How do we respond to those who deny the punishment of the grave?
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, how do we respond to those who deny the punishment of the grave?
Answer:
This is a denial of something established in the hadiths and the verses, so explain that to him, and that it is not permissible for him to deny the punishment of the grave. Only the Mu'tazilah deny it, if he is one of the Mu'tazilah. Otherwise, the people of the Sunnah affirm the punishment of the grave and the bliss of the grave, relying on what has come in the hadiths. It is among the matters of the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection) that we do not know except by evidence. Yes.
The questioner says: Shaykh, how do we respond to those who deny the punishment of the grave?
Answer:
This is a denial of something established in the hadiths and the verses, so explain that to him, and that it is not permissible for him to deny the punishment of the grave. Only the Mu'tazilah deny it, if he is one of the Mu'tazilah. Otherwise, the people of the Sunnah affirm the punishment of the grave and the bliss of the grave, relying on what has come in the hadiths. It is among the matters of the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection) that we do not know except by evidence. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/094 — archive.org (10:14)
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