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Prophet Muhammad(PBUH)would remind elders of Allah be- cause their time was near
An old person is closer to death, and thus must be reminded to repent in order to be ready for the meeting with Allah.
Allah Says (what means):
«But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember therein to remember, and the warner had come to you? So taste [the pun- ishment], for there is not for the wrongdoers any helper.»
[Quran: 35:37]
Ibn Katheer (a scholar) reported: “Ibn ‘Abbaas (a Companion) said: “The
warner is (one’s) grey hair.”1
Abu Hurayrah narrated
that the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “A person who lives until he attains the age of sixty years has no excuse with Allah.”2
Ibn Hajar (a scholar) said: “The term, “has no excuse with Allah” means, he has no grounds for justifying his negligence, or to claim that had he lived long enough he would have fulfilled what Allah commanded him to do. It also means, that one was granted the maximum possible excuse to do what he is supposed to do.
If one has no excuse to abandon w orshiping Allah despite living a long period, then one should exert more efforts in seeking the forgiveness of Allah, perform as many acts of worship as possible, and work for the Hereafter wholeheartedly.”3
المراجع
- Tafseer Ibn Katheer (493/6).
- Reported by Al-Bukhaari (6056).
- Fat-h Al-Baari (240/11).
