No Authenticity That Allah Hastens the Taking of the Believer’s Soul or the One Who Recites Ar-Rahman

8-2-2022 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalam alaikum ,I heard that Allah takes the soul of His good slave early if He loves and wants to see him such as the one who recites surah rahman too much .is this true or is there anything similar to this ?jazak allah khair

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

It is not mentioned in the Islamic Sharee’ah (as far as we know) that Allah the Almighty hastens the taking of the believer’s soul, or the soul of the one who recites Surat Ar-Rahman a lot or that he loves him.

There is no doubt that reciting the Quran in general is a reason for winning the love of Allah the Almighty; unlike this thought, there are many believers who live for long, and many disbelievers who do not.

The Sunnah indicates that whoever loves to meet Allah (thereafter), Allah loves to meet him. It was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim that the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him.” ‘Aa’ishah said “O Messenger of Allah! So far as the feeling of aversion against death is concerned, we all have this feeling.” Thereupon he said, “I do not mean that. What I meant is that when a (true) believer is given the glad tidings of the Mercy of Allah, His Pleasures, and His Jannah [Paradise] (at the time of death), he loves to meet Allah, and Allah also loves to meet him. When a disbeliever is given the news of the Torment of Allah and His Wrath (at the time of death), he dislikes meeting Allah and Allah also dislikes meeting him.”

Allah knows best.