Is the torment of the grave real in heaven, and the deceased's grave on earth merely a place for his body, where the dead feel no torment, as one of the sheikhs has stated?
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This statement is false and contradicts the sacred texts which prove the torment of the grave. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "His soul is returned to his body," and this explicitly indicates that punishment and reward occur in the grave.
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