What is to do after death what question will be asked after death
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what
is to do after death what question will be asked after death and who will asked
the questions.after how much time of death .do we have to wait in our a grave
till doomsday.
Q:2what
will happen after interrogation in grave?
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What will happen in
grave
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
What exactly happens to the soul of the deceased in its
grave is amongst the knowledge of the ‘unseen’, and the exact and precise
knowledge of everything of the ‘unseen’ is with none except Allah Subhanah, the
Lord of the Worlds. And for every matter
of the ‘unseen’ the believers who sincerely believe in Allah and the Last Day
must turn only to what the Lord has Willed to make known about it in His Glorious
Quran, or what He Willed to make known through Prophet Mohamed (saws) who in
turn made it known to the believers.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 40 Surah Mumin verses 45-46:
45 At last, Allah saved the
believer from all those evil plots that the people devised against him, and the
companions of Pharaoh themselves were encompassed by the horrible scourge.
46 It is the Fire of
Hell before which they are presented morning and evening. And when the Hour of Resurrection comes, it
will be commanded: “Admit the People of Pharaoh to the severest torment.”
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 8 Surah Anfaal verses 49-51:
49 Lo! the hypocrites say and those in whose hearts is a disease:
"these people--their religion has misled them." But if any trust in Allah, behold! Allah is
Exalted in Might, Wise.
50 If thou couldst (only) see when the Angels take the souls of the
unbelievers (at death) (how) they smite their faces and their backs (saying):
"Taste the penalty of the blazing fire.
51 because of (the deeds) which your (own) hands sent forth: for Allah
is never unjust to His servants:
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 47 Surah Muhammad verses 25-28:
25 Those who turn back as apostates after Guidance was clearly shown to
them, the Shaytaan has instigated them and buoyed them up with false hopes.
26 This because they said to those who hate what Allah has Revealed
"We will obey you in part of (this) matter"; but Allah knows their
(inner) secrets.
27 But how (will it be) when the Angels take their souls at death, and
smite their faces and their backs?
28 This because they followed that which called forth the Wrath of
Allah, and they hated Allah's good pleasure; so He made their deeds of no
effect.
Regarding when the body reaches the grave:
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.521 Narrated by Anas bin Malik
Allah's Apostle said, "When carried to
his grave, a dead person is followed by three, two of which return (after his
burial) and one remains with him: his relative, his property, and his deeds
follow him; relatives and his property go back while his deeds remain with
him."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 1627 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
The Prophet (saws) said, "The angels are
present with one who dies, and if a
believer dies, they say, 'Come out,
good soul, which was in the good
body; come out praiseworthy and be happy
with rest and provision and a Lord Who is not angry.' That continues to be said to it till it
comes out. It is then taken up to
Heaven and the door is opened for
it. The angels are asked who this is and
reply that he is so and so, whereupon these words are spoken: 'Welcome, good soul, which was in the good body; enter
praiseworthy and be happy with rest and provision and a Lord Who is not angry.' That continues to be said to it till it
comes to the Heaven where Allah is. But
when it is a disbeliever it is said,
'Come out, wicked soul, which was
in the wicked body; come out blameworthy
and be grieved by a boiling liquid, one dark and intensely cold, and other kinds of its type.' That continues to be said to it till it
comes out. It is then taken up to
Heaven, and the door is asked to be opened for it. The question will be asked who this is and
the reply given that it is so and so, whereupon these words are spoken: 'There is no welcome for the wicked soul
which was in the wicked body; go back
blameworthy, for the gates of Heaven
will not be opened for you.' It will
then be sent away from Heaven and come to the grave."
Regarding the grave:
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 132 Narrated by Uthman ibn Affan
The Prophet (saws)
said: “Verily the grave is the first step in the stages of the Hereafter. If
one finds salvation at this stage, the
succeeding stages become easy for him. And
if he does not find salvation at this stage,
what follows this stage is very hard upon him. I have never seen a site more horrible than
that of the grave.”
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 5352 (part) Narrated by Abu Sa'id
The Prophet (saws) said: "The grave is one of the gardens of
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 5352 Narrated by Abu Sa'id
The Prophet (saws) said: “A day does not come
to the grave without its saying, 'I am the house of exile, I am the house of
solitude, I am the house of dust, I am the house of worms.' When a believer
dies the grave says to him, ‘Welcome and
greeting; you are indeed the dearest to
me of those who walk upon me. I have
been given charge of you today. You
have come to me, and you will see how I
shall treat you (with dignity and honor).’
It will then expand for him as far as the eye can see and a door to
Regarding the punishment of the grave.
Sahih Muslim Hadith 6859 (part) Narrated by Zayd ibn Thabit
The Prophet (saws) said: “The people who invoke others with Allah, are
passing through the ordeal in the graves.
If it were not for the fact that you would stop burying your dead in the graves, I would have certainly made you hear the sound
of the torment in the graves, which I
hear.”
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 4735 Narrated by Al-Bara' ibn Azib
The Prophet (saws) said: “When a believer is buried in the grave two
angels will come to him (Munkar and Nakir,
both have dark faces and blue eyes),
make him sit up, and ask : ‘Who is your Lord?’ He will reply: ‘My Lord is Allah.’ They will ask him: ‘What is your religion?’ He will reply: ‘My religion is Islam.’ They will ask him: ‘What is your opinion about the man who was
sent on a mission among you?’ He will
reply: ‘He is the Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him).’ They will ask: ‘
Who made you aware of this?’ He will
reply: ‘I read Allah's Book, believed
in it, and considered it true.’ Then
a crier will call from Heaven: ‘My
servant has spoken the truth. So
spread a bed for him from Paradise,
clothe him from Paradise, and
open a door for him into
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 1.19b
Bukhari and Muslim report from Ibn Abbas that
the Prophet (saws) passed by two graves
and said, "Both of them are being tortured in their graves, and they are
not being tortured for a major sin.
This one used not to save himself from being soiled with his urine, and
the other used to slander (among the
people to rouse hostilities, e.g., one goes to a person and tells him that
so-and-so says about him such-and-such evil things).”
Q-1: what question
will be asked after death
In light of the authentic and established traditions of
the Messenger of Allah (saws), the three questions which each and every
deceased will be asked in the grave are:
Q-2: who will asked
the questions
The Messenger of Allah (saws) informed the believers that
Allah Subhanah will send two of His Angels named Munkar and Nakeer who will ask
every deceased soul the above three questions in their grave immediately after
their burial.
Q-3: after how much
time of death .do we have to wait in our a grave till doomsday.
Allah Says
in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verses 61-62:
61 He (Allah) is the Irresistible (watching) from above over His worshippers
and He sets guardians (Angels) over you.
At length when death approaches one of you, Our Angels take his soul and
they never fail in their duty.
62 Then they (the souls) are returned unto Allah their Protector, The
(Only) Reality: is not His the Command? And He is the swiftest in taking account.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 23 Surah
Muminoon verses 99-101:
99 (In falsehood will the disbelievers be,) until when death comes to
one of them he says: "O my Lord! Send me back (to life)
100 In order that I may work righteousness in the things I
neglected." By no means! It is but
a word he says! Before them is
‘Barzakh’ (partition or barrier) till the Day they are raised up.
101 Then when the Trumpet is blown there will be no more relationships
between them that day, nor will one ask after another!
In light of the Quran and the established teachings of the
Messenger of Allah (saws), when a person
dies, his soul is returned back unto
their Creator, and stored in a place called ‘Al-Barzakh’ until the Day of
Resurrection, when the Lord Most Majestic will give them life again.
The exact time of when the Day of Resurrection will
commence is known to none save Allah Subhanah Alone.
Q-4: what will
happen after interrogation in grave?
If the person is a true believer and answers the three
questions posed by the Angels Munkar and Nakeer correctly, the Messenger of
Allah (saws) said this is what would happen:
“…..Then a crier will call from Heaven: ‘My servant has spoken the truth. So spread a bed for him from Paradise, clothe him from Paradise, and open a door for him into
Such a fortunate person would remain in this state of
bliss, peace, calm, and security until the Day of Resurrection.
But if the person was a disbeliever and denier of the
Truth, and is thus unable to answer the three questions posed by the Angels
Munkar and Nakeer correctly, the Messenger of Allah (saws) said this is what
would happen:
‘……..Then a crier will call from Heaven: ‘He
has lied, so spread a bed for him from Hell, clothe him from Hell, and open for
him a door into Hell. Then some of its heat and burning hot wind will come to
him, and his grave will be compressed, such that his ribs will be crushed
together. An angel who is blind and
dumb will then be placed in charge of him, having a sledge-hammer, such that, if
a mountain were struck with it, it would become dust. He will give him a blow with it, which will
be heard by everything between the east and the west except by men and jinn,
and he will become dust. Then his soul will
be restored to him (again)……’
Such evil transgressors and deniers of the Truth will
remain in this state of severe punishment, and fear, and agony, and torment
until the Day of Resurrection!
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
