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CHAPTER 4

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But death comes to all of us! Even the Prophets of God died and returned back to God.

In this chapter you will learn about all this. But there is nothing to be afraid of because dying is the end

of one stage and the beginning of other!

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LESSON 1WHEN DEATH COMES

1.1 RETURN TO ALLAH

We all have to die one day! Some people die young while others die in their old ages. Sometimes a child can even die while it is still in the stomach of his or her mother.

Islam says that death is when the soul will 'Return to Allah.' A good Muslim is happy when he or she returns to Allah but all his or her friends and relatives are sad because they miss his or her goodness on the earth.

When a person dies we should pray for that person and remember the goodness of that person. We should also remember that one day we too will die. We should say:

`We come from Allah and to Him is our return.'

By remembering the dead we keep alive their memory! This is a good thing! So we should not forget our close relatives and friends who have died!

1.2 DEATH OF THE BODY

A person who has died may have suffered an illness or may have died in an accident. Sometimes a person can die suddenly! Nobody knows how and when he or she will die.

When a person dies the following happens:

1. Breathing Stops 2. Body will remain still

3. Heart beat will stop 4. The body will get cold

It is said that people die only when their time on the earth is over and Allah wants them to return to Him. We must remember that it is Allah who gave us the blessing of life and it is Allah who decides to take life away from us.


1.3 DEAD BODY IS 'NAJIS'

You may know that when a baby is born it is covered in a red liquid that looks like blood. This liquid is very unclean and makes the baby 'najis'. So the baby has to be washed properly with great care. Islam says that when a person dies he or she again becomes unclean and also needs to be washed so that he can return back to Allah. The wash of a dead body is called Gusal E Mayat.

1.4 WHAT ABOUT PROPHETS

You cannot say that any Prophet had died. You should say: 'They returned to Allah.' It is wrong to say that they died because their goodness will remain on the earth forever.

When the Prophet Muhammad returned to Allah it was Hazrat Ali who gave him Gusal E Mayat. Hazrat Ali said: `I washed the Prophet's body so as to say farewell to him. There was a sweet fragrance coming from him. There was never born anybody like him nor will there ever be anybody like him.'

1.5 THE BRIDGE

The Qur'an says that all living things will die and return to Allah. Some people say that death is like crossing a bridge from this world to a next world. The bridge will take us away from the life of the body to the life of the soul! Some people say that those who are good will be happy to cross this bridge but those who are bad will not be happy!

1.6 WISHING FOR DEATH


BODY

SOUL

Some people think that death is easy but Islam says that we have to be careful of death just as we are careful of our exams at school. We should prepare for death by doing good things on the earth. But we should never wish for death because it means that we do not want to do good any more on the earth. People who wish for death do not fully understand how important life is. Such people should change the way they live and not take an easy way out by wishing for death.

The Prophet Muhammad said a very beautiful thing about this life. He said:

''This life is like a garden whose fruits

we will get in the next world.''

This means that this life is for good deeds and hard work.

Remember the stories we did about the people of Aad and Thamud! They only valued life if they were rich and beautiful. But they wished for death if they lost their wealth and beauty!

Islam teaches us that we should value our lives because we have a chance to do good deeds and work hard.

1.7 PROPHET NUH

Prophet Nuh is said to have lived a very long life. But when the time for his death came he became sad. He said to Allah that he wanted to live for a few moments more so that he could walk away from the hot Sun and go under the shade of a tree. When he got to the shade the death began to come. He said: ‘Today I have leant how precious life is! Now that I am dying I wish I could live longer to do more good deeds and hard work.’

We should learn from this by valuing the things we do in our lives. Allah has given us life on this earth as his blessing. We should not spoil our lives nor should we spoil it for others. Then when death comes to us we will be sure to taste the good fruits of our lives in heaven.


“This life is a garden to grow the fruits for

the next life!”

Those people who do not believe in God often forget the true value of this life. They do not feed their souls by good deeds and hard work. They lead a life like the people of Aad and Thamud. They only think of Power, Prestige and Pleasure.!

TASKS TO DO

A. Copy and fill in the blanks1. Death is the______________ to ________ 2. When someone dies we should remember the ___________of that person and we should say _____________ 3. Death is like a ____________from this_______________ to the next world. 4. People who wish for death do not want to do_____________ any more on this earth.

B. Answer these questions1.What four things happen to a body when it is dead.

2. Why do you have to wash a dead body?

3. What is the name of the wash of a dead body?

4. What does death stop us from doing?

5. What should you say instead of saying that the Prophets died?

6. Who gave the Gusal E Mayat to the Prophet Muhammad?

7. Why did Hazrat Ali wash the body of the Prophet Muhammad?


DO NOT SPOIL YOUR LIFE &DO NOT SPOIL IT FOR OTHERS!

C. Draw a bridge and call it the Bridge to a Next Life.

Under the bridge write down the words:

'Innal lillah Wa innah ellayha Rajaoon.'

First learn these words by heart. Then find out what these words mean and write down the meaning


E. Family MembersYou may know the names of some of the people who have died in your family. Write down their names in one box. In another write down who they were to you. In the third write down something special about one of them and in the forth write down what you do to remember them


LESSON 2

WHAT THE SOUL SEES

2.1 SEEING HEAVEN

Just before a person dies he or she sees an angel called the Angel of Death. This angel's real name is Ezraeel. Only a person who is about to die can see him. Nobody else can see him. When a person sees him then he or she cannot talk or do anything except stare.

The angel of death comes with a smiling face if the soul is that of a good person. The angel says: `Allah is well pleased with you and has kept a reward for you in paradise.' The soul sees the door of paradise with all it's beauty. At that instant the angel tells the soul to come out of the body and immediately the soul comes out and the person's body dies. The body stops breathing and soon goes cold.

The angel takes the soul to a beautiful place where it lives with other good souls. This place of souls is called Barzak. This is a place where souls go to before they enter paradise. Here all the good souls of the past come together. They greet each other and they live happily. Here in Barzak they also get news of what is happening on the earth. They hear about their families, their friends and about what they left behind on the earth. The life is barzak will be like a dream! Sometimes in our sleep we get a beautiful dream! The souls in barzak will be as though they are having a beautiful dream.


2.2 THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT

Then a special day will come called The Day of Judgment. It is the final day when the souls will leave barzak and enter in to their bodies again. The bodies will become alive and come out of their resting places.

The Day of Judgment is also called Qayamat. It is the day when the good people will walk to go to heaven to join the Prophets. As the people will walk towards heaven they will see their bodies becoming new and beautiful.

Such will be their beauty that they will be very happy. Then as they enter heaven a voice will say: 'Allah wishes you peace. Welcome to Jannah the home of peace.’ Jannah is the name of heaven.

In heaven they will drink sweet drinks from the fountain of Kawsar. This is a fountain given by Allah to Prophet Muhammad and is the fountain of life. Only those who follow the truth and love the Prophet Muhammad and his family will be able to drink from this fountain.

2.2 STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN

The Qur'an says that some souls will go straight to heaven without going to Barzak. These are the souls of Prophets, babies, the true Imams(leaders) of Islam, scholars of Islam and Martyrs. Martyrs are those people who obey Allah and give their lives for justice.

In Islam a dead person is called MARHUM. This word gives respect to the dead person. The martyrs who have given their lives for Islam are given a more special title of Shaheed.

2.3 WHAT ABOUT BAD SOULS


The Good People will Drink from the

Fountain of Kawsar

Evil people who commit murder will not enter heaven. One such person was Feron! These kind of evil doers killed innocent people and made fun of Allah's religion. When they were told the truth they turned their backs and made excuses not to follow it. When they die their souls will not have peace. The angel of death will carry their souls to a horrible place called Jahanum which is hell. They will be told: 'You deserve this because you were oppressors. You showed no mercy to people and you did not heed towards the truth!’

2.4 THE UNLUCKY

The Qur'an says that when bad souls are dragged in to hell they will look up in to heaven and say: 'How unlucky we are that we have not got the heavens.' The angels will say: 'Do not blame your luck, but blame the evil things you did on the earth.'

“DO NOT BLAME YOUR LUCK! BLAME YOUR DEEDS!”

2.5 ONLY ALLAH'S DECISION

Before Prophet Muhammad came there were people who would say: ‘We can get you to heaven by giving you forgiveness. We have the power to forgive and we can say who will enter in to heaven and who will not!' The Qur'an says that these people were lying. The Qur’an asks these people: ' How can you lot forgive others when you cannot forgive your own sins!'

These people also used to say that babies and infants will not go to heaven unless they were forgiven by them first. The Prophet Muhammad said: 'All babies and infants are innocent. They do not need your forgiveness. If they die they will enter heaven, and it does not matter whether they are born in a Muslim family or not!'

One of the most beautiful things about Islam is that it teaches that all children are born good, even if they are not born in a Muslim family. Only Islam teaches this and says NO, NO, NO to those who say that children are born in sin. Islam says that all children are born good no matter


what religion they are born in to. If children die in an accident or in an illness then they will enter heaven just like the martyrs do.

Today every religion has began to say what the Prophet said. The truth of the Prophet Muhammad is therefore becoming acceptable to everybody!

TASKS TO DO

A. Write down all the words in bold letters and write a sentence of what they mean

B. Copy and complete these two sentences:1. The people of hell will be told; 'You deserve this because you were ________________________.'2. The Qur'an says to the liars:' How can you forgive others when you cannot ____________________'

C. Answer these questions:1. What will the bad souls blame?

2. What did the Qur'an say to those people who said that they could forgive your sins?

3. What did the Prophet Muhammad say to those who said babies and children need to be purified by them?

4. What will the voice say to those who enter paradise?

5. What is one of the most beautiful things about Islam.


ALL BABIES WILL ENTER HEAVEN!

D. Picture Project1. Draw what you think the fountain of Kawsar is like. Write down as much as

you know about fountain of Kawsar.

2. The Qur’an says that heaven is full of beauty and happiness. Draw what you think Jannah is like. List down the kinds of people who will enter Jannah eg Honest People!


D. Go Back Go back over the passage again and learn all the new words in bold and learn their meanings. Ask a friend to test you

LESSON 3ATTENDING A FUNERAL

3.1 CRYING AT FUNERALSIt is natural to cry at funerals as it shows that you are going to miss the person who has died. But Islam says that you should remember that even Prophets have died. You should try to be strong and try to control yourself. Islam says that you can cry as it helps you to deal with the situation but you need to keep remembering that we all come from Allah and to him we shall all return. By remembering this we can feel better because we know that one day we will meet the person again in Barzak.

Whenever we lose someone we love we need to allow ourselves the right to cry and grieve over this special person. By grieving we are saying: ‘We love you, miss you and wish to have you to come back in to our arms!’ Grieving also helps us to say ‘goodbye’ and to accept that Allah has called the person back to him.


Crying and feeling sad is therefore a great help. It helps us to adjust our lives. Without proper grieving we ‘bottle up’ our grief inside us. This can be bad for us!

But every time we feel sad we need to remember that the person who has died has gone to a better place and that we too will follow.

3.2 WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THE DEAD BODY

Islam says that a dead body should be treated with respect because it is now the property of Allah. So immediately after a person dies it's face is turned towards the Kaaba.

After that the body is taken to a clean place where it is given Gusal E Mayat. It is then dressed in a shroud. The special name for the shroud of a dead person is Kafan.

The kafan is pieces of white cloth used to dress the dead body. All dead people whether rich, poor, men, women, old, young, kings or beggars are all given Gusal E Mayat and a white Kafan. No jewellery or marks are allowed to be put on the dead person.

A special prayer called Namaz E Janaza is then said. Then all the close relatives come to see the face of the dead person for the last time. At this time it is hard for them as they know that they will not see the person again until they meet in Barzak. It is like saying goodbye to a person who is going on a long journey and never returning back.

3.3 GOING TO SEE THE FAMILY

The Prophet Muhammad said that Muslims should comfort each other in times of sadness. So when you see the relatives feeling sad you should comfort and pray for them to have patients. Even if they are your enemies you should still wish them well and be soft hearted towards them.


You should not be afraid to cry at

funerals but you need to remember

that we will all return to Allah sooner or later!

The family of the dead person needs to be comforted but not imposed upon. This means that if you go to the home of the dead person then do not expect a party! Do not sit there for too long. Go at a time when it is suitable for the family! Try not to join in with those people who are cracking jokes at sad times.

To the members of the family say things like: 'May Allah give him Janaat.' 'May Allah give you patience.' Try to give strength to the family. Also offer to help the family and be at your best behaviour. It is also very good to recite the Qur'an. Show sympathy but do not overdo it as it can give more grief to the family. Do not create a bedlam and do not stay for too long at the home of the dead person as it can cause the relatives much inconvenience.

3.4 TO THE GRAVEYARD

Islam says that it is better that men carry the body to the graveyard. They should recite Kalema as they go to the graveyard. The women should watch the men, walk behind the men or stay behind in the mosque or at home and pray for the dead person until the men return from the graveyard. However, if a woman wants to go to the funeral she is allowed to do so and nobody should stop her!

In the graveyard the body is placed near the grave. First a prayer is recited. Then the body is lowered into the grave and the grave filled with earth until it is completely covered. Then water is sprinkled on the grave. This is because Islam teaches that water makes life and it takes away sadness.


DO NOT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE FAMILY. SHOW KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING!

It is like watering a garden!

By putting water on the grave we have to remember that we have now given the dead person back to Allah and we should try not to be sad any longer. We should remember that the person has gone to Barzak where he or she will live with other good souls. Some people say that watering a grave is like watering the garden. A tree gives us good fruit while the dead person gives us good memories and good examples of life.

3.5 SAYING FATIHA

After water is sprinkled on the grave a prayer called Fatiha is said . In it you have to recite Sura Al Hamd, Sura Al Ikhlas and Sura Inna Anzalna. All these are in the Qur'an. After that everybody goes home or goes to the mosque.

It is said that when you have recited Fatiha your name is included among the well wishers of the dead person. After reciting Fatiha you should say: 'O Lord forgive this dead person, set rights his affairs and give patience to his loved ones.' You can keep saying this prayer as many times as you want and every time you go to the grave of the person.

TASKS TO DOA.Copy these and fill in the missing words.

A dead body should be handled with respect because it is the _____________ of Allah. It's face should be turned towards the ___________________ It is washed and then wrapped in a white shroud called the ________________. A special prayer called the


________________ is said before it is taken to the graveyard. Watering a grave is just like watering a _____________________

2. Answer these questions1. How can your name be included among the well wishers of the dead person?

2. Why should the dead body be handled with respect?

3. What kind of things should you do when you go to comfort the family of the dead person?

4. What kind of things should you not do?

5.Besides good memories what else can a dead person give to us?

6. What prayer should be said when you are remembering a dead person?

3 Tasks to doDraw a tree and a grave being watered! Find out and write down where the graves are of some of your relatives who have died! You may want to write a poem or a message for one of your relatives who had died!


LESSON 4 THE DAY OF QAYAMAT

4.1 QAYAMAT

The Day of Judgement is the day when all souls will be returned to their dead bodies. The bodies will come back to life and people will climb out of their graves. This day is called the Day of Accounting because all good and bad done on earth will be seen. This day is called the day of Qayamat because people will be afraid to face the bad things they did on the earth. It is the day when the earth will speak of the bad things people did and when our hands and bodies will talk against us!

4.2 THE BOOK OF LIFE

When we were born Allah sent two angels to always be with us. These two angels write down all the things that happen to us. When we feel good or bad, when we sleep, breath, move, talk, play or do anything the two angels write it all down. The angels write everything down because everything that happens to us in life is important.

The two angels write everything down in our Book of Deeds. When a person's life is complete the Book of Deeds is closed. The book will then be given to that person on the day of Qayamat.

4.3 WHAT THE QUR'AN SAYS

On the day of Qayamat the good and the bad will walk in different directions. They will be separated and so the day of Qayamat is called the Day of Separation. The good people will have a beautiful light around them, but the bad people will be in darkness. The good will be happy while the bad will be gloomy. The good will greet each other and the bad will curse each other. The good will become beautiful while the


THE ANGELS WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS IMPORTANT

SEPERATION

bad will become ugly. The good will walk towards heaven and the bad will crawl towards hell.

4.4 SEVEN DOORS OF HEAVEN

Islam says that there are seven doors to heaven and there are beautiful gardens and mansions behind each door. The Qur'an says that heaven is called Dar Es Sallam meaning the Home of Peace. Those who enter heaven will become so beautiful that even angels will marvel at their beauty. The more good a person is on the earth the more beautiful he or she will be in heaven. In heaven there will

be everything a person asks for.

4.5 WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO IN HEAVEN

Heaven is a place of delight. It is a place where men and women will enjoy their lives forever. They will love each other with pure hearts! They will see new and beautiful things everyday. They will meet people who lived before them and who lived after them. Many important and famous people will be there.

In heaven the poor and the rich will all be equal. There will be no sickness and no sadness. Everybody will have his or her unique beauty and important place in heaven. They will get whatever they ask for in heaven.When the people see so much delight in heaven they will love Allah with their hearts. They will learn more about who Allah is and they will never die.

4.6 AMAL-E-JAREE

Amal E Jaree means doing good which stays on the earth even after you are dead.


For example planting a tree is Amal E Jaree because many good things come from the tree even after you have died. Giving charity, teaching good things to someone or helping someone are also Amal E Jaree because this kind of good deeds stay on the earth even after you have died.

So you should not miss your opportunity to do Amal E Jaree because these good deeds are like a good investment for the hereafter.One of the best Amal E Jaree was done by Imam Hussain who gave his life for Islam and saved Islam forever. All Shaheeds have done the greatest Amal E Jaree and they will keep multiplying their rewards forever.

Islam says that one of the best Amal E Jaree is to bring up children in such a way that they become good people on the earth. This way the children will do good on the earth and it will be because of you. So when you grow up then try to marry and have at least one baby! Then become parents by teaching your child to be good and spread goodness across the world.

TASKS TO DOA. QUESTIONS TO ANSWER 1. Qayamat is called the day of __________ 2. The two angels write down everything in our lives because our lives are ______________. 3. Another name for heaven is the house of ________________. 4. The best Amal E Jaree is to leave behind are ________________or ______________.

B. Tasks to do1. Write down the title Day of Separation. Then draw a table with two columns and list down what the differences will be between the good and bad people.


TASK C:

1. Draw a book of deeds and call it This is My Life. Write in it why it is important for us to take care of what we do in our lives.

2. Bad people will argue on the Day of Separation against each other. They will blame each other for their evil deeds!

What kind of things do you think they will be saying against each other?

Eg It was your fault that I learnt to swear


END OF TOPIC TASKS TO DO

TASK 1: Draw two eyes crying. Then write the following words:

We will all die but we miss the people who have died before us! We miss their goodness

and their closeness!

TASK 2: Shaheed is the one who fights for the truth until the end of his life! Find out and write the story of Imam Hussain who was one of the greatest Shaheeds of Islam.

Then write the following:

A Shaheed fights for fair things in a fair way and at the fair time!

TASK 3: Write down the word AMAL E JAREE. Then draw a tree and write underneath: Even growing a tree

is amal e Jaree because it brings goodness to the earth for many years!

TASK 4: Write down the names of all your close relatives who have died and also write

down the dates when they died.

Then write down your ideas about what you can do to remember them!


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