蜜芽传媒

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Yousra Samir Imran.

Good morning.

Recently, my late aunt has been visiting me quite frequently in my dreams. She died from COVID-19 during the height of the pandemic. Aunty Fatma never had any children of her own, and in many ways was a second mother to me, my siblings and all my cousins.

There are many theories surrounding seeing departed loves ones in your dreams. Some say it is just our subconscious processing our grief, or replaying memories. For some, including Muslims, they believe that sometimes it鈥檚 their souls coming to visit us, to comfort us or to relay a message.

Whenever I see my Aunty Fatma in my dreams, she tells me not to be sad, because she鈥檚 still alive.

In Islam, dying from an illness makes you a shaheed, or a martyr, guaranteeing you entry to Heaven. And in the Qur鈥檃n, Allah tells us not to grieve for those who are martyrs, because they are still alive and being provided for. Could my Aunty Fatma have been sending me a message in my dream?

I still have a screenshot of our very last Whatsapp conversation. She was congratulating me on my pregnancy. Three weeks later, she died. I wish I had told her how much she meant to me.

Oh Lord, the Most Merciful, I pray you shower our departed loved ones with your mercy, and grant us more time with those who are still alive. I pray we are granted the opportunity, to tell them how much they mean to us. For those who are already gone, I pray you continue to send them, to visit us in our dreams.

Ameen.

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