The Meaning of the Trial of the Grave in the Funeral Supplication
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Among the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) supplications for the deceased is the phrase “protect him from the trial of the grave.” Is the intended meaning of “trial” the questioning in the grave? How is that, since everyone will be questioned in their grave?
Answer:
He is supplicating to Allah that the angels not question him, and that he not be punished. Because if he does not answer with the correct response, he will be struck with a mallet of iron. It will be said, “You did not know, nor did you recite,” and he will be struck with a mallet of iron. Everything hears it except the human being. If the human being were to hear it, he would be stunned, meaning he would die. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Among the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) supplications for the deceased is the phrase “protect him from the trial of the grave.” Is the intended meaning of “trial” the questioning in the grave? How is that, since everyone will be questioned in their grave?
Answer:
He is supplicating to Allah that the angels not question him, and that he not be punished. Because if he does not answer with the correct response, he will be struck with a mallet of iron. It will be said, “You did not know, nor did you recite,” and he will be struck with a mallet of iron. Everything hears it except the human being. If the human being were to hear it, he would be stunned, meaning he would die. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 16-10-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (44:43)
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