Death according to Islam
Death according to Islam
Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.
http://quran.com/3/185
- إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ
الْكِتَابَ لِلنَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ ۖ فَمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ فَلِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَنْ
ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۖ وَمَا أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِوَكِيلٍ
Indeed, We sent down to you the Book for the people in truth. So whoever is guided - it is for [the benefit of] his soul; and whoever goes astray only goes astray to its detriment. And you are not a manager over them.
Urdu
ہم
نے تم پر کتاب لوگوں (کی ہدایت) کے لئے سچائی کے ساتھ نازل کی ہے۔ تو جو
شخص ہدایت پاتا ہے تو اپنے (بھلے کے) لئے اور جو گمراہ ہوتا ہے گمراہی سے
تو اپنا ہی نقصان کرتا ہے۔ اور (اے پیغمبر) تم ان کے ذمہ دار نہیں ہو.
- اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى
الْأَنْفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّتِي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنَامِهَا ۖ
فَيُمْسِكُ الَّتِي قَضَىٰ عَلَيْهَا الْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ الْأُخْرَىٰ
إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
http://quran.com/39/42
Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
Urdu
خدا
لوگوں کے مرنے کے وقت ان کی روحیں قبض کرلیتا ہے اور جو مرے نہیں (ان کی
روحیں) سوتے میں (قبض کرلیتا ہے) پھر جن پر موت کا حکم کرچکتا ہے ان کو روک
رکھتا ہے اور باقی روحوں کو ایک وقت مقرر تک کے لئے چھوڑ دیتا ہے۔ جو لوگ
فکر کرتے ہیں ان کے لئے اس میں نشانیاں ہیں
?Does man think that We will not assemble his bone
Urdu
کیا انسان یہ خیال کرتا ہے کہ ہم اس کی (بکھری ہوئی) ہڈیاں اکٹھی نہیں کریں گے؟ 
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips
Urdu
ضرور کریں گے (اور) ہم اس بات پر قادر ہیں کہ اس کی پور پور درست کردیں.Fingerprints is the messgae converyed above
And Allah created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop; then He made you mates. And no female conceives nor does she give birth except with His knowledge. And no aged person is granted [additional] life nor is his lifespan lessened but that it is in a register. Indeed, that for Allah is easy.
I would like to ask about the grave: after the two angels have finished questioning the person in his grave, will the evildoer continue to be tormented in his grave until the Hour begins? Also, will the believer continue to enjoy delight until the Hour begins? Or does that simply last for one day which comes to an end, after which the person becomes just a dead body? Is there any evidence to indicate that the person in his grave moves into a new life which will last until the Hour begins? Please answer me, may Allaah bless you.
Praise be to Allaah.
Man’s life is divided into three sections:
- The life of this world, which ends with death.
- The life in al-barzakh, which starts after death and ends when the Hour begins.
- The life of the Hereafter, which begins after the people are raised from their graves, and is spent either in Paradise (we ask Allaah of His Bounty) or in Hell (we seek refuge with Allaah).
So the life of al-barzakh lasts from after a person dies
until he is resurrected, whether he is buried in a grave or not, whether he
is burned or eaten by wild animals. The evidence that points to this life is
the hadeeth narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him), who said that after the deceased is placed in his grave, he can
hear the footsteps of his family (as they walk away from the grave).
This life (in al-barzakh) will either be filled with delight,
or it will be hellish, and the grave will either be one of the gardens of
Paradise or one of the ditches of Hell.
What indicates that there will be either delight or torment
(in al-barzakh) is the aayah in which Allaah says concerning the people of
Pharaoh:
“The Fire, they are exposed to it, morning and afternoon.
And on the Day when the Hour will be established (it will be said to the
angels): ‘Cause Fir‘awn’s (Pharaoh) people to enter the severest torment!’”
[Ghaafir 40:46 – interpretation of the meaning]
Ibn Mas’ood said: The
souls of the people of Pharaoh and those of their ilk among the kaafirs are
shown the Fire morning and evening, and they are told, this is your abode.
Ibn Katheer said: this aayah is the main basis of the Sunni’s
belief in the torment of al-barzakh in the grave.
(Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 4/82)
Al-Qurtubi said: Some of the scholars quoted as evidence to
prove the torment of the grave the phrase “The Fire, they are exposed to
it, morning and afternoon” [Ghaafir 40:46]. A similar view was expressed
by Mujaahid, ‘Ikrimah, Muqaatil and Muhammad ibn Ka’b, all of whom said that
this aayah is proof of the torment of the grave. Do you not see that it says
concerning the torment of the Hereafter: “And on the Day when the Hour
will be established (it will be said to the angels): ‘Cause Fir‘awn’s
(Pharaoh) people to enter the severest torment!”? (Tafseer al-Qurtubi,
15/319)
It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be
pleased with him) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘When any one of you dies, he is shown his
place morning and evening. If he is one of the people of Paradise then he is
one of the people of Paradise, and if he is one of the people of Hell, then
he is one of the people of Hell.’” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, Bid’ al-Khalq,
3001; Muslim, al-Jannah wa sifat na’eemihaa, 2866).
It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with
her) that a Jewish woman entered upon her and mentioned the torment of the
grave, and said to her, “May Allaah protect you from the torment of the
grave!” ‘Aa’ishah asked the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) about the torment of the grave, and he said, “Yes, the
torment of the grave.” ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: “I
never saw the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) pray any prayer after that but he sought refuge with Allaah from
the torment of the grave.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Janaa’iz,
1283; Muslim, al-Kusoof, 903).
These aayahs and
ahaadeeth indicate that the torment of the grave is real and that it is
ongoing in the case of some people.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him and save
him from the torment of the grave) said:
If a person is a kaafir
(we seek refuge with Allaah), then there is no way that the delight will
ever reach him, and his torment will be continuous. If a person was a sinner
but he was a believer, then his torment in the grave will be commensurate
with his sin, and perhaps the punishment for his sin will take less time
than the time in al-barzakh between his death and the onset of the Hour, in
which case it will cease.
(al-Sharh al-Mumti’, vol. 3, p. 253)
See also the answer to Question no.
7862, where more details are given.
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Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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