The Question of the Grave for the Disbeliever and the Sinner, and the Hadith of al-Bara'
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The questioner:
He asks: Is the sinner questioned in his grave? Is there any report that he is questioned in his grave because he is a disbeliever? How is a disbeliever questioned? Only the believer is questioned; the believer is tested, and the hypocrite who resembled the believers in this world is tested. Allah the Exalted says:
The Shaykh:
[Ibrahim 14:27]. Yes. Yes.
The questioner:
What came in the hadith of al-Bara' regarding the single man and the disbeliever being questioned in his grave.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
In the hadith of al-Bara' ibn 'Azib, as for the slave who is a disbeliever or a hypocrite, if he is in the causes of this world and the causes of the Hereafter
The Shaykh:
I do not know, no, I do not know about the disbeliever, but he is a disbeliever. How is he tested while he is a disbeliever? He did not believe in the Messenger at all, nor did he believe in the messengers at all. How is he tested?
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The Shaykh, Abu al-Fadilah, asks: Is the method of some students of knowledge
The Shaykh:
Janbur ibn 'Azib, meaning it is not strong in its chain. Yes. Yes.
He asks: Is the sinner questioned in his grave? Is there any report that he is questioned in his grave because he is a disbeliever? How is a disbeliever questioned? Only the believer is questioned; the believer is tested, and the hypocrite who resembled the believers in this world is tested. Allah the Exalted says:
The Shaykh:
who believe, with the firm word, in worldly life and in the Hereafter. And Allah sends astray the wrongdoers. And Allah does what He wills.
آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ وَيُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ وَيَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُThe questioner:
What came in the hadith of al-Bara' regarding the single man and the disbeliever being questioned in his grave.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
In the hadith of al-Bara' ibn 'Azib, as for the slave who is a disbeliever or a hypocrite, if he is in the causes of this world and the causes of the Hereafter
The Shaykh:
I do not know, no, I do not know about the disbeliever, but he is a disbeliever. How is he tested while he is a disbeliever? He did not believe in the Messenger at all, nor did he believe in the messengers at all. How is he tested?
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The Shaykh, Abu al-Fadilah, asks: Is the method of some students of knowledge
The Shaykh:
Janbur ibn 'Azib, meaning it is not strong in its chain. Yes. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، اللقاء الأسبوعي-05 من 32-لفضيلة الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان -حفظه الله- مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:23)
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