And if one is not saved from it, then what comes after it is worse than it."
[Reported by Tirmithi, ibn Mājah and Aḥmad]
5. The punishment of the grave is something that every disbeliever and hypocrite will experience. But it is not confined to them, because the disobedient ones from amongst the Muslims may also undergo this punishment - if Allāh wills, as proven by the hadīth of ibn 'Abbās; that the prophet ﷺ said whilst passing by two graves:
((أَمَا إِنَّهُمَا لَيُعَذَّبَانِ، وَمَا…
And in the ḥadīth of Fadhālah ibn 'Ubaid, may Allāh be pleased with him, the Prophet ﷺ said:
((وَيَأْمَنُ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ))
"He is protected from the trials of the grave."
[Reported by Abū Dāwūd & Tirmithi; authenticated by Sheikh Muqbil in 'Aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥul Musnad' 1057]
As for everyone else; including the Ṣiddīqūn, the insane and the infants, then we cannot exempt any of them without clear evidence.…
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وَلِـكُـلِّ حَـيٍّ عَـاقِـلٍ فِـي قَـبْـرِهِ
and for every sane, living being in his grave
عَـمَـلٌ يُـقَـارِنُـهُ هُـنَـاكَ وَيُـسْـأَلُ
are deeds that will accompany him, and they will be questioned
1. In this line, the author mentions the belief of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamā'ah pertaining to the life of the grave, or to be more…
"Rarely would the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) get up from a sitting until he supplicated with these words for his Companions...
(and part of this supplication was his saying ﷺ)
((وَلاَ تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرَ هَمِّنَا، وَلاَ مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِنَا))
“...do not make this Dunya our greatest concern, nor the limit of our knowledge.”
[Tirmithi (3502); authenticated by Sheikh Albāni in 'Ṣaḥīḥ At-Tirmithi]
وَلِـكُـلِّ حَـيٍّ عَـاقِـلٍ فِـي قَـبْـرِهِ
and for every sane, living being in his grave
عَـمَـلٌ يُـقَـارِنُـهُ هُـنَـاكَ وَيُـسْـأَلُ
are deeds accompanying him, and they will be questioned
Thawbān, may Allāh be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
((إِنِّي لَبِعُقْرِ حَوْضِي أَذُودُ النَّاسَ لِأَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، أَضْرِبُ بِعَصَايَ حَتَّى يَرْفَضَّ عَلَيْهِمْ))
"I will stand by the 'Uqr(1) of my Ḥawḍh pushing the crowd back for the people of Yemen(2), and I will strike (the Ḥawḍh) with my stick until the water spouts forth upon them."
[Muslim 2301]
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Footnotes:
(1) An-Nawawi…
and instead claiming that Allāh will bring them (paradise & Hell) into existence on the Day of judgement."
[Sharḥ Aṭ-Ṭaḥāwiyyah]
Therefore, we must all believe that paradise and Hell are currently existent; paradise being the abode of the pious and Hell the abode of the disbelievers.
4. Having belief in these affairs leads a Muslim to increase in righteous deeds and abstain from evil acts; because if a person realises that paradise is the abode awaiting the pious, he will strive his utmost in attaining piety and…
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وَالـنَّـارُ يَـصْـلَاهَـا الـشَّـقِـيُّ بِـحِـكْـمَـةٍ
And the wretched will burn in the fire, by divine wisdom
وَكَـذَا الـتَّـقِـيُّ إِلَـى الْـجِـنَـانِ سَـيَـدْخُـلُ
and the pious will enter gardens of paradise
1. In this line, the author mentions the eventual outcome of people in the Hereafter, and that they will be divided…
وَالـنَّـارُ يَـصْـلَاهَـا الـشَّـقِـيُّ بِـحِـكْـمَـةٍ
And the wretched will burn in the fire, by divine wisdom
وَكَـذَا الـتَّـقِـيُّ إِلَـى الْـجِـنَـانِ سَـيَـدْخُـلُ
and the pious will enter gardens of paradise
"On that Day, the hypocrites, both men and women, will say to the believers, ‘Wait for us! Let us have some of your light!’ They will be told, ‘Go back and look for a light.’ A wall with a door will be erected between them: inside it lies mercy, outside lies torment.
The hypocrites will call out to the believers, ‘Were we not with you?’ They will reply, ‘Yes. But you allowed yourselves to be tempted, you were…
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Shaykhul Islām Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allāh be pleased with him, says:
وَكَـذَا الِصِّـرَاطُ يُـمَـدُّ فَـوْقَ جَـهَـنَّـمٍ
And (I also affirm) that the bridge will be laid over Hellfire
فَـمُـسَـلَّـمٌ نَـاجٍ وَآخَـرُ يُـهْـمَـلُ
So some will be saved and delivered, and others abandoned
1. In this line, the author mentions…
وَكَـذَا الِصِّـرَاطُ يُـمَـدُّ فَـوْقَ جَـهَـنَّـمٍ
And (I also affirm) that the bridge will be laid over Hell
فَـمُـسَـلَّـمٌ نَـاجٍ وَآخَـرُ يُـهْـمَـلُ
So some will be saved and delivered, and others abandoned
“A man from my nation will be called before all of creation on the Day of Resurrection, and ninety-nine scrolls will be spread out for him, each one extending as far as the eye can see. Then Allah will say: “Do you deny anything of this?” He will say: “No, O Lord.” He will say: “Have My recording scribes been unfair to you?” Then He will say: “Apart from that, do you have any good deeds?” The man will be terrified…