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become hotter than the fire of this world and none can feel this except
the dead one. This is because Allah is able <strong>to</strong> do what people deemed <strong>to</strong>
be far-fetched and cannot be done.
Nonetheless, ifAllah wants <strong>to</strong> make anyone aware ofthe <strong>to</strong>rment in the grave,
He may do so and make it unseen <strong>to</strong> other people. Had Allah made it possible
for all people <strong>to</strong> see the <strong>to</strong>rment in the grave, the wisdom behind the divine
obligations and believing in what is unseen would have been useless. Moreover,
this may make people s<strong>to</strong>p burying the dead amongst them. In this regard, it is
related in the Two Sahihs that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said:
"Were it not for the reason that you would s<strong>to</strong>p burying (your dead), I
would invoke Allah <strong>to</strong> make you hear the <strong>to</strong>rment in the grave, which
I am hearing."
As this is not the case with regard <strong>to</strong> animals, for they are not charged with
duties like human beings, they can hear what results from the <strong>to</strong>rment in the
grave. This happened when the mule of Allah's Messenger (PBUH) deviated
from the way and was about <strong>to</strong> drop him when he passed by a grave where a
deceasedperson was being <strong>to</strong>rmented. In effect, seeing the fire in the grave is like
seeing the angels and the jinn; Allah makes it possible for whomsoever He likes.
Here and at this point, it seems pertinent <strong>to</strong> air a question that how could the
one who really knows Allah, Exalted be He, and confesses His great Might, deny
Allah's Might <strong>to</strong> do things which He conceals from the sights of some people?
Allah does so out ofHis great Wisdom and Mercy, for people cannot bear seeing
or hearing the <strong>to</strong>rment in the grave. Besides, the human being is <strong>to</strong>o weak, either
with regard <strong>to</strong> his sight or his hearing, <strong>to</strong> see the <strong>to</strong>rment in grave. The wisdom
behind this is that what happens in the grave regarding expansion, constriction,
light, greenness or fire, are unlike what is known in this world Allah, Exalted
be He, has made people witness in this life what belongs <strong>to</strong> it; but as for what
belongs <strong>to</strong> the Hereafter, Allah has concealed it from people. Thus, when people
confess and believe in this unseen world, this will lead them <strong>to</strong> being pleased
(in the Hereafter), and ifthis is revealed, it will be seen and witnessed by them.
Moreover, ifthe deceased person was <strong>to</strong> be placed among people, it would not be
difficult for the Two Angels <strong>to</strong> come <strong>to</strong> him and ask him without those present
around him noticing it. Moreover, the deceased person would answer them
without those around him being able <strong>to</strong> hear him; besides, the Angels would
punish him without the people present being able <strong>to</strong> see him being <strong>to</strong>rmented
In addition, one may sleep near another who is awake and the former may be
<strong>to</strong>rmented and beaten, and may suffer pain in one's dream, without the one who
is awake noticing anything ofthat.