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How will a deceased fetus be resurrected on the Day of Judgment, and will it be resurrected as a young man?

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Scholars have agreed that Muslim children who die before puberty are destined for Paradise, as an honor and mercy from Allah. Their journey is divided into three stages:

1. In the Barzakh (Intermediary Realm): They move to Paradise immediately upon their death, and their souls enjoy its blessings under the care of Abraham (peace be upon him), being like birds soaring in Paradise. 2. At Resurrection and Accountability: The children will be resurrected in the state of childhood in which they died. They will intercede for their parents, holding onto one's garment until he is admitted into Paradise. 3. In Paradise: Scholars have differed concerning their state; some have stated that they will enter Paradise at the age of thirty or thirty-three, like adults, so that everyone's age is unified. Others have held that they will remain in their state as children, and it is possible that they are the servants mentioned in the Quran. However, the more prevalent view is that these servants are created from Paradise, and that Muslim children will become thirty-three years old, and that they are "dama'ees al-Jannah" (the da‘amees of Paradise), meaning they swim therein and enter its dwellings without restrictions.

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