Reminded, Yet Heedless

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Reminded, Yet Heedless

Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī once saw a man eating in the graveyard and commented,

“This is a hypocrite; he sees death before his eyes, yet his stomach craves for food.”

Tanbihu Al-Ghafilin, vol. 2, p. 617

(Read on pg 107, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004.)

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