‘Look, don’t talk like a fool. Maut and hayat, our death and life, is in Allah’s hands. Even if a rock is smashed over the heads of some people, they don’t die. That is because it is Allah’s wish that they should live. Just like that, if it is Allah’s wish that this one should live, then it will live. If not, it will die. Why should you trouble Yakub for that?’

