Death... it's closer than you think!

Death is always something that we try very hard to avoid confronting, be it in a family, circle of friends, general public. We would change the subject, ask to talk about something else, even went as far as "Nanti la/Later" or "Tak apa/It's OK" attitude and thinking i'm still young and still a long way to go before i die. In fact, death is close to us everyday, when you go to school, when you drive, when you pee and the closest thing to death you experience everyday is while you are sleeping. ~at least by my account~

As stated in this hadith:

Dari Abdullah r.a katanya:”Pada suatu waktu Ummu Habibah, isteri nabi s.a.aw
berdoa:”Ya Allah! Panjangkanlah usiaku bersama-sama dengan suamiku, Rasulullah s.a.w dan dengan bapaku Abu Sufyan dan dengan saudaraku Muawiyah.” Maka bersabda nabi s.a.w :”Engkau memohon ajal yang sudah pasti (tak dapat diubah) memohon jumlah hari yang sudah ditetapkan hitungannya serta rezeki yang yang sudah dibahagi-bahagikan yang tak dapat disegerakan sebelum tiba waktunya dan tak dapat diundur sedikit juapun dari waktu yang telah ditetapkan sejak mula. Seandainya engkau memohon kepada Allah Taala perlindungan dari siksa neraka atau dari siksa kubur itu lebih baik dan lebih bagus.”

(Muslim)

~sorry, too lazy to do the translation in english~

Everybody deals with death in his/her own way. As experienced by a fellow blogger, pointed-out in my wife's link in her blog. I'll call her Kak D since she's older than me. My wife has been reading Kak D's entry for sometime now, but today, a friend asked me about Kak D's entries thinking is she someone that we know. I said no, and decided to head-on to her blog for a closer peek.

So what happens next is me spending a good 2 hours reading all her entries. Kak D's husband just passed away due to cancer. In her blog, she wrote about her activities and kids and the news when her husband was diagnosed with cancer and until his passing. As tears started to pour from my eyes (in the office, mind you), i think she really did a good job being a wife and a mother to her children with patience, love and dedication. I don't know whether i can do the same. Tragedy like this could easily put a man into tears. In my book, that makes her a Super Woman.

My prayers are with her and her family. May Allah bless you.