> Your Life In This World Is Like The Days Of Hajj Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali rahimahullah wrote: The whole world is like a journey, similar to the days of pilgrimage. It is a time for believers to abstain from what Allah has forbidden in terms of forbidden desires. Whoever exercises patience during the duration of their journey in adhering to their restrictions (Ihram) and refrains from indulging in desires, when their life journey ends and they reach the "Mina of their destiny, i.e., death", they have fulfilled their obligations and vows. Their days then become like the days of Mina: days of eating, drinking, and remembering Allah Almighty. They become guests of Allah Almighty in His eternal presence, forever and ever. That is why it is said to the people of paradise: "Kulu wa-ishrabu hani’an bima kuntum ta’maloon" [Surah At-Tur: 19], and "Kulu washrabu hani’an bima aslaftum fil ayyamil khaliyah" [Surah Al-Haaqqa: 24]. قد صُمْتُ عن لذّاتِ دهريَ كلّها … ويوم لقاكمْ ذاكَ فطرُ صيامي Whoever fasts from their desires in this life will break their fast the next day after death, and whoever hastens to indulge in what has been forbidden to them from their pleasures will be punished by being deprived of their share of Paradise and missing out. This is evident in someone who drinks alcohol in this world but will not do so in the hereafter, and someone who wears silk in this world but will not wear it in the hereafter. أَنْتَ فِي دَارِ شَتَاتٍ ... فَتَأَهَّب لِشَتَاتِك ‏وَاجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا كَيَومٍ ... صُمْتَهُ عَنْ شَهَوَاتِك ‏وَليَكُن فِطْركَ عِنْدَ اللهِ ... فِي يَومِ وَفَاتِكَ [Excerpt from Lata’if al-Ma’arif (p. 510) by Ibn Rajab]