Warning Against Inquiring into the Manner of the Punishment of the Grave
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The questioner:
Then our sister asks: Does thinking about these things bring a person any sin? And is it obligatory for a person to avoid thinking about these things because they are part of the unseen?
The Shaykh:
We have referred to this previously.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
And we said that it is obligatory for the Muslim to believe in the unseen and not to search for the details, because searching into these matters gives rise to doubt and gives rise to confusion, and one will not reach a result, consequently one will not reach a result, because he has not been commanded to do so, and he has no benefit behind it. Rather, the obligatory thing is to act: if he knows that the punishment of the grave is a reality, what is required of him is not to search into the manner of the punishment of the grave, but rather what is required of him is to prepare for the grave, to prepare good deeds, to repent from sins, to leave the things that necessitate the punishment of the grave, and to do the good deeds that cause the bliss of the grave. This is what is obligatory upon the Muslim.
As for searching into the manner of the punishment of the grave, who is crucified, who is burned, and how one is punished, these are whispers from Satan, and they do not lead him to a result, but rather they occupy him, and they may incite him to doubt and confusion. Yes.
Then our sister asks: Does thinking about these things bring a person any sin? And is it obligatory for a person to avoid thinking about these things because they are part of the unseen?
The Shaykh:
We have referred to this previously.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
And we said that it is obligatory for the Muslim to believe in the unseen and not to search for the details, because searching into these matters gives rise to doubt and gives rise to confusion, and one will not reach a result, consequently one will not reach a result, because he has not been commanded to do so, and he has no benefit behind it. Rather, the obligatory thing is to act: if he knows that the punishment of the grave is a reality, what is required of him is not to search into the manner of the punishment of the grave, but rather what is required of him is to prepare for the grave, to prepare good deeds, to repent from sins, to leave the things that necessitate the punishment of the grave, and to do the good deeds that cause the bliss of the grave. This is what is obligatory upon the Muslim.
As for searching into the manner of the punishment of the grave, who is crucified, who is burned, and how one is punished, these are whispers from Satan, and they do not lead him to a result, but rather they occupy him, and they may incite him to doubt and confusion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، التحذير من البحث في كيفية عذاب القبر – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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