The Lifespan of (the People from) My Ummah is Between Sixty to Seventy Years and Few Will Go Beyond That
In Saheeh Mawaarid al-Dhamaan (2087) – The hadeeth of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said, “The Messenger of Allaah
(sallallaahualaihi wasallam) said,“The lifespan of (the people from) my
ummah is between sixty to seventy years and few will go beyond that.” Ibn
‘Arafah said, “And I am from those few.”
So Shaykh Al Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him) commented
by saying:
“I say: I am also from amongst those few, since I have passed
eighty four. I ask the Lord, the One free from all imperfections and the Most
High, to make me amongst those whose life span is prolonged and their actions
are beautified.
But even then, sometimes I nearly wish for death due to what
has afflicted the Muslims from deviations in their deen, and the humiliation
that has befallen them from the lowest of mankind. But Allaah forbid, and the
hadeeth of Anas is before me. So it is not suitable for me to say anything
except that which my Prophet (sallallaahualaihi wasallam) has ordered me
with, “O Allaah keep me alive as long as life is good for me and take
my life if that is good for me.”
And I supplicate with that which my Prophet
(sallallaahualaihi wasallam) has taught me, “O Allaah provide us with
the provision of our hearing, and our sight, and our strength as long as we are
alive and make it a legacy from us.”
And indeed the One free from all imperfections has favoured
me and responded by providing me with all of that. So I am able to research,
authenticate, and write with the strength that very few have, and I pray the
involuntary prayers standing, and I drive my car by myself covering vast
distances, and at high speeds about which some of those who are close to me
have advised me to reduce, but I have an explanation for that which is known to
some of them!
I say this from the point, “And proclaim the bounty
of your Lord.” (ad-Duhaa:11)
Hoping from my Lord, the One free from all imperfections and
the Most High, that He increases His favours upon me, and makes all of that a
legacy from me, and that He takes my life away while I am a Muslim, upon the
Sunnah, for which I have dedicated my life in calling to and writing for. And
that He unites me with the martyrs and the righteous, and they are the best
companions, indeed He is the All-Hearing, the One who responds.
May Allaah have mercy on the Shaykh and grant him Firdaws.
