Guide-to-Sound-Creed-A-Book-on-Muslim-Creed-and-Faith
Guide-to-Sound-Creed-A-Book-on-Muslim-Creed-and-Faith
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5. Its c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> the body during the Day <strong>on</strong> which bodies will be<br />
resurrected It is the most inclusive c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> between the body <strong>and</strong><br />
the soul, <strong>and</strong> it cannot be compared <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> the aforementi<strong>on</strong>ed kinds of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong>, for it is a kind ofc<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> with which the body cannot be<br />
dead, asleep or decayed.<br />
2) Torment <strong>and</strong> Pleasure in the Grave<br />
The opini<strong>on</strong> of the Salaf (early <strong>Muslim</strong> scholars) <strong>and</strong> scholars of the<br />
<strong>Muslim</strong> nati<strong>on</strong> is that when some<strong>on</strong>e dies, he is either in <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rment or pleasure<br />
which is experienced by both his body <strong>and</strong> his soul. They agree that the soul<br />
of the deceased feels pleasure or suffers <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rment after being separated from<br />
the body. The soul is sometimes joined <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> the body <strong>and</strong> feels the pleasure or<br />
suffers the <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rment. The Adherents of the Sunnah <strong>and</strong> <strong>Muslim</strong> Community<br />
agree that the soul feels pleasure or suffers <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rment while it is separated from<br />
the body <strong>and</strong> also feels pleasure or suffers <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rment while it is joined with<br />
the body. Thus, the soul <strong>and</strong> the body may feel the pleasure or the <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rment<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>gether; <strong>and</strong> the soul may feel either of them while it is separated from the<br />
body. However, can the body feel the pleasure or suffer the <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rment without<br />
being joined with the soul? There are two different opini<strong>on</strong>s, c<strong>on</strong>cerning<br />
this issue, adopted by the people of Hadith <strong>and</strong> Sunnah, <strong>and</strong> the people of<br />
Scholastic Theology.<br />
Proofs ofTorment <strong>and</strong> Pleasure in the Grave from Qur'an:<br />
1- Allah, Exalted be He, says:<br />
~~nd if you could but see when the wr<strong>on</strong>gdoers are in the<br />
overwhelming pangs ofdeath while the angels extend their<br />
h<strong>and</strong>s, [saying], ~Discharge your souls! Today you will be<br />
awarded the punishment of[extreme] humiliati<strong>on</strong> for what<br />
you used <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> say againstAllah other than the truth <strong>and</strong> [that]<br />
you were, <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ward His verses, being arrogant.' "<br />
(Qur'an: Al-An'am: 93)<br />
The people addressed in the verse cited above are the unjust people<br />
<strong>on</strong> their deathbed. In the same verse, the angels, who are truthful, tell<br />
us that those unjust people are <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> suffer the punishment of extreme<br />
humiliati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> were this <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rment delayed until the end of this world,<br />
then it would not be said <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> them ~•• Today you wiD be awarded..."<br />
(Qur'an: Al-An'am: 93).<br />
Thus, the <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rment referred <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> in the verse is the <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rment in the grave.
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