MANAZEL AKHERAH
Those acts which prove beneficial during death.
The best deed is to perform Prayers (Namaz) on time. It is related that there
is no person in the east or the west on whom the sight of the Angel of death
(Malekul Maut) does not fall at least five times during the time of Prayers.
Whenever the time of death of that person comes, the Angel of death (Malekul
Maut) recognizes him and helps him to recite Kalema and shuns away satan
(shaitaan) from him. It is narrated that once Imam Ja'far-as-Sadiq (A.S.) wrote
to a person: "Do you wish that you may face death while on the Right path? And
do you wish that your spirit (Rooh) may be removed from your body while you be
performing good deeds? Then hold Allah's orders dear to yourself and obey them,
and do not waste the bounties offered by Him by being disobedient to Him, and
do not take undue advantage of His Mercy, nor become arrogant. Honour those who
follow Us and respect those who love Us".
The recitation of Dua-e-Tamjeed (Du'a No. 11) of 'Saheefae Kamelah' is
beneficial, so as to die while on the Right path and to be saved from turning
away from it.
To recite the following supplication (dua) in the Namaz of sundays in the
month of Zilqad:
ربنا لا تزغ قلوبنا بعد إذ هديتنا وهب لنا من لدنك رحمة إنك أنت الوهاب
The other beneficial acts are: To always recite Tasbeehe Fatema (A.S.) (34
times Allaho Akbar, 33 times Alhamdo Lillah, and 33 times Sub-hanallah), to
wear ring of Carnelian (Aqeeq, specially of red colour), it is better if the
following is engraved on it: 'Mohammadun Nabiyyullahe wa Aliyyun Wahyyullahe".
To recite Surah-al-Mo'menoon every friday, to recite the following supplication
(du'a) seven times after morning (Subh) and evening (Maghrib) Prayers:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم
To recite 8 units (Rak'at) Namaz on the night of 22nd Rajab, in each unit
(Rak'at) after Surah-al-Hamd recites 7 times Surah-at-Tawheed. After ending
Namaz, recite 10 times 'Salawat', and 10 times 'Istighfar' (Astagferullah Rabbi
wa atoobo Ilayh).
Sayyed ibne Tawoos quotes the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) as saying, that if a
person recites 4 units (Rak'ats) Namaz in the month of Sha'ban, such that in
each unit (Rak'at) after Surali-al-Hamd recites 50 times Surah-at- Tawheed,
then during death his spirit will be removed with ease, and his grave will
become spacious, and on the day of Qayamat when he comes out of his grave, his
face will be shining bright like a full moon and kalmae Shahadat will be
The following Incidents will prove helpful for further explanation:
Incident - 1
Fuzail bin Ayaz who was one of the great Sufi Saints, says that he had a pious
and virtuous student. The student once fell ill, and when his death approached,
Fuzail came to visit him and started reciting Surah-al-Yaseen. The student
requested Fuzail to stop reciting it. Fuzail then requested him to recite the
Kalema, but he refused to do so and said that he was sick of it (Allah's
refuge). Fuzail was shocked and felt sad at the attitude of one of his pious
students, he returned home and did not come out for some days. One night he
dreamt that the same student was being dragged to the fire of hell by the
Angels of wrath. Fuzail stopped them and inquired of his student as to why was
he being treated in that manner, when he was always a pious and devout student
of his. He asked him as to what was the reason behind his painful end. The
student replied that he had three bad habits in him: (1) Slander, (Woe be on
every slanderer & defamer) Surah-al-Humazah:
I, (2) Jealousy, (Verily jealousy destroys faith (Eeman) in the same manner as
fire destroys wood. - Usoole Kafi), and (3) Creating mischief, (creating
mischief is graver than murder) - (Surah-al-Baqarah: 217). The student also
told Fuzail that he once committed an act which also proved harmful for his
Hereafter. He said that once he had a disease, and the doctor had prescribed
him to drink wine for it's cure. The doctor told him that if he did not do so
he would never be cured. He did as the doctor said. Because of this and the
other 3 bad habits his end was such painful, and he died in the state of shame.
For further explanation of the above narrative, I state below an incident
quoted by Shaikh Kulaini, who quotes Abu Baseer as saying that, Once I was
seated in the presence of Imam Jatfar-as-Sadiq (A.S.), when Umme Khalid binte
Ma'badiyyah came and told the Imam (A.S.) that since she knew the prohibition
of it's use, she had come to the Imam (A.S.) to take advice regarding it. Imam
Sadiq (A.S.) asked her, "What stopped you from using it"? She said that being
one of His devout followers, she wished to be saved from shame, and on the day
of Qayamat if she be questioned about it she could reply that it's use (or
prohibition) was ordered to her by the Imam (A.S.) himself. The Imam (A.S.)
turned towards me and said, "O Abu Mohammad! (referred to Abu Baseer), do you
pay heed to what this woman says"? Then Imam Sadiq (A.S.) answered By Allah I
never give you permission to consume even a drop of it, for if you do so, you
shall have to regret when your spirit
reaches here". and Imam (A.S.) pointed towards his neck and repeated the
sentence thrice, and took the woman's assurance that she had understood it well.
Incident - 2
Shaikh Bahai states in his book 'Kashkol' that there was a person who had
spent his entire life in pleasures and luxuries of this world. When he was
about to die, the people gathered around him and requested him to recite the
'Kalema'. But instead of the 'Kalema' the dying man said: Where is that woman
who in a state of exhaustion came to me and asked me the way to the public bath
(named Manjab). He said so because one day a virtuous and beautiful woman came
out of her house to have bath in a famous bath house named 'Manjab'. She forgot
her way and was exhausted searching it. She saw this man standing near a door
and asked him the way to it. He pointed towards his house and said that the
same was the bath house named 'Manjab' As soon as the woman entered there in,
the man locked the door and in tented to have illicit physical relation with
her. The virtuous woman sensed that there was no escape from his lustful fold,
and hence pretended to be interested
in him. She said that she was a state of uncleanliness and was proceeding for
a bath. She told the man to go and get some scent for her so that she may
perfume and adorn herself for him, and also to get something to eat as she was
exhausted. The man was deceived by her words and went to the market to buy
things. As soon as he stepped outside, the woman thanked Allah for preserving
her chastity and ran away. When the man returned, he understood his mistake and
regretted. Now when his end neared, her remembered this indecent act and
instead of reciting the 'Kalema' said the above words.
The Incident is to be reflected upon that when the person was about to die,
the sin (even though he had not committed it, but had in tented) stopped him
from reciting the 'Kalema'. Shaikh Kulaini quotes Imam Ja'far-as-Sadiq (A.S.)
as saying that, "One who does not pay even one Qeerat of Zakat due on him
(Qeerat is equal to 21 dinars), will die the death of a jew or a christian".
The same tradition (hadees) is also said about the person who intentionally
does not perform Haj even after being capable of doing so.
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