Are there any people now who have entered Paradise or the Fire?

The questioner : Shaykh, are there people now who have entered Paradise, or people who have entered the Fire, like the verse mentioned in Surat Yasin: ... This is regarding what will be.

The Shaykh : This is regarding what will be. Yes, but as for now, it is nothing but the life of the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection). Entering Paradise and the Fire is contingent upon the Reckoning, until the Resurrection on the Day of Judgment.

The questioner : Even the prophets?

The Shaykh : All of them. But their souls have a special bliss, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Likewise, the souls of the believers are in the bellies of green birds, hanging from the fruits of Paradise. This is spiritual bliss. As for the physical and spiritual bliss together, and likewise the Hellfire, that does not occur except after the Resurrection and the raising up.

The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, what we understand according to our minds is that when a person is alive, his body and his soul are connected to each other, so Allah (Mighty and Majestic) ...

The Shaykh : This is in his worldly life.

The questioner : Yes, when Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:

The questioner : The one in Al-Imran says "dead," and the one in Al-Baqarah says "dead."

The Shaykh : In two places. And okay.

The questioner : Rather, they are alive. And what I mean by "rather, they are alive" is that the life is connected, the body to the soul, or is this a matter of the unseen that we do not know about?

The questioner : This matter is well-known and does not need a question. The Messenger explained it and gave you the answer, and I have presented it previously: What does this mean? Does it mean that he enjoys himself in his body? He enjoys himself in a borrowed body, which is the green bird. So the life of the martyrs is a life that befits his status with Allah first, and his remaining in the barzakh second. Life differs; the life of the barzakh is not the worldly life, and the hereafter life is not either of the two. The hereafter life is not the life of the barzakh, and not the worldly life either. Therefore, it is not permissible for a person to apply the analogy of the unseen to the visible. You say, "We do not know life except like this." Okay, this life that you know, do not use it as an analogy for the life that you do not know, especially since some texts have come that explain to you exactly that the life of the martyrs, which our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) affirmed in the Qur'an: ... What is their provision? It is not cooking and baking like what we have. Their provision is that they eat in the manner of this green bird's eating. This is the provision. So the hadith clarifies it, and the Qur'an clarifies it.

The questioner : When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Paradise and the Fire and found those who are being tormented in it and those who are enjoying themselves ...

The Shaykh : Yes. He looked at what the conditions of the people of Paradise and the people of the Fire will be. This is the true revelation, which the Sufis stole and attributed to themselves. This is for the prophets and the Messenger only.