A repost in honor of Jehan Abdul-Matin
This post was written by Ibrahim on 1/13/2022. Today, 1/13/2024, Jehan would have turned 46. Pray for the souls of this brother-sister team who left us far, far, far too soon.
Jehan would have turned 44 today if cancer had not ravaged her and was the means by which Allah reduced her to a shell. What she was at the end was not indicative of who she was for most of her years - vibrant and full of life. ⠀
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I am reminded of that story of the Prophet Solomon - the Prophet and King. Perhaps you have heard it? ⠀
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A man is in the market and he sees the angel of death approaching him. The angel gets so close that he looks directly into the eyes of the man. Then he turns away. The man clutches his chest and realizes that he is still alive and rushes to the court of Solomon. He explains the situation and requests that Solomon with his extraordinary power and control over djinn take him as far away from the angel of death as possible. The man was adamant and Solomon finally relented. ⠀
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He asked, ‘where do you want to go?’ And the man replied with a place as far away as he could imagine, ‘to the south of India.” Solomon obliged this wish and sent him on his way. ⠀
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Later Solomon was walking through his garden and saw that the Angel of death was there as well. They gave greetings angels and prophets give one another. Solomon asked about why he scared the man in the market. To this the angel of death replied that he was surprised to see that soul in that place. ‘why is that?’ Asked the Prophet of God, ‘because I am scheduled to take that soul tomorrow in the south of India’.⠀
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When it is our time. It is our time. There is nothing that can be done. If you read this make a prayer for her soul, speak to her in that prayer like she can hear you, tell her what you are doing, then go and live your life as if there is no past and no future. ⠀
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And if you have stopped praying… start.⠀
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w/ love. ⠀
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Jehan’s Brother.