A baseless claim about the signs of approaching death

27-10-2011 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu alaikum, Is it true that Allah will give us signs 100 days before we die? One of them is, one part of the body will shake? And it is said, if the person is a good believer, he will take note. But if he is fasiq/not good muslim/etc.. he will not notice or feel anything different. I've never heard of this before and that is why I wish to know. They show a movie on this (on national TV). Will be very grateful if this can be verified. Jazakallah kher.
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

We are not aware of any evidence about this statement and there is no great benefit in investigating it. Rather, a Muslim should be concerned about being better prepared for death as it is coming and there is no escape from it.

So, a Muslim should live on faith while being persistent in the obedience of Allaah so that Allaah would take his soul while in this state, i.e. dying while performing a good deed, and what a good end it is!

The general rule is that whoever lives upon something, he will die upon it, and whoever dies upon something, he will be resurrected upon it as stated by Ibn Katheer may Allaah have mercy upon him when interpreting the Saying of Allaah (which means): {O you who have believed, fear Allaah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].}[Quran 3:102]

Allaah Knows best.

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