Life After Death-Hazrath Abu Ayub Al Ansari (ra)

“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)

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The Prophet(saws) used to say in his supplication when performing the prayer over the dead, “O Allah, whomever of us you make to live, let him live in Islam, and whomever of us you make to die, let him die in iman,”(ahmad)

“The Prophets are alive and they pray in their graves” ( al-Mundhiri and al-Bayhaqi)

When the believer is placed in the grave, he is made to sit, and is approached (by the two angels); he then testifies that there is no deity (worthy of being worshipped) but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Allah makes the believers firm with firm words.(bukhari)

Ibn ‘Umar, Abu Talhah, and Anas (ra) reported that, after the battle of Badr, the Prophet (saws) commanded his followers to cast twenty four of the most disdainful among the dead of the Quraysh into a veryfilthy ditch in Badr. Then, as was his practice after victory, he spent three nights in the neighborhood of the battleground. On the third day, he had his animal prepared for departure, and then went and stood with his companions at the verge of the ditch. He called out the dead men with their names and the names of their parent saying: 0 such and such, son of such and such! O such and such, son of such and such! … Don’t you wish that you had obeyed Allah and His Messenger? Indeed, we have found our Lord’s promises to us true; have you found you Lord’s promises true?Whereupon ‘Umar(ra)(and others) exclaimed, “Are you addressing them after having been dead for three nights, and when these bodies have no souls in them? Can they hear? Allah(swt)says: Verily, you cannot make the dead hear you.” He (saws)replied: By Him in whose hand is Muhammad’s soul, They can hear me NOW; and you cannot hear what I am saying better than they can! But they cannot respond. (bukhari, muslim, ahmed)

Narrated by Amr ibn al-‘As (ra) : Ibn Shamasah (ra) said: We went to Amr ibn al-‘As (ra) and he was about to die. He wept for a long time and turned his face towards the wall. His son said: Did the Messenger of Allah (saws) not give you tidings of this? Did the Messenger of Allah (saws) not give you tidings of this? He (the narrator) said: He turned his face (towards the audience) and said: The best thing which we can count upon is the testimony that there is no god but Allah (swt)and that Muhammad (saws) is the Apostle of Allah. Verily I have passed through three phases.  When I die, let neither female mourner nor fire accompany me. When you bury me, fill my grave well with earth, then stand around it for a time which a camel is slaughtered and its meat is distributed so that I may enjoy your intimacy and (in your company) ascertain what answer I can give to the messengers (angels) of Allah (swt). (Muslim)

Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (ra) placed his forehead on the grave of Prophet Mohammad (saws).  Marwan Ibn al-Hakam, the Governor of Madina, saw him and held his neck.  Abu Ayyub (ra) said I did not come to the Stone (Idol).  I came to the Messenger of Allah (saws). I heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) say: Do not weep for Islam if the qualified people were in-charge, but weep for it, if it was under the charge of unqualified. (mustadrak Al-Hakim)

‘Uthman(ra)narrated that after Allah’s Messenger(saws)buried a person, he (saws)would stand by the grave and say:Ask Allah to grant to your brother forgiveness and firmness (of words), because he is being questioned at this moment (al hakim)

As death approached him(sahabi) ‘Amr Bin al-‘As (ra)said to his companions: “After you bury me, stand around my grave for as long as it takes to slaughter a camel and distribute its meat; I will thus be comforted by your presence while I am considering how to respond to my Lord’s Messengers (the two angels).”(muslim)

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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