I have no time to spare....

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Someone asked Ibrahim Ibne Ad'ham rahmatullahi alayh, "Could you sparesome time for us, so that we might sit in your company and listen toyour blessed discourse?"

The sheikh replied, "At present, I have notime to spare, because I am deeply concerned about four things whichkeep my mind occupied viz:-

1. When the Covenant was made on the first day of creation, AllahTa'ala decreed that a section of mankind will go to Jannah and asection will go to Jahannam; I am constantly worried as to which ofthese two sections I belong to.

2. When a baby is formed in its mother's womb, the angel, who hasbeen put in charge of the sperm, asks Allah Ta'ala, 'Shall I record itas a blessed soul or an accursed one?' The thought whether or not Ihave been recorded as a blessed soul keeps me constantly worried.

3. When the Angel of Death takes away the soul of a person, he (theangel) asks Allah Ta'ala, 'Shall I place it with the souls of themu'mineen (believers) or with those of kafirs (non-believers).' I amdeeply concerned about my own self, because I do not know what commandwill be given to the angel with regard to my soul.

4. A proclamation will be made on the Day of Resurrection:

"Get yourself apart, O you who are guilty" (Yaa-Seen : 59)

I am very much concerned about my own fate, because I do not knowwhether I shall be found guilty or innocent." (Tanbeehul Ghaafileen).

Wassalam