Is grave same as hell torment
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Is grave same as
hell torment
In the name of Allah,
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guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide
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Respected brother, the torment
of the ‘grave’ is absolutely different and distinct from the eternal torment of
the ‘Hell Fire’!!!
The punishment an evildoer
receives from the period of its death in this world until it is resurrected
again on the Day of Judgment would constitute the torment of the grave….thus in
effect, this ‘torment of the grave’ is only for a limited period.
The punishment the evildoer will
receive after being sentenced to Hell Fire on the Day of Judgment is absolutely
eternal, everlasting, and much much more severe than the torment of 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 one 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.”
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