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From the teachings of our Holy Prophet
Muhammad (Sallallahu-Alayhi-Wasallam) it becomes clear that
after the demise of a person we apparently take him/her to be lifeless,
but that person remains alive, although his/her life is different from
our lives. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu-Alayhi-Wasallam)
is reported to have said that the act of breaking a bone of the dead body
causes the deceased as much pain as is felt by a living person.
When a person dies, he/she is consigned from
this world to Barzakh. Regardless of the fact whether the dead body
is laid in the grave or cremated, the demised retains power of understanding
and comprehension. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu-Alayhi-Wasallam)
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 the deceased is a pious
person, he/she requests them to carry him/her as fast as they can and if
the deceased is a wrong-doer, he/she curses the wretchedness in store for
him/her and asks where he/she is being led to. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu-Alayhi-Wasallam)
is also reported to have said that except human beings everything else
hears the cries of the dead body. If a person were to hear the cries of
the dead body, they would faint. The interval between death and the Day
of Resurrection is called Barzakh.
See also:
Death and the Grave
What is death?
Every soul shall taste death
Merits of the
Remembrance of Death
Three categories of mankind
Thinking of death
Poem
Death a gift of believer
Life after Death |
Faith