The grave is either the garden of Paradise or the pit of Hellfire.
O ! People, make your graves as gardens of Paradise by doing righteous deeds; and do not make your graves the pits of Hell-Fire by doing evil deeds.
In the name of Allahﷻ, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to Allahﷻ, Lord of the worlds, and blessings be upon the best of His creation, Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ, the Chief of Prophets, and upon his progeny and upon his companions and those guided aright through the firm faith and those who followed them earnestly up to the Day of Resurrection.
From the teachings of Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ, it becomes clear that after the demise of a person we apparently take him to be lifeless, but he remains alive, although his life is different from our lives. Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ is reported to have said that the act of breaking a bone of the dead body causes him as much pain as is felt by a living person. One day Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ saw Saiyiduna Amr b. Hazmرضي الله عنه.
( Allahﷻ be pleased with him) leaning over a grave. He forbade him to vex the dead body.
When a man dies, he is consigned from this world to Barzakh. Regardless of the fact whether the dead body is laid in the grave or cremated, he retains the power of understanding and comprehension. Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ is reported to have said that when the corpse is put in the bier and the people carry the dead body to the graveyard if he is a pious person, he requests them to carry him as fast as they can and if he is a wrongdoer, he curses the wretchedness in store for him and asks where he is being led to.
Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ is also reported to have said that except human beings everything else hears the cries of the dead body. If a man were to hear the cries of the dead body, he would faint. The interval between death and the Day of Resurrection is called Barzakh. The literal meaning of Barzakh is obstruction or barrier. Since this period is a barrier between this world and the life Hereafter, it is called Barzakh.
Since the people usually bury the dead body, there is only the word “‘grave”’ which finds mention in the traditions in regard to the happiness or punishment of Barzakh. This does not mean that those who are cremated or cast adrift in the river do not remain alive in Barzakh. The fact is that reward and punishment pertain to the soul. It may also be remembered that the Almighty Allah is so Potent that He can assemble the scattered particles to inflict punishment. According to tradition a sinful person while dying, advised his sons to cremate half of his dead body after death and scatter his ashes in the air and flow the other half in the sea. After that, he expressed his apprehensions that God would restore him to life despite the precautions he had taken for his safety. Allahﷻ would give him awful punishment which would be more grievous than the punishment borne by any other man. When he died, his sons acted upon his advice. Then Allahﷻ commanded the sea to assemble all the particles that it contained. The seadid that. Similarly, the air, in obedience to the command of God, assembled all the parts that it contained. The Almighty Allahﷻ gathered together all the particles and restored him to life and asked him why he made \ such a will. He submitted that he had done so for fear of Him and He was best Knower. God forgave him. God forgives those who fear Him.
From the tradition, it is also clear that the believers in Barzakh not only pay a visit to one another but also ask the new entrants about the condition of their acquaintances in the world.
Saiyiduna Sa‘id b. Jubair رضي الله عنه is reported to have said: ‘‘When a man dies, the members of his family in Barzakh welcome him in the same way as the living persons receive a man in the world on his return from a foreign country.”” Saiyiduna Shabit Banani رضي الله عنه1s reported to have said:
“When a man dies his relatives in Barzakh, who are already dead, surround him and feel much greater pleasure in meeting him than that felt by a living person in the world at the time of receiving a man on his return from a foreign country.” Saiyiduna Qais b. Qabisahرضي الله عنه is reported to have said: “The “Holy Prophet ( Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ) disclosed on one -an occasion that a disbeliever could not speak to the dead. Somebody asked him whether the dead could converse with one another. Rasulullahﷺ replied in the affirmative and added that they also pay a visit to one another.
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