Originally published on 29 Aug 2016 by DuSunnah.com
TRANSLATOR: Ṣalaḥ al-Irānī
SOURCE: http://www.ibnothaimeen.com/all/noor/article_691.shtml
by Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Sāliḥ al-Uthaymīn
Questioner:
When
a person dies, do they [immediately] go to paradise or the hell-fire after
their death, or do they remain in the grave until the Day of Judgement? We ask
for your clarification of this matter with some additional facts relating
to it?
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn:
The
body of the dead will remain on earth, in the place that it was buried in,
until the Day of Judgement. Allāh ﷻ said,
وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ
فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ ۞
“And
the Trumpet will be blown (i.e. the second blowing) and behold! From the
graves they will come out quickly to their Lord.” (Q
36:51)
And
He ﷻ said,
وَمِن وَرَائِهِم
بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ۞
“And
behind them is mediary world (barzakh) until the Day when they will be
resurrected.” (Q 23:100)
Therefore
the body (of the deceased person ) will remain on earth. As for their soul,
then it is either in Paradise or Hell
Allāh ﷻ said,
الَّذِينَ
تَتَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ ۙ يَقُولُونَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمُ
ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۞
“Those
whose lives the angels take while they are in a pious state (i.e. pure from all
evil, and worshipping none but Allāh Alone)
saying (to them): peace be on you enter you Paradise, because of (the
good) which you used to do (in the world).” (Q
16:32)
So
Allāh ﷻ has
made clear that this statement (of the Angels) will be at the time of death,
meaning that they will enter into paradise on the day of their death, and this
only for the soul, not for the body. It has also been reported from the
Prophet ﷺ that
he said: ”If the dead person in the grave is a believer, then a door to
Paradise will be opened for them, and its comfort and bliss
will come to them. As for the non-Muslim, then their soul is (likewise) taken
to the punishment.
Allāh ﷻ said about the people of Fir’awn,
النَّارُ
يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُوًّا وَعَشِيًّا ۖ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ
أَدْخِلُوا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَشَدَّ الْعَذَابِ ۞
“The
Fire; they are exposed to it, morning and afternoon, and on the Day when the Hour will be
established (it will be said) to the angels): ”Cause Fir’awn’s (Pharaoh) people
to enter the severest torment!” (Q
40:46)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ
تَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا فِيمَ كُنتُمْ ۖ
قَالُوا كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ
قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ
أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا ۚ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمْ
جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا ۞
“Verily!
As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are
wronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even
though emigration was obligatory for them), they (angels) say, “In
what (condition) were you?” They reply: “We
were weak and oppressed on earth. “They
(angels) say: “Was
not the earth of Allāh
spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?
“Such men will find their abode in Hell – What an evil
destination!” (Q 4:97)
وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ
يَتَوَفَّى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۙ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ
وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ ۞
“And if you could see when the angels
take away the souls of those who disbelieve (at death), they smite their faces
and their backs, (saying): “Taste the
punishment of the blazing Fire.” (Q 8:50)
So
this is evidence that the deceased person who is a believer will meet their
reward in Paradise on the day of their death, and the non-Muslim will
meet their punishment on the day of their death. This is in regards to the
soul. As for the body, then indeed it will remain on earth until the Day of Judgement,
and the soul will become reunited with it, either (being) punished or
blessed, as the narrations indicate.
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Transcriber's note: edited on 2/23/2019 @ 8:09 PM, changes made as follows; Allāh instead of Allaah, ۞ added at the end of every ayah (ex. arabic texts).
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