Nigeria, Dec. 5 -- In The Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, may the blessings and peace be upon our beloved master Prophet Muhammad, the last of Prophets, on his family, and all his companions.

Dear brothers and sisters! Allah Almighty says:

"Every soul shall taste death." [Qur'an, 29:57]

This Qur'anic verse contains a fundamental truth we often forget in the hustle of our professional lives. When a great scholar passes, we are forced to pause and reflect on the divine decree of Allah.

Scholars are the inheritors of the Prophets; when they die, a void is created in the intellectual and spiritual landscape of the Ummah. We must ask ourselves: what have we prepared for our i...