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Does the death of a father, alone in his home for two days, count as expiation for his sins so that he meets his Lord purified, and what about his life in the Barzakh?

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The creed of the People of the Sunnah and the Community (Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah) is that they do not definitively declare a Muslim to be in Paradise or Hellfire, except for those about whom a legal text has been revealed. However, they hope for Paradise for the righteous and forgiveness for the wrongdoers. Furthermore, the calamities and afflictions that befall a Muslim in this world are an expiation for their sins or a means of raising their rank. As stated in the hadith: "No misfortune befalls a Muslim but Allah expiates his sins by it, even a thorn that pricks him," and "No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were a prick of a thorn, but Allah expiates his sins by it."

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