Seeking for lastingness in the earthly life
Throughout his life, Pharaoh erected a monument to his own immortality. If we look at the pyramid, it is an evidence of that. But at the same time, those millions of stone piles also suggest that thousands of human lives had to be lost while it was built. His immortality was coupled with thousand caducity. Only a few pay attentions to that, because everyone is fascinated by the impressive sizes, knowledge and technique. Well, that's what life is worth!
by plastic surgery and spend practically for the most transient thing, the body. Not to maintain the health of the body, which is normal for a thing borrowed from Allah, but to its physical appearance.
Wrinkles should be sewn up, bubs should be large and hard, and the nose should be straight and short. Well, these things will decompose under the ground in about a week, no matter how much care we put into them. True, we have a faith in which the Afterlife exist, but what remains after us on earth? This is also there in the minds of many.
Let's hold the hand of our couple and enrich our coexistence with experiences. It is beautiful and noble. It makes life beautiful, that’s for sure.
We build a house, then we expand, decorate and enrich it. It is beautiful and noble, too. While our lives last, it means a lot for ourselves. But for someone else?
Then we collect wealth. We believe this will leave a lasting memory behind us as it will work the way we created, invested and set goals to use it. But what is the reality:
As for your wives have been married, your homes have been closed, and your wealth has been divided.
Unfortunately, this awaits these investments. However, there are three things you can leave behind as lasting impression:
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "When a man dies, his deeds come to an end except for three things: Sadaqah Jariyah (ceaseless charity); a knowledge which is beneficial, or a virtuous descendant who offers supplication for him (for the deceased)."
Muslim, Book 13, Hadith 8.
If you think about it, neither has a material origin. Your donations, your helpfulness, will not remain in material form, but in the spirit, you have represented them. Knowledge, when it is for the benefit of others, is like a well. It never dries up. The more knowledge people take out of yours, the more benefit they get. And the righteous child who offers supplication for you is also not material, because it is you who live in him/her as a part of your soul. I have written a lot about charity, knowledge and science, but not about the importance of the righteous child so far.
It’s up to you whom you bring up, what he/she will be like, what will he/she see out of life, what will he/she consider important and irrelevant. He/she will not find out things on his/her own. It's you who have to get him/her on the right track. He/she will be more enduring than the house you are building. Many generations can start from him/her and they may remember you, who founded them.
Why is mentioned here the supplication of the child? Because the supplication is a remembrance that comes voluntarily. The supplication is not a mandatory prayer. If you think that your child offers for you a supplication because you beat the poor guy up in your life forcing him/her to do so for you at all costs, you can be sure that as you die he/she will shit on you. But if you don’t teach that with compulsion, but an inner feeling carries him/her to offer supplication for you, then you live in him/her, a part of your soul is left with him/her and carries it forth to the future generations. You can be more successful than Pharaoh. It's up to you.
