A hadith in Muslim: (Whoever is wailed over will be punished on the Day of Resurrection for what he was wailed over for). Is the punishment a reality, and is the intended meaning not pain?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I think you are asking about the wonder of the matter of the believer?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : It has passed.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, no.
The questioner : The deceased is punished by the weeping of his family over him, and the apparent indication is that he is punished.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And what testifies to this is what also came from another route in MuslimSahih Muslim 933a A person says that this punishment is real and the intended meaning is not pain.
The Shaykh : In any case, this apparent meaning that I mentioned is opposed to the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-An'am 6:164] So it is either interpreted as what the scholars said, namely that he was advised against it, or that he was pleased with it, or something similar, or that the punishment is pain, the punishment of pain.
The questioner : ... on the Day of Resurrection.
The Shaykh : And I do not know, by Allah, regarding the authenticity of the wording; it is necessary for us to verify it.
The questioner : It is definitely present.
The Shaykh : What contradicts it, we will look for it, if Allah wills, and we will see.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh, and the patient one, does not the one who is pleased and the one who is grateful fall into this?
The Shaykh : No, the patient one, as I told you, the difference is: the patient one is in pain but does not do what angers the Lord, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is the obligatory, yes.
The Shaykh : I think you are asking about the wonder of the matter of the believer?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : It has passed.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, no.
The questioner : The deceased is punished by the weeping of his family over him, and the apparent indication is that he is punished.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And what testifies to this is what also came from another route in Muslim
He who is lamented upon would be punished because of the lamentation for him on the Day of judgment.
من نيح عليه فإنه يُعذّب بما نيح عليه يوم القيامةThe Shaykh : In any case, this apparent meaning that I mentioned is opposed to the saying of Allah the Exalted
and no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another
ولا تزر وازرة وزر أخرىThe questioner : ... on the Day of Resurrection.
The Shaykh : And I do not know, by Allah, regarding the authenticity of the wording; it is necessary for us to verify it.
The questioner : It is definitely present.
The Shaykh : What contradicts it, we will look for it, if Allah wills, and we will see.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh, and the patient one, does not the one who is pleased and the one who is grateful fall into this?
The Shaykh : No, the patient one, as I told you, the difference is: the patient one is in pain but does not do what angers the Lord, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is the obligatory, yes.