The accounting of the deceased who is kept in the refrigerator for a long period
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a person dies and is placed in the refrigerator for a month, two months, or more, is he held accountable from the time of his death, or must he be buried in order to be held accountable?
Answer:
Allah knows best. This is knowledge that is with Allah. However, they say that the two angels come to him, whether he is in the belly of a lion, in the sea, on land, or in any place; they come to him and question him. Also, the punishment of the grave reaches him in any place, whether he is in the belly of a bird, in the belly of a lion, or in any place; the punishment of the grave reaches him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a person dies and is placed in the refrigerator for a month, two months, or more, is he held accountable from the time of his death, or must he be buried in order to be held accountable?
Answer:
Allah knows best. This is knowledge that is with Allah. However, they say that the two angels come to him, whether he is in the belly of a lion, in the sea, on land, or in any place; they come to him and question him. Also, the punishment of the grave reaches him in any place, whether he is in the belly of a bird, in the belly of a lion, or in any place; the punishment of the grave reaches him. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (58:53)
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