TheNeedForCreed's video: Death the Grave and the Hereafter

No one lives forever. One fateful day we'll all have to get on the train that will take us to an inevitable Terminal Station called death. But what have you done to prepare for that journey? Whenever Uthmaan (R) (the Third Caliph and Son-in-law of the Prophet (S)) stood at a grave he would weep until his beard became soaked by his tears. It was said to him: "Paradise and Hell are mentioned to you, and you do not weep, but you weep over this!" So he said: "Indeed the Messenger of Allah (S) said, "Indeed the grave is the first stopping place for the Hereafter. So if he is saved therein, then what comes after that is easier than that. If he is not saved there from, then that which comes afterwards is harder." (At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Maajah . Authenticated by Shaykh Albani in Takhreejul-Mishkaat ). The Prophet (S) said, "When one of you finishes the last Tashahhud (or testimony of faith whilst sitting in the end of Prayer), he should seek refuge in Allah from four things: From the Punishment of Hell, from the Punishment of the Grave, from the trials of life and death, and from the evil trials of the Maseehud-Dajjal (the Imposter Messiah; the Anti-Christ)." (Sahih Muslim; 2/93) Fair Use Copyright Disclaimer: I do not claim to own the copyrights of all the images, videos or audio clips utilised incidentally in the compilation of this educational video, and I acknowledge that they belong wholly to their original copyright holders and state that no malicious copyright infringement or violation is intended. The use of incidental copyrighted material is covered under the Fair Use (Copyright Act) 17 U.S.C Section 107, with particular emphasis on such use for educational and non-profit purposes, which states: "Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phono-records or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright." The copyrighted video clips used in this educational video have been extracted and reformatted from uploaded streaming material on public domain videos already live on YouTube, and as such, have inferior picture and audio quality to the professionally produced source material from which they originally came from and therefore not suitable for potential counterfeit reproductions. The same applies to the inclusion of certain copyrighted photos and images that have been degraded in composition and quality. They have been incorporated into the project by necessity because they benefit the presentation due to their symbolic and historical significance and enhance the educational awareness of viewers to the main topic of the video. Creative transformation has occurred by the embedding of personally created original artwork and animations into the newly created educational video and the complete removal of the original soundtrack to all copyrighted video clips which have been replaced by an insightful and uniquely original commentary for the purposes of scientific, religio-philosophic and scholarly review. The newly compiled video documentary is not intended to be used for commercial or monetary gain, but is rather an amateur presentation created purely for the purposes of publicly disseminating uniquely original educational information for non-profit gain in accordance with the YouTube submission policy. The overall usage of individual clips amounts to very little in relation to the original copyrighted works in totality, and the selected portions are respectfully and appropriately used to elaborate upon alternative and diverse religious and philosophical perspectives that do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of the original copyright holders. As I am not competing financially with the original copyright holders, this does not infringe upon their potential market share. This video is intended for use by subscribers and viewers to my YouTube site and is forbidden to be used for illegal profit or redistribution. This disclaimer is embedded in the video presentation.