The Rising and the Hereafter

Another­person­was­seen­in­a­dream­and­was­asked,­“How­did
Allâhu­ta’âlâ­behave­towards­you?”­The­dead­person­said,­“As­the
person­who­was­washing­me­turned­me­harshly­from­one­side­to
the­other,­an­iron­nail­on­the­bench­scratched­my­body.­That­hurt
me­very­badly.”­When­the­person­who­had­washed­the­corpse­was
asked­about­it­the­following­morning,­he­said­that­it­was­true.­“It
did­happen,­although­inadvertently,”­he­added.
Another­one­was­seen­in­a­dream­and­was­asked,­“How­have
you­been?­Didn’t­you­die­the­other­day?”­“Yes,­I­did,”­he­replied.
“I­am­in­a­state­of­khayr,­(i.e.­I­am­well­off­here.’­However,­as­they
were­shovelling­earth­into­my­grave,­a­piece­of­stone­fell­on­my
body­ and­ broke­ two­ of­ my­ bones.­ That­ gave­ me­ a­ lot­ of­ pain.”
Thereupon­they­opened­his­grave­and­saw­that­it­was­as­he­had
said.
A­person­was­dreamed­of­by­his­son­and­said­to­his­son,­“O,
you,­bad­son!­Put­things­right­in­daddy’s­grave!­For­the­rain­has
caused­a­lot­of­trouble.”­Thereupon­they­opened­his­grave.­Indeed,
it­was­like­an­irrigation­trench.­Flood­had­filled­it­up.
An­A’rabî­(nomad­Arab)­relates:­When­I­asked­my­(dead)­son
how­Allâhu­ta’âlâ­had­treated­him,­he­said,­“I­am­all­right.­Yet,
because­ I­ was­ buried­ in­ a­ grave­ near­ that­ of­ a­ fâsiq­ person,­ my
heart­feels­fear­because­of­the­torment­being­inflicted­on­him.”­As
is­ clearly­ understood­ from­ these­ stories­ and­ many­ another
analogous­story­being­related,­dead­people­suffer­torment­in­their
graves.­ For­ that­ matter,­ our­ blessed­ Prophet­ ‘sall-Allâhu­ ta’âlâ
’alaihi­wa­sallam’­prohibited­to­break­the­bones­of­a­corpse­and,
when­one­day­he­saw­someone­sitting­on­one­side­of­a­grave,­he
said,­ “Don’t torment the dead in their graves”­ and­ “Just as the
living people sense and feel sorrows and pains in their homes,
likewise the dead people sense and feel sorrows and pains in their
graves.”
When­ our­ blessed­ Prophet­ ‘sall-Allâhu­ ’alaihi­ wa­ sallam’
visited­the­grave­of­Hadrat­Âmina,­his­blessed­mother,­he­wept,
and­so­did­the­people­with­him.­He­explained:­“I asked my Rabb
(Allâhu­ ta’âlâ) for permission so that I could invoke Him for
forgiveness on her behalf. He refused to give me permission to do
so.”­Then­he­stated:­“When I invoked Him to give me permission
to visit her grave, He gave me permission. Then, you, too, visit
graves. For, such visits will cause you to remember death.”
[Afterwards,­ Rasûlullah­ was­ given­ permission­ to­ invoke­ Allâhu
ta’âlâ­ for­ forgiveness­ on­ behalf­ of­ his­ parents.­ They­ had­ been
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