A woman asks: Does a Muslim, upon entering Paradise, recognize his relatives who are in Paradise? And does he remember his family after his death and know their circumstances?
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The questioner : The listener from Riyadh also asks: Does a Muslim, upon entering Paradise, recognize his relatives who are in Paradise? And does he remember his family after his death and know their circumstances?
The Shaykh : As for the first part of the question, which is whether a person who enters Paradise recognizes his relatives, the answer is yes, he recognizes his relatives and others, from everything that brings joy to his heart, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Az-Zukhruf 43:71] In fact, a person is gathered with his offspring in a single rank if the offspring are below his rank, as Allah the Exalted said: [At-Tur 52:21].
As for the second part of the question, which is whether the deceased knows what his family does in this world, I do not know of any authentic report (athar) to be relied upon regarding this. However, some incidents indicate that a person may know his family or may know what happens to his family. A person told me that after his father died, he lost a document of his and began looking for it and searching for it. He saw in a dream that his father was speaking to him from the window of the sitting room, saying to him that the document is written on the first page of such-and-such a notebook, but the page is stuck to the cover of the notebook, so open the page and you will find the document in that place. The man did so and found it as his father had described. This indicates that a person may have knowledge of what his family does after his death. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : As for the first part of the question, which is whether a person who enters Paradise recognizes his relatives, the answer is yes, he recognizes his relatives and others, from everything that brings joy to his heart, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.
وفيها ما تشتهيه الأنفس وتلذ الأعين وأنتم فيها خالدونAnd those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he earned, is retained.
وَالَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَاتَّبَعَتهُم ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإيمانٍ أَلحَقنا بِهِم ذُرِّيَّتَهُم وَما أَلَتناهُم مِن عَمَلِهِم مِن شَيءٍ كُلُّ امرِئٍ بِما كَسَبَ رَهينٌAs for the second part of the question, which is whether the deceased knows what his family does in this world, I do not know of any authentic report (athar) to be relied upon regarding this. However, some incidents indicate that a person may know his family or may know what happens to his family. A person told me that after his father died, he lost a document of his and began looking for it and searching for it. He saw in a dream that his father was speaking to him from the window of the sitting room, saying to him that the document is written on the first page of such-and-such a notebook, but the page is stuck to the cover of the notebook, so open the page and you will find the document in that place. The man did so and found it as his father had described. This indicates that a person may have knowledge of what his family does after his death. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.