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For the Muslim, the best way to live a faithful life, a life true to the significance Allah gave it, is to live it with an eye on death.
The Muslim's awareness of death, however, is not fatalism or a cultic obsession with death and disrespect for life.
It is rather, a positive and healthy awareness of the reality of death for the sole purpose of preparing for it and the afterlife right here and now.
The whole of this life constitutes a trial and a test by means of which his final destiny is determined. Death is the return of the soul to its Creator, Allah the Almighty, and the inevitability of death and the Hereafter is never far from his consciousness. This serves to keep all of his life and deeds in perspective as he tries to live in preparedness for what is to come.
The afterlife is not a philosophical matter in Islam. It is a reality that every prophet sent to mankind, peace be upon them all, has warned his people about. There are numerous references to the Hereafter in the Qur?an and the hadith of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Many descriptions and warnings about the Day of Judgment can be found in both sources and we, as Muslims, take them to be fact, not conjecture or philosophy.
A belief in life after death in Islam is a pillar of faith. It is a main rationale for the religion of Islam itself. In saying this, I mean that there is not much point for Allah to give us the beautiful gift of Islam as a way of life, if there is no continuation of life in the Hereafter.
If there were no belief in the Hereafter, people would feel free to do as they please, at least to the limits that other people would set for them and enforce. They would only have their personal desires as a guide for behaviour and belief. They would not feel accountable for the deeds that are hidden from the knowledge of society. A belief in the Hereafter helps us to keep in mind that there is a God, Allah, and He has prepared a great reward for those who do good and a severe punishment for those who only follow their selfish desires.
Death is actually just a transitional point, where we leave this worldly life and enter into a different, everlasting life. For some the next life is a pleasant existence, which is much better than we could even ever imagine it could be. For others the next life is a terrible existence, which is unimaginable in its torments.
A person who concerns himself only with this world and seeks the rewards and fruits of this life chooses for himself a life similar to that of worms and animals. He then dies at the end of his appointed term. On the other hand, a person who looks up to the higher horizon enjoys the life of a man whom Allah has honoured and placed in charge of the earth. This is how the Qur'an views the essence of life and death. www.youtube.com
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has added a new journal(Fathul Baaree of Ibn Hajr, 3/233): "He sufficed with affirming its existence, in contrast to those who totally deny it from the Khawarij and some of the Mu'tazilah such as Diraar ibn 'Amr and Bishr al Mareesee and those who agree with them. And they are opposed in that by most of the Mu'tazilah and all of Ahlus-Sunnah and others"
The Messenger of Allaah (p.b.u.h.) said, "The souls of the believers are inside green birds in the trees of Paradise until Allah returns them to their bodies on the Day of Resurrection." (Sahih: At Tabarani in al Kabeer from Ka'b Ibn Malik & Umm Mubashshir)
The Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h.) said, "Seek Allah's protection from the punishment of the grave since punishment of the grave is a fact/true." (Sahih: At Tabarani in al Kabeer from Umm Khalid Bint Khalid Ibn Sa'eed Ibn al 'Aas.)
The Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h.) said, "Everyone who dies - then his actions are sealed except for the one guarding the border in the way of Allah - his actions continue to increase for him until the Day of Resurrection and he is saved from the trials of the Grave." (Sahih: Abu Dawud, at Tirmidhi, al Haakim from Fadaalah Ibn Ubaid & Ahmad from Uqbah ibn Aamir.)
The Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h.) said, "Verily the grave is the first stopping place for the Hereafter; so if he is saved therein, then what comes after is easier than it. And if he is not saved there from, then that which comes after is harder." (Hasan: At Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, al Hakim: from Uthmaan)
The Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h.) said, "When the dead person is buried, two black-blue angels come to him, one called al Munkar and the other called an Nakeer, and they say to him: 'What had you used to say about this man?' So he says what he used to say: 'Allah's slave and His Messenger, I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.' So they say: 'Verily we knew that you (would) say that.' Then his grave is widened for him to the extent of seventy cubits by seventy, then it is made light for him, then it is said: ' Sleep.' So he says: 'I should go to my family and inform them.' So they say: 'Sleep as the newly married sleeps whom no-one awakes except his favorite wife.' Until Allah raises him up from that place of sleep. And if he is a hypocrite (munaafiq), he says: 'I heard the people saying something so I said it too, I don't know.' So they say: 'We knew that you (would) say that.' So it is said to the earth: 'Crush him', so he is crushed until his cross over and he remains in the state of torture until Allah raises him up from that resting place." (Hasan: At Tirmidhi from Abu Hurairah.)
The Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h.) said, "When a human being is laid in his grave and his companions return and he even hears their footsteps, two angels come to him and make him sit and ask him: 'What did you use to say about this man, Muhammad?' He will say: 'I testify that he is Allah's slave and His Apostle.' Then it will be said to him, 'Look at your place in the Hell-Fire. Allah has changed for you a place in Paradise instead of it.' The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) added, "The dead person will see both his places. But a non-believer or a hypocrite will say to the angels, 'I do not know, but I used to say what the people used to say!' It will be said to him: 'Neither did you know nor did you take the guidance (by reciting the Quran).' Then he will be hit with an iron hammer between his ears, and he will cry and that cry will be heard by whatever approaches him except human beings and Jinns." (Sahih: Al Bukhari (2/422), Muslim, Ahmad, Abu Dawud, an-Nasaa'ee from Anas.)
Al Bara Ibn 'Azib said: "We went out with the Prophet of Allah (p.b.u.h.) accompanying the bier of a man of the Ansar. When he reached his grave, it was not yet dug. So the Prophet of Allah (p.b.u.h.) sat down and we also sat down around him as if birds were over our heads. He had in his hand a stick by which he was scratching the ground. He then raised his head and said: 'Seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of the grave.' He said it twice or thrice. The version of Jarir adds here: 'He hears the beat of their sandals when they go back, and at that moment he asked: O so and so! Who is your Lord, what is your religion, and who is your Prophet?' Hannad's version has: 'Two angels will come to him, make him sit up, and ask him: Who is your Lord?' He will reply: 'My Lord is Allah.' They will ask him: 'What is your religion?' He will reply: 'My religion is Islam.' They will ask him: 'What is your opinion about the man who was sent on a mission among you?' He will reply: 'He is the Apostle of Allah.' They will ask: 'Who made you aware of this?' He will reply: 'I read Allah's Book, believed in it, and considered it true, which is verified by Allah's word: 'Allah establishes those who believe with the word that stands firm in this world and the next.'' The agreed version goes: 'Then a crier will call from the heaven: My servant has spoken the truth, so spread a bed for him from Paradise, clothe him in Paradise, and open a door for him into Paradise. So some of its air and perfume will come to him, and a space will be made for him as far as the eye can see.' He also mentioned the death of the infidel, saying: 'His spirit will be restored to his body, two angels will come to him, make him sit up and ask him: Who is your Lord? He will reply: 'Alas, alas! I do not know.' They will ask him: 'What is your religion? He will reply: 'Alas, alas! I do not know.' They will ask: 'Who is this man who was sent on a mission among you?' He will reply: 'Alas, alas! I do not know.' Then a crier will call from the heaven: 'He has lied, so spread a bed for him from Hell, clothe him from Hell and open for him a door into Hell. Then some of its heat and pestilential wind will come to him, and his grave will become restricted, so his ribs will be pressed together.' Jarir's version adds: 'One who is blind and dumb will then be placed in charge of him, having a sledge hammer such that if a mountain were struck with it, it would become dust. He will give him a blow with it which will be heard by everything between the east and the west except by men and jinn, and he will become dust. Then his spirit will be restored to him.' (Sahih: Ahmad, Abu Dawud (3/4735) Ibn Khuzaimah, al Haakim, al Baihaqee in 'Shu'ab ul-Imaan', ad Diyaa from al Bara.)
The Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h.) said, "...the righteous man sits in his grave and is not alarmed or afraid, then it is said to him (by angels): 'In (what state) were you?' So he says: 'In the (state of) Islam.' So it is said to him: 'What is this man?' So he says: 'Muhammad the Messenger of Allah who came to us with clear signs from Allah, so we believed that.' Then it is said to him: 'Have you seen Allah?' So he says: 'It does not behove any man that he sees Allah.' So an opening is made for him in the direction of the Fire, so he sees it, some parts of it smashing into others, and it is said to him: 'Look at what Allah, the Exalted, has saved you from.' Then an opening is made for him in the direction of Paradise, and he looks to its brilliance and what is therein and it is said to him: 'This is your place.' And it is said to him: 'You were upon certain Faith and died upon it and upon it you will be raised up, if Allah wills.' And the wicked man sits in his grave alarmed and terrified and so it is said to him: 'In what state were you?' So he says: 'I do not know.' So it is said to him: 'Who is this man?' So he says: 'I heard the people saying something so I said it!' So an opening is made for him in the direction of Paradise and he sees its brilliance and what is therein, and it is said to him: 'Look at what Allah has refused you.' Then an opening is made for him in the direction of the Fire, so he sees it crashing against itself and it is said: 'This is your place, you lived upon doubt and died upon it and you will be raised up upon it, if it is Allah's will." (Sahih: Ibn Majah from Abu Hurairah.)