Some Sufis cite the hadith (There is no Muslim servant who sends blessings upon me on Friday except that Allah returns my soul to me... the hadith) as evidence that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is alive.

The questioner : If you please, Shaykh, there is a hadith that means: .

The Shaykh : It is not on Friday. .

The questioner : Some Sufis argue that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not die and is alive in the grave, and they cite this hadith as evidence?

The Shaykh : What does "returns my soul to me" mean? Does it mean he did not die? Is your soul now in your body, or is it returned to you? This is Sufi talk, and it is sufficient that it is Sufi talk because it contradicts the hadith of the Messenger (peace be upon him). Furthermore, these Sufis, due to their extreme ignorance, deny the decisive texts with doubts for which Allah has sent down no authority. Our Lord says in the clear Qur'an: So he is dead like all other humans, just as they are? Dead. What does "you are dead" mean? It means you will die, you will become dead, and so it is for all people. They deny these facts with doubts like the one you mentioned regarding the hadith. The hadith means that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) died, and every living being will surely taste death . Therefore, when he (peace be upon him) said in another authentic hadith: , they asked, "How is that when you have become dust?" What did the Companions understand from his (peace be upon him) statement? They understood that he was dead. Therefore, they were surprised how their blessings would reach him when he had become dust, meaning he had perished and become dust . The Companions had received from the Messenger (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) this reality from which no human being is exempt, which is: . They knew this reality. Therefore, when the Messenger (peace be upon him) came to them with something they did not know before, , they said, "How is that when you have become dust?" Meaning you have perished, of course you are dead, and more than dead, meaning you have perished and become dust. He said: . So the bodies of the prophets, all the prophets, do not become dust like the bodies of others. Therefore, the body of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is in his grave as it was before. This is a miracle, this is a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for His Prophet (peace be upon him), and indeed for all the noble prophets. But Allah also honored His Prophet (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) with another karamah in which no other prophet shares with him, which is his (peace be upon him) saying: . They said, "How is that when you have become dust?" He said: . Meaning that I, like all the prophets, my body in the grave is alive and fresh, but my Lord (Mighty and Majestic) has chosen me with another quality: that whenever a Muslim sends blessings upon me, Allah returns my soul to me, so I return the greeting. This hadith, which is established, indicates that the Messenger (peace be upon him) is contrary to what many of the common people, and even some of the elite, imagine, which is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) does not hear the greetings of the Muslims upon him. Rather, as came in the authentic hadith, , "Indeed, Allah has angels who move among the Muslims, and whenever they hear a Muslim sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), they convey that to him, and he does not hear it, because the dead do not hear; he has separated from this worldly life and all its attachments. But Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has chosen His Prophet (peace be upon him) with what we mentioned of life and enabling him by returning his soul to his body and returning the greeting to the Muslims. Also from that is that there are angels who convey the greeting to him, so whenever they greet him from so-and-so, he returns the greeting to them. Is that clear?

The questioner: Yes.

The questioner : There are three observations: one for the scholars, one for the brothers, and one for the people. First, we start with the common people, and glory to my Lord the Great, we have been afflicted by them with cursing and reviling.