ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Sunan an-Nasā’ī, Sunan at-Tirmidhī, & Sunan ibn Mājah)
• Ḥasan gharīb by Imām at-Tirmidhī
• Ḍa’īf isnād (but ḥadīth is sahih) by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Sunan ibn Mājah)