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SERMON 204 - What Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Peace be Upon Him Provided the Following General Advice to His Companions, Warning Them about the Perils of the Day of Judgment


May Allah have mercy on you! Prepare provisions for the [imminent] journey [to the life to come] because the call for departure has been announced. Regard your stay in this world as very short, and return (to Allah) with the best provisions with you because surely, in front of you lies a valley difficult to climb and places of stay full of fears and dangers. You have to get there and to permanently stay. And be admonished that the eyes of death are approaching you, fixed on you. It is as though you are (already) in the talons of death, and it has struck you. Difficult affairs and distressing dangers have crushed you into it. You should, therefore, cut away all the attachments of this world and seek assistance with the provision of the fear of Allah.

Sayyid ar-Razi says the following: “Part of this statement has been quoted before through another narration.”

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