What is meant by the trial of life and death?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is meant by the trial of life and death?
Answer:
The trial of life is in this world, and the trial of death is the trial of the grave, or that the dying person is also tested at the moment of death, when the religions are presented to him, and Satan comes to him and invites him to disbelief, so he may die upon disbelief. Thus, the trial of death includes the trial of the dying person and the trial of the grave. The dying person is attended by Satan at the time of his death, which is why Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mu'minun 23:97-98] I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present, meaning at the time of death.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is meant by the trial of life and death?
Answer:
The trial of life is in this world, and the trial of death is the trial of the grave, or that the dying person is also tested at the moment of death, when the religions are presented to him, and Satan comes to him and invites him to disbelief, so he may die upon disbelief. Thus, the trial of death includes the trial of the dying person and the trial of the grave. The dying person is attended by Satan at the time of his death, which is why Allah the Exalted said:
(97) And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils, (98) And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [329 -954] ما المقصود بفتنة المحيا والممات؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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