Tuesday 24 March 2015

The Prophets are Alive in their Graves




Anas bin Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “The Prophets are alive in their graves performing prayers.”

Commenting on the above hadeeth, Shaykh al-Albaanee said: “Know that the life, which this hadeeth affirms for the Prophets (may peace and blessings of Allaah be upon them) is the life of barzakh and not the life of this world in the least. Consequently, it is a must to believe in it without bringing similitude for it and making attempt to describe it and liken it to that which is known to us in the life of this world.

This is the view, which a believer must hold with regard to this subject of eemaan based on what has been reported in the hadeeth without making addition to it with [baseless] ideas and opinions as it is done by some of the people of innovations; and the issue has made some of them to claim that the Prophet’s life in his grave is a real life whereby he eats, drinks and have intercourse with his wives. The life [mentioned in the hadeeth] is nothing but the life of barzakh and no one knows its reality except Allaah – blessed and exalted be He.

Source: Tawjeeh as-Saaree lil-Ikhtiyaaraat al-Fiqhiyyah li Shaykh al-Albaanee, p. 190-191 compiled by Mahmood bin Ahmad Raashid
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  1. sahid.mahmoud326 March 2015 at 23:29

    Jazakumullahu khairan Sir. For this wonderful piece, i just want to ask, hypothethically speaking, if you see the Holy Prophet (salallahu alaihi wa salam) in your dreams, can you ask Him to make dua for you?

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    1. Anonymous1 April 2015 at 10:38

      One can see the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) in a dream and communicate with him. This is because the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me, for the Shaytaan cannot imitate me.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim, In their commentary on this hadeeth, the scholars said that this is to be understood as referring to seeing the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) in the physical form that is described in the saheeh ahaadeeth, for the Shaytaan cannot imitate the form of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam)

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