Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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On Life and Death July 24, 2011

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References in this lecture 23
Quran 2:166 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 3:185 · Aal-Imran
Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith no. 4258
Al-Maqasid al-Hasanah, Hadith no. 1240
Quran 74:1 · Al-Muddaththir
Ansab al-Ashraf, vol.1, p.135
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 6416
Hilyat al-Awliya, vol.1, p.76
Musnad al-Bazzar, Hadith no. 2640
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 6018
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1 min 52 sec
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A funeral, a grieving daughter, and life's biggest question
“Yesterday I happened to attend a function.”
5 min 13 sec
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From a neighbor's death to the meaning of dying
“Yesterday I happened to attend a function.”
30 sec
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Daughter asks where her dead mother went
“Where my mother has gone?”
1 min 44 sec
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Life as a test period before eternal judgment
“According to Islam, every human is an eternal being.”
49 sec
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Death as a compulsory expulsion from the world
“I thought of one word: compulsory expulsion.”
4 min 21 sec
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700 times the return: a businessman's investment in God
“I just got a call from Habib bhai in Hyderabad.”
48 sec
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A son's grief: 'a lover of yours has gone'
“Aapka ek aashiq chala gaya.”
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Hadith: remember death much, explained
“Kul nafs zaiqatul mawt — every soul will taste death.”
2 min 48 sec
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Lying in a grave versus truly facing your grave
“There was a student in Nadwa who used to go lie inside graves.”
5 min 42 sec
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Proof from memory science that the soul outlives the body
“Some people believe this body is all there is — I said, that's not so.”
5 min 21 sec
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The Prophet's first sermon: you will die as you sleep
“The revelation that came in the earliest days: 'Arise and warn.'”
4 min 38 sec
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Stranded abroad: a preview of death's helplessness
“A few times in my life I felt suddenly cut off from everyone.”
51 sec
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Father's motto: I must answer to God
“Khuda ko munh dikhana hai.”
2 min 38 sec
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The four questions everyone answers before God
“Man's feet won't move until he answers four things.”
5 min 38 sec
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The traffic camera that proved everything is recorded
“I read a story from when CCTV was first installed in Delhi.”
34 sec
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Remembering death is life's master stroke
“You know a carrom board and its striker?”
1 min 34 sec
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Landlord returns stolen land after fearing the afterlife
“There was a landowner in our area who has since passed away.”
2 min 27 sec
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Was Mary the mother of Jesus a prophet?
“I heard a speaker say Allah made Maryam a prophet.”
2 min 43 sec
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Meeting a false rumor with silence, not argument
“A wrong belief had spread about a scholar, so a man rode out to confront him.”
51 sec
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An editor's confession: sincerity is what's rarest
“The thing I found least in humans was sincerity.”
59 sec
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Is self-respect just another name for ego?
“Is there any difference between ego and self-respect?”
3 min 11 sec
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A caliph's urgency after his son's question about tomorrow
“Thinking of death much makes you a better, more urgent person.”
46 sec
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Son's question that shook a new ruler awake
“Are you sure you'll be alive tomorrow?”
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What actually makes a soul 'enlightened'
“An enlightened soul is indifferent to comfort — but is that true of gurus?”