Dars e Imam-7 siffats
A”Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem””Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)
Ibn Taymiyya, Siraatal Mustaqeem: A person came to the blessed grave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and requested food from the Prophet ﷺ and sat down. After a while a Hashmi [a member of the Prophet’s saws family ] came to him. He had with him a tray of food, and said, “this food has been sent by the Prophet (saws) and with it he gave a message: Eat it and leave from here because whoever loves us does not make this kind of desire”. (Iqtida as-Sirat al Mustaqim, page 290 by Ibn Taymiyya).
Surely you shall die and they too shall (surely) die. (Az-Zumur – 30)
It is in Hadith – Narrated Ummul Momineen Aisha(ra): Allah’s Apostle (saws) died while Abu Bakr (ra) was at a place called As-Sunah (Al-‘Aliya) ‘Umar (ra) stood up and said, “By Allah (swt)! Allah’s Apostle ﷺ is not dead!” ‘Umar (ra) (later on) said, “By Allah (swt)! Nothing occurred to my mind except that.” He said, “Verily! Allah (swt)will resurrect him and he will cut the hands and legs of some men.” Then Abu Bakr (ra) came and uncovered the face of Allah’s Apostle ﷺ, kissed him and said, “Let my mother and father be sacrificed for you, (O Allah’s Apostle – ﷺ), you are good in life and in death. By Allah (swt)in Whose Hands my life is, Allah (swt)will never make you taste death twice.” Then he went out and said, “O oath-taker! Don’t be hasty.” When Abu Bakr (ra) spoke, ‘Umar (ra) sat down. Abu Bakr (ra) praised and glorified Allah (swt)and said, No doubt! Whoever worshiped Muhammad ﷺ, then Muhammad ﷺ is dead, but whoever worshiped Allah (swt), then Allah (swt)is Alive and shall never die.” Then he recited Surely you shall die and they too shall (surely) die.] (Az-Zumur – 30). (Bukhari Vol 5, Bk 57, # 19)
az zumar Verse No. 30 describes – ” O’ Prophet (saws ), you will die and these Mushrikeen will also die” – but since you are not like one of them, therefore, your state, after death, will be exalted, totally different from their state. Your rewards and responsibilities, after death, are different from the punishment and torment of dead Mushrikeen.
To understand the meaning of this verse, let us read a verse before this verse. We have provided below both these verses for our readers so that they understand true meanings in this context.
Allah (swt) and His Messenger ﷺ puts forth a similitude: a (slave) man belonging to many partners (like those who worship others along with Allah(swt) disputing with one another, and a (slave) man belonging entirely to one master (like those who worship Allah swt alone). Are those two equal in comparison? All the praises and thanks be to Allah (swt)! But most of them know not. Surely you shall die and they too shall (surely) die.] (Az-Zumur – 29-30) (Mohsin Khan Translation )
Verse 29 establishes that the people who worship Idols are not the same as those who worship Allah (swt); in their lives and in Hereafter. Surely, the treatment, rewards and active life of Muslims after their deaths will be different from the punishment of dead Mushrikeen. There are many Quranic verses and Ahadith and quotes mentioned above which testify that Prophets, Sahabah, Awliya Allah are alive, they can see, listen and pray for us. This is Allah’s (swt)beneficence and reward for them.
az zumar Verse No. 30 describes – ”
O’ Prophet ﷺ, you will die and these Mushrikeen will also die” – but since you
are not like one of them, therefore, your state, after death, will be
exalted, totally different from their state. Your rewards and responsibilities,
after death, are different from the punishment and torment of dead
Mushrikeen.
As for those who (do not have faith, and) indulge in (evil) sinful doings, do they think that We place them – both in their life and their death – on equal footing with those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds? Bad indeed is their judgment. ] (Al-Jathiya – 21)
The inmates of Hell and inmates of Paradise are not in the same position. Only the inmates of Paradise are felicitated. (Al-Hashr – 20)
Those are they who are in truth believers. For them are Grades (of honor) with their Lord, and pardon, and a bountiful provision. (Al-Anfal – 4)]
If you could see how the angels receive those who disbelieve, smiting faces and their backs and (saying): Taste the punishment of burning! (Al-Anfal – 50)]
The living and the dead are not alike. Allah (swt)makes whoever he wishes hear, but you cannot make those in graves hear.] (Fatir – 22)
The seven basic attributes of human beings, viz., (1) Life, (2) Knowledge, (3) Seeing, (4) Hearing, (5) Speech, (6) power, and (7) intention, actually belong to the soul. The human body is the place of residence of human soul. When we die, our soul gets associated with a new body (invisible to our physical eyes) suitable with the Life after death.Whether human soul is associated with the physical body of this world or the body of the Life after death, its attributes remain with it. Meaning, our spiritual attributes ( or the attributes of human soul) remain unchanged irrespective of whether we live in this world or in Hereafter. Our association with this physical world comes to an end when our body is buried into the grave. Gradually, our body decomposes under the ground and becomes part of the mud. Since the soul has been detached from physical body, it loses all the faculties of life, hearing, seeing, everything.
Whether
the dead person is good or bad, Muslim or non-Muslim, he gets transferred to
the World after Death (WAD) for all practical purposes. Whether he is subjected
to torment or recompense, everything related to him is done in WAD only.
The torment (Azab) or recompense
(Thawab) in the World after Death is associated with the new body given to the
people when they die. Even in Hell also, when the given body is burnt, a new
body gets associated with the person and the torment continues for ever.The
torment of grave mentioned in Ahadith is also not associated with the mud grave
where our dead bodies are buried. Mud grave is used only for
decomposition of our physical bodies that were provided to us in this
world.However, the place of their burial
becomes the place of connection for the dead people with our World.
Indeed hypocrites (will be) in the lowest depth of the Hell Fire and you ( O’Prophet – saws) will not find any helper for them (An-Nisa – 145).
Fazal/grace =no irada of self so no limitation on rewards/gifts (mahboob/beloved)
Adl is based on amal
fazal is based on nisbat.
Closer to awliya =closer to shafaat
When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)
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