What is the reality of the world of the barzakh?
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The questioner : What is the reality of the world of the barzakh, O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I refer you to yourself; if you were in the barzakh, you would know the state of the person.
But what has reached us regarding this is that when a person is buried and his companions leave him, until he can no longer hear the sound of their sandals, two angels come to him and ask him about his Lord, his religion, and his Prophet. As for the believer—may Allah make us among them—he says: "My Lord is Allah, my religion is Islam, and my Prophet is Muhammad." Then a caller from the heavens calls out: "Your servant has spoken the truth, so spread for him from Paradise and dress him from Paradise, and open for him a door to Paradise."
As for the hypocrite who is in doubt—may Allah protect us from that—when he is asked, he says: "Ha, ha, I do not know; I heard people saying something, so I said it." May Allah protect us and you from that. Then he is struck with an iron mallet, and he lets out a scream that everything hears except the two heavy ones (the heavens and the earth). His grave is constricted upon him until his ribs are crushed, may Allah protect us from that, meaning some of them enter into others due to the tightness. A door to the Fire is opened for him; may Allah protect us and you from it. Then the person remains in a state about which we do not know the details, but we believe in the punishment of the grave and the bliss of the grave.
The Shaykh : I refer you to yourself; if you were in the barzakh, you would know the state of the person.
But what has reached us regarding this is that when a person is buried and his companions leave him, until he can no longer hear the sound of their sandals, two angels come to him and ask him about his Lord, his religion, and his Prophet. As for the believer—may Allah make us among them—he says: "My Lord is Allah, my religion is Islam, and my Prophet is Muhammad." Then a caller from the heavens calls out: "Your servant has spoken the truth, so spread for him from Paradise and dress him from Paradise, and open for him a door to Paradise."
As for the hypocrite who is in doubt—may Allah protect us from that—when he is asked, he says: "Ha, ha, I do not know; I heard people saying something, so I said it." May Allah protect us and you from that. Then he is struck with an iron mallet, and he lets out a scream that everything hears except the two heavy ones (the heavens and the earth). His grave is constricted upon him until his ribs are crushed, may Allah protect us from that, meaning some of them enter into others due to the tightness. A door to the Fire is opened for him; may Allah protect us and you from it. Then the person remains in a state about which we do not know the details, but we believe in the punishment of the grave and the bliss of the grave.