If you were to die tomorrow, would people TRULY miss you?

If you're famous, a politician, a leader, a celebrity or a sports personality, you may get a state funeral, you may get media coverage, millions of people might write about you on social media, thousands may lay flowers for you and hundreds may attend your funeral.  Even if you're not famous, your family will shed tears for weeks, your friends will replay all them golden memories from school & university in their mind over and over again.  They will go through pictures and videos of you.  They may even create a Facebook page in your memory.  They will come to bury you.  They will cry standing over your final place of rest.  The sorrow will be felt for days, weeks or months.  Sooner or later, life will go on.  It has to.

Yet, a question we all need to ask ourselves is: how many will TRULY miss us?  How many will miss us so much that they will get up in the middle of the night and invoke Allah's Rahmah on us by name?  How many will give charity on our behalf?  Months after we've left, how many will break down in sujud whilst asking Allah to grant us the highest level in Jannah and allowing us to be the neighbours of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)?  How many will truly feel the pain of our families and rush to be at their service if ever there was a need?  Ultimately, how many will never tire of doing all of this?

Allah (swt) has placed many people in our lives.  Yet, have we identified those who TRULY care about our aakhirah?  Have we then left such an impact on their lives that they will do all of the above out of love for the sake of Allah for us?  If we haven't, then the good news is that we are still alive walhamdulilah and we still have the opportunity to make such an impact.  Start by telling these people that you love them for Allah's sake.  Make them feel like they're the most important person in your life.  Then, apply the same formula to every other person you meet.  I leave you with what is reported to have been said by Ali (R.A):

"Meet people in such a manner, that, if you were to live, they should long for you.  And if you were to die, they should weep for you."