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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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How Surat al-Mulk becomes a protection from the punishment of the grave, along with the hadith: “Indeed, in the grave there is a squeeze; if anyone were to escape it…” the hadith

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is mentioned in a hadith that
Surat al-Mulk is the one that saves from the punishment of the graveسورة الملك هي المنجية من عذاب القبر
Yes, he says: How is it so, when it is mentioned in another hadith that
in the grave there is a squeeze thatفي القبر ضمة أن
if anyone were to escape it, Sa'd ibn would have escaped itلو نجا منها أحد لنجا منها سعد بن
Sahih Ibn Hibban 11:223


Answer:
other than the punishment of the grave. This squeeze is the first thing that happens when a person is buried; he is squeezed in the grave. As for the punishment, that comes after that, may Allah protect us. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3716- 4717] كيف تكون سورة الملك منجية من عذاب القبر مع حديث:إن في القبر ضمة لو نجا منها أحد..الحديث — youtube.com

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