We are told to do good preparation in this life for the next life.

We are told to do good preparation in this life for the next life. The Holy Prophet (sws) and Imams have explained the repercussion of this life on the life after death in the following words: "You have not been created to perish, but to remain for ever; only you will be transferred from one home to another; and the souls in the bodies are (like) prisoners." (Holy Prophet) "Death is one of the three things happening (to the dying person), either it is a good tiding of eternal bliss, or bad tidings of eternal punishment, or there is obscure uncer tainty so that he does not know in which category he will be grouped." (Hazrat Imam Ali) "(Death is) the greatest happiness which comes to the believers, when they migrate from the house of misery to the eternal bliss; (it is) the greatest disaster which befalls the unbelievers, when they go from their paradise(i.e., this world) to the fire which will never be extinguished and will never burn itself out." (Hazrat Imam Hassan) "Death is nothing but a bridge which takes you from difficulties and troubles to the vast paradise and everlasting bliss.

So among you who would dislike to transfer from the prison of the world to the paradise" (Hazrat Imam Hussain) "It (Death) is for the believer like removing a dirty cloth and like removing heavy shackles and chains, and to take the finest and best cloths, or finest horses and most lovely abode" ( Hazrat Imam Zainul Abideen) "Death is like sleep that comes to you every night, but this is a sleep which is very long and there is no awakening but on the Day of Resurrection." ( Hazrat Imam Muhammad Baqar) "Death for a believer is like fragrant breeze, by smelling which he becomes revived and every trouble and sorrow is removed from him.

And for unbelievers, it is like snake-bite and sting of the scorpions and even worse." (Hazrat Imam Jafer-e- Sadiq) Why we fear death Those who do not believe in life after death and assume death as the painful end of everything, always live with an intense fear of it. This is the reason that most people fear death and try to avoid thinking about it.

Medical reports reveal that in the Western hospitals, close relatives, intimate friends, and even doctors and nurses leave the dying patients to die alone and avoid seeing the occur rence of death because of the fear of death. In Muslim society, there is no such thing. Relatives and friends live very closely with the dying person and recite duas and Quran until the last breathing of the patient.