Advice for the Muslim

him his wish or relieve him of troubles. To them, men do not hear
or see after death; they become soil. They say that there is no such
thing as grave-life. They do not believe that the dead can be
recourses in some way as the living people are made mediators for
attaining something in this world. They would not make such a
denial if they believed that the dead are alive with a kind of life
called the life-in-the-grave, that is, being alive with this life, they
know, hear, see and recognize visitors and answer the ones who
greet them, that they visit one another, that they are in blessings or
tortures, that favours or tortures come both to the soul and to the
body, that they are informed of the deeds of the living people they
knew when they were alive, that they thank Allâhu ta’âlâ, give
good news to one another and pray for those who do good deeds
when they are informed of the good deeds of the living people, and
that they pray saying, “Oh my Allah! May You make them do good
deeds! May You grant them salvation as You have granted to us,”
when they hear about their bad deeds. Because, death is migration
from one house to another. The Qur’ân al-karîm, the Hadîth ashsharîf
and ijmâ’ al-Umma teach these facts. He who does not believe
in these will have not believed in the things which are wâjib to be
believed and, therefore, will become a man of bid’a, departing from
Rasûlullâh’s (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam) sunna. Because it
is one of the six pirnciples of îmân that men will rise alive from their
graves on the Day of Resurrection to gather at the place of
Mahshar, anyone who does not believe this becomes a kâfir.
Disbelief in the fact that the dead live in the grave and feel the
favours and punishments, by unanimity of the al-Ummat al-
Muhammadiyya, is a disbelief in the Minor Resurrection which is an
example of the Resurrection.
The ignoramuses who do not believe in the torture in the grave
say:
“Bodies rot and organs disappear in graves. They do not hear
nor see. There is neither torture nor blessing for the body.”
We say to them, “You, too, believe that the soul does not die.
Therefore, you should believe that the soul feels, hears and sees,
too. Hence, you should not oppose Muslims’ expecting souls to
be mediators by asking them for intercession and help for Allâhu
ta’âlâ to create. Because, all religions preach that the soul
remains alive after death. You should not deny that living souls
can be intermediaries or causes for Allâhu ta’âlâ’s creating,
while you believe that living men can be.” Because they have not
been able to think on this subject openmindedly, they say, “No
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