Explaining the error in the phrase: "So-and-so was transferred to his final resting place" for one who has died
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The Shaykh : Therefore, it is a grave error what we sometimes hear or read in the newspapers, where they say, "So-and-so died to his final resting place" or "was transferred to his final resting place." This is a phrase that is extremely reprehensible; if a person were to believe it, he would be a disbeliever. However, most people say it out of blind following; they heard it from one person and followed him without knowing the meaning. If we were to say that the grave is the final resting place, what would follow from that? That there would be no resurrection. Therefore, it is obligatory to rebuke the one who says this. You should say, "Do you believe that the grave is the final resting place?"
If he says, "Yes," then he has denied the resurrection, and denying the resurrection is disbelief.
If he says, "No," we say, "Why do you say this? Do not say 'final resting place.' The final resting place is either Paradise or the Fire. And wretched is the resting place of the arrogant; that is the Fire. Good."
In any case, the verse indicates what? It indicates the affirmation of the resurrection, where it makes the graves a place of visitation.
If he says, "Yes," then he has denied the resurrection, and denying the resurrection is disbelief.
If he says, "No," we say, "Why do you say this? Do not say 'final resting place.' The final resting place is either Paradise or the Fire. And wretched is the resting place of the arrogant; that is the Fire. Good."
In any case, the verse indicates what? It indicates the affirmation of the resurrection, where it makes the graves a place of visitation.
