Who is the sect that denied the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection) life?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Who is the sect that denied the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection) life?

The Shaykh:
The barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection) life. Yes.

The questioner:
He asks: Who is the sect that denied the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection) life?

The Shaykh:
The Mu'tazilah deny the punishment and the bliss of the grave; they deny the punishment of the grave and the bliss of the grave. Yes, because they rely on their intellects. They say, "We can see the dead; we dig them up and look, and there is no punishment and no Paradise." We say to them, "This is not among the matters of this world that you witness; this is among the matters of the Hereafter, which you do not witness. It is in a realm, and you are in a realm. Yes, and Allah is Able to do all things. It is possible that you see his body while it is in bliss, or that you see it while it is in punishment, and you do not know. Yes."