Fudayl bin ‘Iyaad’s Advice to a 60-Year
Old Man
Fudayl Ibn ‘Iyaad رحمه
الله said to a man: “How many (years) have come upon you?”
The man
said: “60 years”.
Fudayl
said: “So since 60 years you are heading toward your Lord, and you are on the
verge of arriving”.
So the man said: “Indeed to Allah we belong and indeed to Him we return”.
Fudayl
said: “Do you know the meaning of that?” You are saying that I am a servant of
Allah and to Him I will return, so whomsoever knows he is a servant of Allah,
and that to Him he will return, then let him be aware that he will stand before
Him, and whomsoever is aware that he will stand before Him then let him be
aware that he will be questioned, and whomsoever is aware he will be questioned
then let him prepare an answer to the question”.
So the man said: “So what is the strategy?”
Fudayl
said: “Easy”.
The man said: “What is it?”
Fudayl said:
“Be righteous in what remains and you will be forgiven for what has passed,
for indeed of you incur evil in what remains (i.e. no repentance and
continuation upon wrong doing) then you will be held accountable upon it and
that which has passed”.
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