The Grave and Resurrection
221 questions
What are the stages of a Muslim's life from the moment of death until the end of the life in Barzakh, including the departure of the soul, seeing one's place in the Hereafter, the questioning by the two angels, the compression of the grave, its blessings or torment, the trials of the grave, the personification of deeds, and the ascent and descent of the soul?
Is it permissible to address the Prophet (peace be upon him) in his mosque as if one were speaking to a man, such as saying: "I pledge to you to defend you and your Sunnah"?
Is the Prophet's (PBUH) narration about the boy and the Hour considered a denial from the Prophet concerning the Hour?
How is a person punished in the grave, both in body and soul, when they have not yet been held accountable and the evidence has not yet been established against them?
Is a person held accountable for the sin of backbiting upon their death, and does the arrival of the angels of mercy negate the torment of the grave?
Does the reward for reciting Surat Al-Mulk reach the deceased, including its consequence of salvation from the torment of the grave, or does only the reward for the recitation reach him?
How can one enter Paradise without reckoning or torment, or standing on the Plain of Gathering?
What about the squeezing of the grave for the dead who have not been buried? And will the martyr escape it? And what is the ruling regarding someone who was martyred in the way of Allah and was not yet eighteen years old?
Is death and the extraction of the soul painful, and which moments are more comfortable for the servant: this world or the grave?
Are Islamic miniatures, which depict historical Islamic events and figures, including the Prophet (peace be upon him), the Companions, and angels, considered forbidden or permissible?
Is the marriage of a girl who had hugs and kisses with her fiancé before marriage considered an expiation for her sin, and what should her husband do to alleviate her suffering after her death?
What is the punishment for adultery (zina), and how can one repent from it after having relations with a married woman, then discovering that she lied about her marital status and children, given that her money was disposed of after the truth was discovered?
Is it permissible for a girl who has been raped and is four months pregnant to abort the fetus?
Were the scenes that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw of people being tortured during the Isra' (Night Journey) real or metaphorical? And if they were real, were they from the nation of Muhammad or from previous nations? And had their Hour (Day of Judgment) already come, and were they reckoned and admitted into Hellfire? And if they were from the nation of Muhammad, how could they be tortured when the Hour had not yet come?
What is the purpose of the Day of Resurrection, the spreading of the scrolls, and the questioning about deeds, and why will the believer rejoice upon receiving his book in his right hand? Did he not already know his fate in the grave? And what is the state of the disobedient believer at the time of death and the questioning by the two angels?
Is it permissible to follow Salah Al-Rasheed as a sheikh and reciter, considering that he permits singing and does not favor sermons that remind of the torment of the grave and the Day of Judgment, and the presence of his Quranic recitations on Islamic websites is understood as evidence of the soundness of his approach?
What will comfort the deceased who performed righteous deeds in his grave, and will his soul return to him in the Barzakh?
Is it not true that the grave constricts every deceased person until their ribs intertwine, and that all people will be struck unconscious except Musa, and all will be questioned except the martyr, and that some martyrs will enter Paradise without reckoning? If so, how can these matters be reconciled, and does entering Paradise without reckoning mean death and immediate transfer to it without questioning, reckoning, or passing through the life of the Barzakh and the horrors of the Day of Resurrection?
Is it permissible to supplicate to be reunited with one's deceased father and to see him with the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) at the gate of Paradise, to drink from his Fount, and to enter Paradise together? And is there a specific supplication for that?
Is the repentance of one who has repeatedly committed adultery and then offered sincere repentance accepted? And is the Hadith, "Whoever commits adultery with a married woman, upon him and her in the grave is half the torment of this nation. Then, on the Day of Resurrection, Allah Almighty will judge her husband concerning his good deeds," authentic? And what should he do, other than repentance and remorse, so that his good deeds are not credited to the husband of the woman with whom he committed adultery?
Did Christ, peace be upon him, warn the dead whom he resurrected about the trial of life and death and the torment of the grave?
Do martyrs see the Houris and sit with them in their graves before the Day of Resurrection?
What is the difference between the Day of Resurrection and the Day of Death?
Why would a believer be afraid on the Day of Resurrection and at the Bridge (As-Sirat), when he knows that his destiny is Paradise after the bliss of the grave?