Death is not the absolute end. It is just
the discontinuation of unity between the body and soul. It is a
change from one state to another and a transition from this
present life to that of the hereafter. “Allaah takes souls at
the time of their death and [the souls] of those that do not die
during their sleep. He retains those souls for which He has
ordained death, whereas He releases the rest for an appointed
term” [Qur'an 39:42] - ‘Every soul shall have a taste of death:
And only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full
recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire and admitted
to the Garden will have attained the object (of Life): For the
life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception’
{Qur’an 3:185}
Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn
Abu Bakr al-Ansari al-Qurtubi, was born in Cordoba, Spain, at
the summlt of Its great period of Islamic civilisation. He was
an eminent Maliki scholar who specialised in fiqh and Hadith.
The breadth and depth of his scholarship are evident in his
writings. The most famous of then is his twenty-volume tasfir al
Jami’ li-ahkam al-Qar’an,
Imam al-Qirtubi was a man of great modesty
who disdained worldly honours and throughout his life wore the
simple gown and cap of the ordinary Muslin. He traveled from
Spain to the East and settled in Munya Abi’l-Khusavb. in Upper
Egypt. where he died in 671H/ 1273
Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn
Abu Bakr al-Ansari al-Qurtubi, was born in Cordoba, Spain, at
the summlt of Its great period of Islamic civilisation. He was
an eminent Maliki scholar who specialised in fiqh and Hadith.
The breadth and depth of his scholarship are evident in his
writings. The most famous of then is his twenty-volume tasfir al
Jami’ li-ahkam al-Qar’an, (The first three volumes have been
translated into english ).
Imam al-Qirtubi was a man of great modesty
who disdained worldly honours and throughout his life wore the
simple gown and cap of the ordinary Muslin. He traveled from
Spain to the East and settled in Munya Abi’l-Khusavb. in Upper
Egypt. where he died in 671H/ 1273
