As-Salaam alaikum,
The Noble Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, asked Malakul Maut, 'Do you not have an envoy (messenger) whom you may send before you present yourself (to a person), so that the people may be forewarned?'
So the Angel of death said, 'By Allah, I have many such envoys, such as causes, sickness, old-age and deficiency in hearing and seeing. Now when people do not pay attention to all of this, them my envoys will not go on coming. Now, I come personally and after me no envoy will come. "
Culled from :
'Expanding The Chest In
Analysing the Condition of
The Deceased and The Graves', by Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti.
The Noble Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, asked Malakul Maut, 'Do you not have an envoy (messenger) whom you may send before you present yourself (to a person), so that the people may be forewarned?'
So the Angel of death said, 'By Allah, I have many such envoys, such as causes, sickness, old-age and deficiency in hearing and seeing. Now when people do not pay attention to all of this, them my envoys will not go on coming. Now, I come personally and after me no envoy will come. "
Culled from :
'Expanding The Chest In
Analysing the Condition of
The Deceased and The Graves', by Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti.