Firstly: The Prophets: As regards the Prophets, they will not pass
through the trial of the grave and they will not be questioned. And this is due
to two reasons:
First reason:
The Prophets are better than the martyrs, and the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi
wa sallam) has informed that the martyr will be saved from the fitnah of the
grave. He said: “The shining swords above his head are fitnah enough.” Recorded
by an-Nasaa’ee
Second reason:
People will be questioned about the Prophets. It will be said to the dead: who
is your Prophet? So the angels will question people concerning them and they
will not be questioned. That is why the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam)
said: “It has been revealed to me that you will be questioned in your graves.”
The address is to the nation he was sent to; so the Messenger is not included
among them.
Secondly: The Siddiqoon: As for the Siddiqoon, they
will not be questioned because the status of the Siddiqoon is higher
than the status of the martyrs. Therefore, if the martyrs will not be
questioned, then it is more appropriate that the Siddiqoon should not be
questioned. In addition, the sincerity of a siddiq is known because he
is described as a truthful and trustworthy person. So there is no need of testing him, because
testing is meant for a person one is in doubt as to whether he is truthful or a
liar. But if he is truthful, there is no need of questioning him. Some scholars
are of the view that they will be questioned based on the generality of the
proofs. And Allaah knows best.
Thirdly: The martyrs: The martyrs are those killed in Allah’s cause
because of the manifestation of the sincerity of their eemaan with their
Jihad. Allaah the most High said: “Indeed,
Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in
exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah,
so they kill and are killed…” [Soorah at-Tawbah:111]. He also
said: “And never think of those who have been
killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord,
receiving provision” [Soorah Aal-Imraan: 169].
The Prophet (sallallaahu
alayhi wa sallam) said: “The shining swords above his head are fitnah
enough.” If the one defending the borders of Islam for Allah’s sake dies,
he will be protected from the trial of the grave due to the manifestation of his
sincerity, then the one who is killed in the battlefield is similarly to him or
more deserving than him because he sacrificed and exposed his neck to the enemy
of Allaah in order to uplift the word of Allaah and support His religion. This is
from the greatest of proofs of the sincerity of his eemaan.
Fourthly: Those defending the borders of Islam: They will not be tested in the grave. In Saheeh
Muslim, the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said: “Defending
the borders of Islaam for a day and a night is better than fasting and praying at
night for a month; if a man dies (while defending the borders of Islam), the
good deed he was doing will continue to accumulate reward and bring him
sustenance, and he will be protected from the fitnah of the grave.”
Fifthly: The minors and lunatics: Will they be tested or not? Some scholars
said they will be tested because they are included in the generality of the
text and because if moral responsibility is dropped from them in the state of
living, the state of death differs from the state of living.
Others are of
the view that the lunatics and minors will not be questioned because they are
not morally responsible, for there is no reckoning upon them, since there will
be no reckoning except upon one who is morally responsible, who will be
punished for wrongdoing. And these people will not be punished. There is
nothing for them except reward. If they do righteous deed, they will be
rewarded for it.
Source: Sharh
al-Aqeedah al-Wasitiyyah, p. 317-319 by Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen
(may Allah have mercy on him.
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