do we stay in our graves until judgement day? or do we go to hell/jannah straight away?
I was asking a friend about it the other day and she said tht there are 2 groups "good souls" and "bad souls" the good souls r allowed to go back to earth and the bad souls are punished. but then on the day of judgement they are punished again so does tht means they are punished twice? I'm not sure if this is true or not, so could somebody share some more light on it
regards
NO! this is not wat we muslims believe... i mean all that good soul bad soul part.....
and when a person dies and we make dua for them every thursdays, is it true they sit on the corner of the ceiling watching over us?
NO! when we visit someone's grave and pray for them, angels tell them that so and so is visiting you and praying for you, i read dont quote me on this that when you pray for a deceased person they feel it as a breeze.
to answer to your first part of the question read this..... this should explain u :)
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The Holy Prophet (sa) is reported to have said that after our death windows will open up in the grave; for the pious people, windows open from heaven, and for the wicked people they open towards hell. However, if we were to open up a grave, we would not find any windows! So literal acceptance of these words will not convey the true meaning of this subject. It is impossible that the Holy Prophet (sa) should ever misinform us, hence here he had to be speaking metaphorically. Had it not been so, then every time we dig up a grave, we should find windows, either opening into hell, or letting in the fragrant and pleasant air of paradise. But we witness neither of these. So what do the Holy Prophet's words mean?
The grave is actually an intermediary phase of existence between this life and the life to come. Here, spiritual life will progress gradually through many stages until it reaches its ultimate destiny. Then by the Command of Allah, a trumpet will be blown, and the final spiritual form will come into being. In this interim period, different souls would pass through a semblance of heaven or hell before reaching their final stage of perfection, fit and ready to be raised into a completely transformed entity. The Quran illustrates this concept beautifully:
Your first creation and your second creation will be identical. *Surah Luqman (Ch. 31: V.29) *
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