Before Me Time is Up

Today me went to the funeral of an elderly man, whom me only got the chance to know from a distance, although maybe me had often shook his hands after prayers in a nearby mosque because he was a regular there.

In a way there is nothing extraordinary about this man except that during his funeral this morning, me noticed the crowd who went to pay their last respect and prayed for him was a bit extraordinarily large given the fact that today is a working day and he had died a sudden death the night before due to a short illness.

However, upon hearing some of the comments made by the crowd, me had the feeling that this ordinary man is not really ordinary after all. The extraordinariness of this man could be seen from what he may have done to deserve such a special “honor” of an “easy death” (for he died “quickly” within a few days of being sick) and having an extraordinarily large crowd attending to his funeral.

Upon closer scrutiny, me believe there are strong evidences pointing to the fact that the good deeds which he did - by providing voluntary services to the community, may have contributed to him getting all those special “attention” at his funeral – only God knows.

Being ordinary human being, me could not help but to postulate that the dead man must have done many good deeds during his lifetime. One thing for sure, me was informed, up until the end of his long healthy life, he died at 77, he was still giving services to others by being the head of the Khairat Kematian of his Kariah (a sort of voluntary body to take care of the funeral arrangement for the dead members within the community). Being the head, he must have come across so many kind of “deaths” depending on the “deeds of the dead” to have realized for himself the importance of early preparation before his time is up.

Alas! me must also reflect on this occasion to start preparing before me time is up too!