Is it true that a Muslim has two appointed times (for death) while a disbeliever has only one?
Death is decreed for every Muslim and non-Muslim, and it has a predetermined, unchangeable time, which is what is meant by " أجل" (term/appointed time) in the verse: "So when their term comes, they cannot remain behind an hour, nor can they precede [it]." If the intended meaning of " أجل" is the Day of Resurrection, then both the Muslim and the non-Muslim have two appointed times: the time of death and the time of the Day of Resurrection, in accordance with His, the Almighty’s, saying: "Then He decreed an appointed term, and there is another appointed term with Him." As for the increase in lifespan mentioned in the hadiths, it is either an allusion to blessing in life by being granted success in obedience, or a real increase relative to the knowledge of the angel entrusted with life, not God's knowledge, or by leaving behind a good legacy that endures after a person's death.
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