Paradise and Hell
1,670 questions
Is it permissible to supplicate for the fulfillment of a future matter that includes inherent goodness, such as saying: "O Allah, grant me goodness in my travels"? And what is the appropriate wording for such a supplication?
Is it permissible to say: "It is forbidden for Allah to do such and such," like an arrogant person entering Paradise? And is this considered a transgression against Allah, or is it similar to the Hadith Qudsi: "Allah has forbidden injustice upon Himself"?
What is the wisdom behind the narration about Adam and Gog and Magog in the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Rejoice, for there will be one man from among you [who enters Paradise] for every thousand from Gog and Magog"? And where do the people of innovation, the deviants, and the followers of other religions go, based on this hadith? And will a large number of Gog and Magog enter Paradise?
How can the Hadith "Bring forth whoever has in his heart an atom's weight of faith... Then He will seize a handful from the Fire – or he said two handfuls – of people who never did any good deed for Allah whatsoever" be reconciled with the eternal damnation of the disbeliever in Hell?
How many angels are with a Muslim and what is their function?
How does one strengthen faith and consistently perform acts of worship after a period of weakness?
How is the concept of children being afflicted with diseases and disabilities to be corrected, and what is their fate in the Hereafter?
What is the interpretation of the Hadith: "Do the people of Paradise have sexual intercourse? He said: Yes, with an unfailing penis and an unceasing desire, vigorously, vigorously, but with no semen and no death. And do the people of Paradise have sexual intercourse? He said: Yes, and they eat and drink"?
What motivates a woman and makes her eagerly anticipate death out of love for meeting Allah? What is her special bliss after death in the grave and before entering Paradise? Are there authentic Sunnah proofs regarding her specific bliss after death?
Can beneficial faith in the afterlife coexist with disbelief in the Last Day, Paradise, and Hellfire?
Is it permissible to set a specific amount for contributing to the building of a mosque with a promise to gift an 'Umrah to one of the contributors, or is that considered gambling?
How can one reconcile verse 38 of Surat Maryam (38. How clearly they will hear and how clearly they will see on the Day they come to Us! But today the wrongdoers are in manifest error) with verse 97 of Surat Al-Isra (97. And We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection, fallen on their faces, blind, mute, and deaf)?
Is worshipping God out of love, respect, and awe of Him, and not out of covetousness for Paradise or fear of Hellfire, a correct stance?
Will people be resurrected on the Day of Judgment at the age and in the state of health they were in before death in this worldly life, and is there any mention of how they will live?
How can the ḥadīth that mentions the father of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, is in Hell ("My father and your father are in the Fire") be reconciled with the other ḥadīth that mentions: "I have continuously been transferred from the loins of the pure to the wombs of the pure"?
When does Allah laugh? And what makes Him laugh?
Why will some believers be deprived of the reward of marrying the Ḥūr al-ʿĪn in Paradise? And why did Allah create the Ḥūr al-ʿĪn even though the righteous wife is more beautiful and superior? And why is it not sufficient for a man to have only his righteous wife in Paradise? And why does Allah test a woman's patience with the presence of other wives for her husband in Paradise, despite Allah's knowledge of a woman's jealousy? And will jealousy be removed from women in the Hereafter? And why does Allah inform women of something that grieves them in this world? And why does Allah not create for women Ḥūr al-ʿĪn from men in Paradise?
What is the meaning of longing for Allah Almighty, and is it associated with death and the love of death, and does the one who longs see his Lord immediately upon his death or only upon entering Paradise?
How can respecting individual privacy be reconciled with enjoining good and forbidding evil, especially when faced with responses such as "This does not concern me" or the invocation of the Hadith: "Part of the perfection of one's Islam is his leaving alone that which does not concern him"?
Will an adulterer who has an atom's weight of faith in his heart enter Paradise, and what should be said to a wife who betrays her husband through adultery?
How sound is what is circulated about the Prophet (peace be upon him) marrying in the afterlife Mary, Asiya, and Kulthum?
Is it permissible to connect the number of prostrations with the noble verse: "And you were dead, and He gave you life; then He will cause you to die, and then He will bring you to life again; and then to Him you will return" – such that the first prostration represents the state before creation, the sitting between the two prostrations represents the brevity of worldly life, the second prostration represents death, and rising from it represents resurrection – in order to increase focus and remembrance of death during prayer?
Does dying in Ramadan mean entering Paradise without reckoning, based on the Prophet's saying: "When Ramadan comes, the gates of Paradise are opened, the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are chained"?
Are there special merits for burial in Al-Baqi‘, and will everyone buried there be among the people of Paradise, and are the dead punished in their graves there, and is it permissible to print and distribute translations of the Qur’an on behalf of the deceased, and what is the appropriate supplication for the deceased in Al-Baqi‘ from a distance?