Death of Death

You will be with your family in the privacy of your family, enjoying the fruits and food of Jannah with them. Then you will hear an announcement inviting you to this city centre, downtown, the sooq, or whatever you want to call it. You will rush there with your family and find that all of the people of Jannah are gathered in one place. Not only will you be gathered in Jannah, but you will see all of the people of hell gathered in one place. In the area separating Jannah and naar(Hell), the angels will bring with them death in the form of a ram. You will see death in a physical form. Everyone will extend their necks up – a very exciting moment. Everyone is paying attention. Then the angels will take a knife and slaughter death. Death will cease to exist. Then they will make an announcement and say, “O people of Paradise, you will live for eternity, and there is no death.” And “O people of Hell fire, eternity and death.” RasulAllah said that if there was ever a moment where a person would die because of how happy they are, it would be this moment for the people of Paradise. And if there was a moment in which a person would die from sorrow and despair, it would be this moment for the people of Hell. This would be the best moment for the people of Jannah and the worse for the people of Hell. [see Bukhaari 6/60/254 and Muslim 40/6827]

Allah says: “Nor will they taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.” (44:56) and “They will leave there for eternity.”

After the people get together to witness the death of death, they will make a final du’aa`.

Up until this moment you were visiting and looking all around Jannah. Now you are finally settled and this is your final home. You’ve toured all of Jannah and the fear of death is gone.

Allah says: “(This will be) their cry therein: ‘Glory to Thee, O Allah!’ And ‘Peace’ will be their greeting therein! And the close of their cry will be: ‘Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!’” (10:10) The final world that they will say is alhamdulillah – praise be to Allah.