Belief in the Punishment of the Grave and the Ruling on Denying It

Question:
I raise the question: Do you consider, or does your washing facility have, media outlets that include the adhan in a way that makes it months of difference? And is it permissible to delay in this matter? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The media among us, and praise be to Allah, is free from this and excels in it. These media outlets are not among us either, and we are not afraid of this. This is a false statement. Belief in the punishment of the grave is obligatory. The texts have been transmitted in a mass-transmitted manner (mutawatir) affirming the reality of the punishment of the grave. Only the Mu'tazilah, the people of misguidance, who judge by their intellects and belittle the texts, have denied it. They judge by their intellects. This is a false doctrine and a misguided doctrine. It is obligatory for the Muslim to disapprove of it, not to be influenced by it, and to beware of it. This is a chapter of the chapters of creed that they want to abolish. Then they move on to another chapter, and so on, until they dissolve people from creed in this insidious way. The punishment of the grave is part of the unseen knowledge that no one knows except Allah. So we acknowledge it as it has come, and we do not address its modality, for this is known only by Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.