Dars e Imam-Soul Meeting
“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)
Another evidence
which proves that spirits meet each other in the intermediate realm is the
hadith which informs that the spirit of a believer that is ascended to the
heavens after death is welcomed by the angels and they will ask him about those
in the world. In the hadith reported from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the Prophet ﷺ stated: “When the spirit of the believer is ascended to the
heavens, it is welcomed by the angels.” In the hadith reported by Abu
Hurayra in Ibn Hibban Sahih, the following is stated: “When it is taken to the place where the spirits of the believers
are, they become happy as if they have found someone who was lost.”
see Abdullah Sirajuddin, ibid, p. 106.Just like a person who brings glad
tidings is welcome in the world. Meanwhile the angels that bring the spirit of
the person who has just died say:-Let him rest for a while because he was in a
great trouble. If he says “ It was already dead before me”,-they say “Inna
Lillah wa inna Inna Ilayhi Raji’un (we belong to Allah and we will turn to him),
it has gone to Hawiya (Hell), its eternal place to stay. How bad it is there
and what an evil educator it is”. see Nasai, Cenâiz, 9, c. IV, s. 8-9;
Suyuti, S. Sudur, v. 37 a; B. al-Kaib, v. 144 b; Ibnu’l-Qayyim, a.g. e, s. 20;
Rodosîzâde, ibid, v, 26a; A Siracuddin, ibid. s. 106.
Regarding this
issue, Abdullah b. Mubarak is also reported to have said : “ The people in the grave expect news. When a dead person arrives
there, they ask him questions like “what did this or that person do?” When he
says for a person who is asked about : “ He is dead. Did he not meet you?”,
they reply : “ Inna Lillah wa Inna Ilayhi Raji’un” and they add : He went to a
different way than ours.” Ibnu’l-Qayyim, ibid. s. 19: Birgivî, R. FÎ Ah.
Etfâlİ’l-Müslimin, s. 85; Birgivî bu konuyu işledikten sonra, vasiyyet etmeden
ölenlerin berzahta konuşamayacaklarım ve berzah ehlinin sorularına cevap
veremeyeceklerini ilave eder. (bkz. ibid, s. 85.)
Sa’id b. Al-Musayyad from Tabiin (d. 94/712) said : “ When a person dies, he is welcomed by his child ( that died before him) like a person who returns home from a military expedition.” Ibnu’l-Qayyim, ibid, s. 19; Rodosizade, ibid. v. 25 a. This hadith, which informs that the dead meet each other in the intermediate realm and receive the news from those who have just died and joined them there, and similar news are supported by the information that the people in the grave are informed about the actions and deeds of their children, grandchildren and close relatives and they become happy because of the news of the good deeds and actions their relatives commit and they also become upset about the news they receive about the evil deeds their relatives commit.
The people in the grave are informed about the actions
and deeds of their relatives and friends they have left behind and they become
happy due to good deeds and become upset by the bad deeds they commit. Rodosizade, ibid. v. 7 b.
Mujahid is
reported to have said : “ A person is
given the glad tidings of his child’s good deeds after himself.” Ibnu’l-Qayyim,
ibid, p. 12.
Sa’id b. Jubayr (d. 95/714) is reported to have stated : “ It is for sure that the dead people are informed about the people who are alive. There is nobody whose relative(s) passed away and who is left uninformed about the relatives he leaves behind. If the news they receive is good, they become happy and if it is not, they become upset.” Hasan al-‘Idwi, ibid, p. 16, Egypt, 1316.
Abu’d Darda (d.
32/652), from the Honored Companions, used to pray like this : “O Allah, I take refuge in you from a deed
which may make my dead relatives feel ashamed of” ibid.
Abdullah b.
Mubarak reports that Abu Ayyub al-Ansari said : “ The deeds of the people who are alive are reported to the dead. If
they receive good news, they become happy and share the glad tidings but if
they receive bad news, they pray “ O, Allah keep him away from it”.
Ibnu’l-Qayyim, ibid, p. 7; Rodosizade, ibid, v, 8 b.
As can be understood from the dead people asking for news from a person who has recently died, we cannot say that the dead people receive the news about the people alive on their own – except for the ones Allah wills. For this reason, we learn that they are informed by those who have just arrived and joined them. Their receiving news from the new-comers proves that they meet and talk to each other.
The spirits of the dead meet and talk to each other in the intermediate realm. Is it possible that those who are not dead yet and alive can meet and talk to those who are in the intermediate realm? And is there some kind of contact of the dead with those who are alive? Let us now deal with it:
Meeting of those who are alive with those who are in the intermediate realm
The meeting of those who are alive with those who are in the intermediate realm is two types : while awake and while asleep.
The most outstanding example and the proof of its probability are the hadiths which inform us about the Prophet’s ﷺ meeting the spirits of some Prophets on Miraj and teach us about visit to graves.
Allah indicates in
the Qur’an addressing to Muhammad ﷺ: “And ask (their true followers about) those of Our Messengers whom We
sent before you: did We ever enable deities to be worshipped apart from the
All-Merciful?” az-Zukhruf, 43/45. ‘While some interpreters of the Qur’an
claimed this action of asking was only peculiar to Isra and the night of Miraj
(27), 27- see Ibn Kathir, Tafsir, a. IV, p. 129.some others interpreted this as
Allah made Muhammad (pbuh) able to talk
with previous prophets. In this second viewpoint, recording the absolute
word in the verse as Isra and Miraj would be an incorrect interpretation. And it is right to understand the verse as it
is and the Prophet (pbuh) was given this permission whenever he needed.
Abdullah Sirajuddin, ibid, p. 109-110.
Muhammad’s ﷺ meeting with other
prophets while he was still alive is something possible to happen. And it is of
no difficulty for Allah to do this. This happened when Allah made him
meet them and in the night of Miraj, Muhammad
ﷺ met the spirits of the Prophets at Al-Masjid al-Aqsa
while he was awake. Later, some reports prove that
he met some of them in the heavens. Bukhari, Sahih, Salat, l, v. I, p.
91-92; Anbiya, 5, v. IV, p. 106-107; Muslim.Sahih.lman, 74, v.I,p.l48;
Fadail,42,v.IV,p.l845; Nasai, Sunan, Qiyamu’1-Layl, 15, v. m,ps. 215; A. b.
Hanbal, Musnad, v. ffl, p. 120, 248; v. V. p. 59,143.
Function of Heart =irada/ intention and function of brain=interpretation
Irada meaning protection from sins,good manners ,obedience ,colouring with prophet’s ahklaq(sunnah).
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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