Love and loss, married then died same day: Our 'living dead' status underlined

In the name of Allah, most Glorious and Merciful. All Praise and Thanks is due to Allah and to HIM alone. May His peace and blessings be upon the Messenger, his household and companions.

Give and take, as Muslims, when you run out of what to say, you can recite the above and say no more. That's perhaps what I should resort to – well, events of the last twenty-four hours have been more than a handful and mouthful combined.

Plans of only Allah knows how long turned on its head – 360 degrees. The happiest day turned a day of sorrow. Love turned loss in hours. Marriage turned carnage and then the floodgates opened on Facebook, shared shock and sheer grief.

A man freshly married on his way to his wedding reception, hoping to start a new chapter but unbeknown that journey was to be his final trip and chapter. As Allah willed he did not make it there but to the hereafter.

I apologize if this photo hurts anyone, it's the resting place of my aunt buried years back at Madina cemetery. 

Friends, parents, family but the main player in the vast field, stranded, lovelorn and bereft, she who hoped to start a life journey with the deceased. May Allah grant her solace and a better replacement. She has a sweetheart turned into a seethe hurt. 

Every natural feeling we exhibit is only but expected. Some stories will never be believable until the unbelievable happens. It struck and we all remain stuck nowhere in particular – permutations ringing and running in our thoughts.

Reality check: is that not all there is to this our life – permit me to call it 'the life of the living dead.' Context: We are all going to wind up in that final state – a corpse. A fact categorically stated in the Quran and Sunnah (prophetic traditions).

Some stories that come along, like that of this young man and his 'lost' bride, only should remind us of that day. No long talk on this, just a few observations on the social media back and forth.

1 – Can we already stop sharing photos of the deceased or the couple, why, I think it's kinda insensitive. See their mood and match it to the events we are faced with.

2 – And oh, what's the point about tagging the bride with our words of condolence, really?

3 – Please beyond the condolence posts, let's endeavour to say the real prayers for the deceased.

For all those who mourn directly – Yaa Allah, grant them a better replacement.

For all those that feel pained – Yaa Allah, may your succor reach them sooner than later

For all those who have died with this death – Yaa Allah, another shot at life for indeed you are ABLE to do all things.

Just before I logged onto Facebook and saw the outpouring of grief, I'd commented on the photo below in a whatsapp group. Struck me REAL HARD connecting both incidences even from the comfort of my room.

Alhamdu lil Laah, was swalaat was salaam alaa Rasulul Kareem.

21^st Muharram 1440H = October 1, 2018