do we really know when to die?

suddenly topic about dying came to my mind when reading a book, the golden chersonese. one day we shall depart the world we are living now to another world.

i began my search on the topic and came across several blogs and sites with the tagline tanda-tanda 100 hari sebelum meninggal dunia (100 days before we die:  what are the signs) which the contents are all the same. i assume that the writer of each blog just copy and paste from unsure sources. i cannot trace the original writer who write all the claims.  there is no sense of responsibility of each writer to prove their statements. nonetheless the content is regarded a contribution to an extra reading in our leisure time, even the fact is so dubious.

those writers claim that we shall know our death time in 100 days away, 40 days away, 1 week away and the exact day we are dying. it sounds to me that we are just like a tree in a vase. not that i object the opinion but it is quite strange that i never came across all these signs in quran and hadith. also never in my life in any public religious speech or in religious school i heard about these signs. perhaps, im not really dig all those book of divination such as fiqh and tauhid that could probably indicate such signs, but if there is, the public shall be well verse about it, don't you think so? other opinions that only certain group of people are taught to identify the secret in knowing the signs of dying, an indication that they are the privileged one.. but, why not disseminate the info to all walks of life? are the signs are just archaic myth? a myth that persuade one to believe.

i contend that the staging of our death time according to the signs does not really apply to us. death can happen without any signal whether you are driving, sleeping or on surgical bed while the doctors are struggling to save your life. 

there are infinite numbers of silent killers because of a disease that someone didn't even realise that he/she has that kind of disease, since he found no syndrome, no illness but suddenly die. we've heard so many things and stories about this. we drive to work, suddenly heart failure, we involve in accident, then we die. while we are gardening, suddenly we collapse, we die short after. we going to a party or to an important function, because someone's reckless driving, hit us, then we die. we sleep tight, someone broke into, forcing us to give all our belongings, we fight, we got killed. we walk along road, snatch thief came, our unlucky day, we slipped, we depart to a new life. we are in a humanitary mission overseas, we got killed in raids because of a miss bullet inside our chest. the popular, we walked out of our bathroom, unexpectedly we lose our balance, we fell then your neighbour found you on the same spot three days later.

i may summarise that death shall come to us but do we really know when we are about to die? just like the abovementioned daily reported cases in many newspapers and news, do the victims really know that they will die? are all the signs mentioned in those blogs are just rumour? do you believe in that? is it important for someone to observe all the mentioned signs in his/her life?  what about if he/she really memorise and strictly keep in his/her mind on the signs but suddenly he/she confuse with the signs that come to him/her?  will that brings uneasy? does it necessary to think about the signs? do you feel great, that by mastering the knowledge of the death sign could give you extra time to make good deeds? how much can u guarantee it? i shall rest my case if someone brings to me all the concrete references on those signs.

but it is interesting that our life grows to be dinamic when we think tomorrow we shall die. having that in our mind, we may want to fill all our activities with something meaningful and at best possible effort to win and please everyone, like we are the most generous, loving and kind individual on earth. we shall not postpone or delay all our works because we feel we don't have much time.  we don't want to lose our valuable time doing silly things. u might also plan to meet your friend who is in your mind that u have never met for so long.  our mind and heart are always thinking about our creator.   omg, thinking about death really change you.

we know this catchphrase:  expect the unexpected.

probably u may want to start writing your will today to ensure your loved ones live in comfort after you depart this world.