'Abd al-Salam Bali in his lecture ):
A young man flagged down a taxi in order to take his ill mother to the
hospital. They both got in and the driver made his way to the
hospital. However, on the way, the son asked for the taxi to bestopped
so that he could get out and quickly get some medication for his
mother. As he was away, the mother's health suddenly plummeted and
subhan'Allah, the driver noticed the signs of death on her. He
immediately went to her side and guided her through the Shahadah
(testimony of faith), in accordance to the hadith: "Whoever's last
words are la ilaha illa'Allah (there is no God but Allah), will enter
Paradise." [Abu Dawud]. The mother looked at the driver acknowledging
it, and finally she uttered the words of faith before breathing her
very last.
When the son returned, thedriver informed him of the news. The son
went into a natural hysteria whereupon the driver consoled him saying,
" Don't worry, I helped her utter the Shahadah and shesaid it in a
clear voice." The son then exclaimed, "What! Why did you do that?
Don't you know we are Christians?!"
Subhan'Allah, the wonders of the Qadr (Decree) of Allah. You just
don't know where it will take you and what your last words/deeds will
be. This was a Coptic Christian mother in the throes of death and
Allah saved her just in time. May Allah grant us all a good end,
ameen.
The Messenger (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: "Iman is to believe
in Allah,His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day and the
Decree; the good thereof and the bad." [Muslim]
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