Bilaal ibn Sa’d1 may Allah have mercy upon him said:
Slaves of the Most Merciful, it is said to one of us…
Would you like to die?
So he responds: ”No!”
It is said to him: ”Why not?”
He responds: ”No until I do some good deeds.”
It is said to him: ”Do good deeds”.
He responds: ”I will do good deeds later”.
Therefore he doesn’t want to die nor does he want to do
good deeds. And the most beloved thing to him is for Allah’s action (taking his
soul) to be delayed, while he doesn’t love
that Allah delays giving him good portion of the wordly life.
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1.Bilaal ibn Sa’d may Allah have mercy upon him was an
Imam from the second generation of Muslims.His father was a companion
حلية الأولياء
و طبقات الأصفياء
Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee
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Source: http://mtws.posthaven.com/not-ready-to-die-but-not-ready-to-be-righteous
