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How does the soul of a deceased child depart, and does he feel those around him after death, and does his soul return to the grave after burial, and does he meet his deceased relatives, and what is his state in the Hereafter, and is he considered a martyr?

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When a believer is afflicted by a calamity and bears it with patience, they receive immense reward and great recompense. If Allah Almighty takes away a loved one from this world and the believer bears it with patience, their reward is nothing less than Paradise. And if a person's child dies, and they praise Allah and say, "To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return," Allah builds for them a house in Paradise called the House of Praise. The soul exits from the lower part of the body first, and its exit is easy for the believer, whereas the soul of the disbeliever disperses throughout their body, and it is pulled out with great difficulty. Scholars have differed regarding whether the deceased can feel the living and hear them.

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