What is the opinion of the book: *Who Lived After Death* by Ibn Abi al-Dunya?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: There is a book called *Who Lived After Death* by Ibn Abi al-Dunya, so what is your opinion of this book?
Answer:
Yes, you have heard in the Qur'an about people who lived and were brought back to life after death, such as the story of the Children of Israel who came out of their homes and were a thousand, and the story of the one who passed by a village that was fallen into its roofs, and there are incidents in it, and the story of the man of the cow, and incidents that occurred in which Allah brought the dead back to life.
And such as 'Isa (peace be upon him), among his miracles is that he brings the dead back to life by the permission of Allah. All of this is by the command of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); it is not by the command of the created or by the power of the created, but rather by the command of Allah. And the karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) is not from the karamah, it is not from the action of the created, but rather it is from the action of Allah, He causes it to occur through their hands only. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: There is a book called *Who Lived After Death* by Ibn Abi al-Dunya, so what is your opinion of this book?
Answer:
Yes, you have heard in the Qur'an about people who lived and were brought back to life after death, such as the story of the Children of Israel who came out of their homes and were a thousand, and the story of the one who passed by a village that was fallen into its roofs, and there are incidents in it, and the story of the man of the cow, and incidents that occurred in which Allah brought the dead back to life.
And such as 'Isa (peace be upon him), among his miracles is that he brings the dead back to life by the permission of Allah. All of this is by the command of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); it is not by the command of the created or by the power of the created, but rather by the command of Allah. And the karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) is not from the karamah, it is not from the action of the created, but rather it is from the action of Allah, He causes it to occur through their hands only. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [640 -858] ما الرأي في كتاب: من عاش عقب الممات لابن أبي الدنيا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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