Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

Have you ever sat beside someone you love…
and felt how small dunya becomes when death comes close?

Aisha lived that moment.

She held the hand of her father,
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq —
the closest companion of Rasulullah ﷺ,
a man promised Jannah while still alive.

But in his final hours,
he didn’t speak about his wealth,
his status,
or ask for more time in dunya.

He asked Aisha to calculate everything he had ever received from Baytul Maal —
the camel he used,
the servant who assisted him,
the cloth he worked in —
and return all of it.

“I do not want to meet Allah carrying anything that is not mine.”

Then came a moment Aisha never forgot.

She wanted to prepare a better shroud for him.
They could afford it.
And love makes us want to give the best.

But Abu Bakr refused softly:

“Use the two pieces of cloth we already have.
The living are more in need of the new cloth than the dead.”

And in that silence,
Aisha understood a truth we often forget:

Returning to Allah doesn’t require luxury — only integrity.

Islam is not proven by grand gestures,
but by honesty.

Not by the comfort we build in dunya,
but by the accountability we bring to akhirah.

Not by what we give to impress,
but by what we refuse to take unjustly.

Maybe this is the reminder our hearts need today…

We try so hard to give our parents the best dunya —
but the best gift
is what reaches their akhirah.

Maybe honouring them
isn’t only buying more things,
but making more du’a.

Maybe real strength
is loving them in ways that last beyond the grave.

So today, we make this du’a:

Ya Allah,
allow us to live with amanah,
and return to You with a clean record.
Forgive our parents,
lift their ranks,
and reunite us in Jannah.
Ameen.

If your parents are still here, call them today.
Clear what needs to be cleared.
Give what only sincerity can give.

Because one day,
we will sit where Aisha sat —
and only truth will remain.

Wallahu a‘lam.

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