Paradise and Hell
1,670 questions
What is the wisdom behind the prolonged standing on the Day of Resurrection and crossing the Sirat, even though a person knows their destiny after the questioning by the two angels in the grave?
How can the evidence of the threat of Hellfire and the promise of Paradise be reconciled if they converge in a single person who commits sins and performs good deeds?
Is supplicating for all Muslims to enter Paradise or Firdaus without reckoning unlawful, knowing that some Muslims will be tormented first, or that the ranks of believers in Paradise vary? Or is it permissible based on "None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself," and Allah does what He wills?
What is the jurisprudential guidance for dealing with negative thoughts and skeptical ideas concerning servitude (to God), creation, and seeking forgiveness, which affect one's sense of faith and cause psychological distress?
Is there a status between Paradise and Hell? And who are the people of Al-A'raf?
Is the statement that torment will cease and Hellfire will perish a corrupt belief that leads its holder to Hell for contradicting the definitive texts of the Qur’an and Sunnah?
Is one of the fruits of knowledge liberation from Hellfire, according to the Hadith: "Whoever wishes to look upon those freed by Allah, let him look upon the learned..."?
What will happen to the Dajjal? Will he go to Hell?
Does seeing the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in a dream five times, and believing his promise of entering Paradise, really mean that the viewer's body is forbidden to the Fire, and that his promise to her of Paradise is true?
What are the names of the angels and what are their duties?
Is the destiny of non-Muslims who performed good deeds Hell, and what is the evidence for that from the Quran and Sunnah?
Is it possible for God to communicate with a servant via computer, sending him written messages stating that he is among the people of Hellfire, and that his mother is among the people of Paradise, and his brother is among the people of Hellfire? And if this is not possible, what is the evidence for that?
What happens after the Hour is established and the people of Paradise enter Paradise and the people of Hellfire enter Hellfire? Does everything end at this point?
Are the Prophet's parents—may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him—in Paradise or Hellfire, and what is the Shar'i (Islamic legal) evidence for that?
Is it conceivable that all Christians, who number in the billions, will enter Hellfire? And what is the wisdom behind such enormous numbers of people—like Christians, Jews, and pagans—entering Hell?
What are the names of the gates of Paradise and the gates of Hell?
How can one maintain the feeling of asceticism in this world and drawing closer to Allah, with which Allah has blessed him after repentance?
What is the meaning of "their heads like the humps of a camel," and is the Hadith "women who are clothed yet naked" specific only to leaving the house? What is the ruling on wearing a sweater that reaches the groin or mid-thigh with wide trousers in front of mahrams, and is it permissible to wear makeup in front of maternal uncles and paternal uncles?
What should we do with a person who divorced his wife and published her name on his Facebook account, accusing her of adultery, despite being advised against it?
Is it considered showing off (riya') if one tidies and cleans the home and clothes with the intention of pleasing Allah, and then seeking people's praise?
Are the hadiths, "Indeed, Allah is pleased for the pleasure of Fatimah and angered by her anger," and "I named her Fatimah because Allah has weaned her and her followers from the Fire," authentic?
Is it true that the monotheists among Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah will not abide eternally in Hell, even if they enter it, and even if they commit major sins and abandon obligatory duties, despite the existence of religious texts indicating that those who commit such acts will abide eternally in Hell, such as the intentional killer of a believer and the one who abandons prayer?
Does what is mentioned in the noble Hadith about the state of the lowest in rank among the people of Paradise describe the state of one who is punished in Hellfire then exits it and enters Paradise?
What is the ruling on one who is killed by sniping or by missiles and bombs, and is he considered a martyr?