Dars e Imam-Alive

“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)

Quran testifies that Salih (as) addressed his nation, who had already perished, which clarifies  that the dead can Hear. Quran also testifies that dead can hear irrespective of being close or far away. Near or remote calls do not make any difference to the Dead. Look at the verse, Salih (as) addresses his dead nation as “O’my people”. This confirms the fact that calling “Ya Rasulullah” ﷺ is as per the commandments of Quran.Their rules of hearing, seeing and talking are different from ours.    

O’ye who believe! Turn not (for friendship) to people on whom is the Wrath of Allah, of the Hereafter they are already in despair, just as the Unbelievers are in despair about those in graves.

“The Prophets are alive and they pray in their graves” (Narrated by al-Mundhiri and Baihaqi who classified it as authentic)

Allah has declared it forbidden for the earth to eat the bodies of the prophets. So the prophets are living and they regularly receive their sustenance. Ibn Majah ,Abu Dawud, Nasa’i, Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad

“Whoever recites Durood at my grave, I hear him, and whoever recites it afar, it is conveyed to me.” (al-Uqayli,  al-Khateeb and Ibn Asakir.  Ibn Taymiyyah also classified it as Sahih) 

Abu Talha (ra) reported: “On the day of the Battle of Badr  Allah’s Apostle ﷺ ordered that the bodies of twenty-four leaders of the Quraish be thrown into one of the foul, abandoned wells of Badr.  On the third day after the battle,  the Prophet ﷺ called for his mount and saddled it. Then he set out, so his companions followed him. They said amongst themselves, “He must be going to something important.”

When the Prophet ﷺ arrived at the well, he stood at its edge and began addressing those therein by calling upon them by their names, “O so and so, Son of so and so; and You, so and so, Son of so and so! Would it not have been easier to have obeyed Allah (swt)and His Messenger ﷺ ? We have found that which our Lord promised us to be true.  Did you find what your Lord promised you to be true?

Thereupon ‘Umar (ra) said, “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, what are you saying to these bodies without souls?!  Do they hear?  For Allah (swt)says, “Verily, you cannot make the dead hear. The Prophet (saws) answered, “By Him in whose hand lies the soul of Mohammad ﷺ, you did not hear better than them what I just said.” (Bukhari and Muslim).

Narrated Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (ra) : Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said, “When the funeral is ready (for its burial) and the people lift it on their shoulders, then if the deceased is a righteous person he says, ‘Take me ahead,’ and if he is not a righteous one, then he says, ‘Woe to it (me)! Where are you taking it (me)?’ And his voice is audible to everything except human beings; and if they heard it they would fall down unconscious.” (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 23, Number 462).

Anas bin Malik (ra) reported that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said: ‘After the deceased (dead) is placed in his grave and his companions turn to leave, he hears the shuffling of their feet as they walk away. Then there comes to him the two angels.’ (Part of Hadith) (Bukhari and Muslim).

Hadhrat lbn Abbas (ra) narrated that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ passed by some graves of Madinah  He turned his face towards them, and said: Peace be on you, O people of the graves! May Allah (swt)forgive us and you. You have gone before us and we are to follow. (Tirmidhi, Chapter 59, Hadith # 1055).

If one salutes a dead person he knows (says As-Salamu Alaikum) while passing by his grave, the dead person responds to his salutation and recognizes him. If one salutes a dead person he does not know while passing by his grave, the dead person responds to his salutation. (Gazali, Ihyau Ulumi’d-din, IV, Ziyaratu’l Qubur). 

Prophet Mohammad ﷺ said ‘Whoever visits my grave, my intercession will be guaranteed for him’. This is Hasan (fair) narration as concluded by the great scholar Taqi al-Din al-Subki in his book Shifa al-Siqam.

Muhammad b. Qais (ra) said (to the people): Should I not narrate to you (a Hadith of the Holy Prophet – ﷺ on my authority and on the authority of my mother? We thought that he meant the mother who had given him birth. He (Muhammad b. Qais (ra) then reported that it was ‘A’isha (ra) who had narrated this: Should I not narrate to you about myself and about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? We said: Yes. She said: When it was my turn for Allah’s Messenger(saws) to spend the night with me, he turned his side, put on his mantle and took off his shoes and placed them near his feet and spread the corner of his shawl on his bed and then lay down till he thought that I had gone to sleep.  He took hold of his mantle slowly and put on the shoes slowly, and opened the door and went out and then closed it lightly. I covered my head, put on my veil and tightened my waist wrapper, and then went out following his steps till he reached Baqi’.  He stood there and he stood for a long time.   He then lifted his hands three times, and then returned and I also returned.  He hastened his steps and I also hastened my steps. He ran and I too ran. He came (to the house) and I also came (to the house). I, however, preceded him and I entered (the house), and as I lay down in the bed, he (saws)entered the (house), and said: Why is it, O ‘A’isha (ra), that you are out of breath? I said: There is nothing. He said: Tell me or the Subtle and the Aware Allah (swt) would inform me. I said: Messenger of Allah ﷺ may my father and mother be ransom for you, and then I told him (the whole story). He said: Was it the darkness (of your shadow) that I saw in front of me? I said: Yes.  He then said: Did you think that Allah (swt)and His Apostle ﷺ would deal unjustly with you? She said: Whatsoever the people conceal, Allah (swt)will know it. He said: Gabriel (as) came to me when you saw me. He called me and he concealed it from you. I responded to his call, but I too concealed it from you. I thought that you had gone to sleep, and I did not like to awaken you, fearing that you may be frightened. He (as)said: Your Lord has commanded you to go to the inhabitants of Baqi’  and beg pardon for them. I said: how should I pray for them? He said: Say, Peace be upon the inhabitants of this city from among the Believers and the Muslims, and may Allah (swt)have mercy on those who have gone ahead of us, and those who come later on, and we shall, Insha-Allah, join you.  (Muslim – Book #004, Hadith #2127)

Signs of  life staring heart

1.No duniya in the heart

2.zikrullah/ibadat gives sukoon/peace

3.enjoys sohabate auliya

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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