What happens to the soul after death? How should a Muslim funeral be performed?
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What happens to a Muslim's soul from time of death and also a non Muslim's soul, in the funeral, and in the grave before the day of Judgement?
I see torture of the grave can be found in certain Hadiths, but is not mentioned in the Qu'ran?Also what is the reason for washing a person's body after death if the Angel of Death has already removed one's soul?
Why are Muslims expected to bury the dead, as all people will be judged, even people who are cremated e.g. Hindus?
Also is there anything written in the Qu'ran which specifically explains how a Muslim funeral should be performed? I think it is acceptable for Muslims to ask for forgiveness in a funeral prayer/Jannaza for our Muslim brothers and sisters after death because of this verse
?It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allaah?s forgiveness for the Mushrikoon, even though they be of kin, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire (because they died in a state of disbelief)? . -
Religion (like nationality, ethnicity, tradition) is human-dressing, when it relates to 'soul' it cease to exist.
Thus it will happened pretty much the same way regardless of their 'group'.Grave torture and underwold is a belief/tradition of ancient semites, initially proposed and described within Egyptian books of the dead.
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwkHnjS4_yoPeople around the world have different ideas about what will happened after death.
Yet despite all of the differences, there seems to be a commonality of "For those who do good deeds there's nothing to fear".And I guess you'll find out the truth yourself soon enough.
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The concept of grave punishment is very alien to the Quran. If one believes the Quran contains all the details, then there is no reason to believe in grave punishment.
In fact, the portrayal of the concept in the hadith is enough to throw light on its falsity once scrutinised from the point of view of reason. It is a depiction of resurrection before the day of judgemet i.e. if the soul is returned to the body immediately the relatives leave the grave, for how long does the person have to stay like that? Will he remain alive in enjoyment or punishment there until the day of resurrection? When will the soul be taken again so that it resurrects a second time on J-Day? Is such resurrection/judgement before the J-Day even spoken of in the Quran at all?
Further depiction of grave punishment in the hadith gives one the impression that the prophet had knowledge of the unseen save that revealed to him in the Quran and this, the Quran denies flatly. In fact, even a tradition attributed to Aisha denies this, too.
God speaks of birth, the moment before death, after death and resurrection but says nothing of grave punishment, not because He is forgetful but because there is no such thing as that; He does not also run out of words.
There are no funeral rules in the Quran. I suppose those in the hadith are some other borrowed Zoroastrian rites like the 5 daily Solat. If you like, wash the corpse with soap and water or just water. There is a simple burial rite; just dig a grave in the ground and cover up the corpse. In some countries, it is more advisable economically to cremate. You can also keep in the morgue if you do not care about it being used for practice at Med School. The body is just a vessel for the soul which goes into hibernation until J-Day when it will be judged.
If the punishment of twins, one that spends 45 years commences before that of another who spends 50, he will have suffered more than the other even before he is judged at all; "audi alterem patem".
To be continued...
CAVEAT VERIFY as per 1736
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Peace.
Qoran explains death, after death and before death.
Death is a great mystery to most people. Not so for the students of the Quran. We learn that death is exactly like sleeping; complete with dreams (660, 4046). The period between death and resurrection passes like one night of sleep (2259; 660; 1045; 1621; 1811, 1819, 1825; 3055).
At the moment of death, everyone knows his or her destiny; Heaven or Hell. For the disbelievers, death is a horrible event; (850, 4727, 791).
Consistently, the Quran talks about two deaths, the first death took place when we failed to make a stand with God's absolute authority (Original sin). That first death lasted until we were born into this world. The second death terminates our life in this world (228, 2266, 4011).
Next step will be resurrection.
GOD bless .
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Dear Friends
There is a rational look at this topic here
http//thecall.co.za/?p=256It starts as follows..
"Is death a complete mystery? No-one has come back from death to relate his experience, so we might think there is no way of knowing what happens after we exit the world of the living. I?m not counting near death experiences because that?s what they are, ?near death? experiences, and not death, i.e. real death. I believe that it is not a completely mystery, just as it?s not a mystery to figure out what distant planets, millions of light years away, or strange phenomena such as a black hole could be like."