What is the validity of the statement that the duration of a believer's stay in his grave is like the time between the midday and afternoon prayers?
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The questioner : Oh Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : I love you for the sake of Allah, and indeed one of the imams of the mosques said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:?
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : Like the time of the 'Asr prayer...
The Shaykh : The one before it, what is it?
The questioner : That the duration of the deceased believer's stay in his grave, of course, Allah makes it for him like the 'Asr prayer or the Zuhr prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes, I say: May Allah love you as you have loved us in Him, and we ask Allah to make us all loving one another for His sake.
Know that time for the deceased passes quickly, it passes quickly as if it were nothing.
Allah caused a man to die for a hundred years, so when He resurrected him, he said, "How long did you stay?" What did he say?[Al-Baqarah 2:259] And it was a hundred years! Meaning a day or part of a day, because Allah said: Indeed, Allah caused him to die at the beginning of the day and brought him to life at the end of the day.
And the People of the Cave[Al-Kahf 18:25], and that was sleep, and sleep is not like death; death is faster in the passing of time. And these are the ones who died for millions of years; you find them as if nothing has passed for them, as if they died just now, as if they died just now. But the one who is in bliss finds time passing quickly, much faster. But the one who is in the Hellfire—may Allah grant us safety—time slows down, and time becomes long for him. And this is an observed reality. Even Ibn Khaldun, who is considered one of the wise men of the people of news, says: The days of security and the days of comfort pass quickly, and the days of hunger and the days of wars and trials are long. And this is true.
So I say, my brother: All the buried, or all the buried ones, more correctly, when the Day of Resurrection comes, it is as if they are:[An-Nazi'at 79:46]. And for this reason, the criminals say: [Ya-Sin 36:52] as if it were a place of rest.
So in conclusion, may Allah bless you, I do not know about this hadith whether it is authentic or not, but I tell you: The duration disappears quickly, faster than the blink of an eye, and Allah knows best. Yes, from the left.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : I love you for the sake of Allah, and indeed one of the imams of the mosques said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The duration of the deceased believer's stay in his grave, Allah the Exalted makes it for him like the 'Asr prayer or the Zuhr prayer.
إن مدة بقاء الميت المؤمن في قبره يجعلها الله تعالى له كصلاة العصر أو لظهرThe Shaykh : ...
The questioner : Like the time of the 'Asr prayer...
The Shaykh : The one before it, what is it?
The questioner : That the duration of the deceased believer's stay in his grave, of course, Allah makes it for him like the 'Asr prayer or the Zuhr prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes, I say: May Allah love you as you have loved us in Him, and we ask Allah to make us all loving one another for His sake.
Know that time for the deceased passes quickly, it passes quickly as if it were nothing.
Allah caused a man to die for a hundred years, so when He resurrected him, he said, "How long did you stay?" What did he say?
a day or part of a day
يَوْماً أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍAnd the People of the Cave
And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.
لبثوا فِي كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلاثَمِائَةٍ سِنِينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعاًSo I say, my brother: All the buried, or all the buried ones, more correctly, when the Day of Resurrection comes, it is as if they are:
had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.
لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلاَّ عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَاO woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?
يَا وَيْلَنَا مَنْ بَعَثَنَا مِنْ مَرْقَدِنَاSo in conclusion, may Allah bless you, I do not know about this hadith whether it is authentic or not, but I tell you: The duration disappears quickly, faster than the blink of an eye, and Allah knows best. Yes, from the left.