I’ve heard that a dead body can sense pain and can hear. When there is no Soul in the body, how can it sense pain? Since, the ‘Ruh’ is separated from the body are there two different entities here?

Nabi [Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam] mentioned, ?Breaking the bone of a deceased is similar to breaking it when alive.?%0D%0A%0D%0AWith regards to the commentary of this Hadith, al-Teebi states that the deceased should not be disregarded and dishonoured. Ibnul Malik [ra] states that it points to the fact that the deceased also feels the pain. Ibn Hajar [ra] states this Ahadith alludes to the fact that the deceased also enjoys and takes comfort (from) those things that a living person does.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn Faatawa Shaamiyah, it is stated that when bathing the mayyit, water should not be too hot as the mayyit also feels pain and is harmed just as the living. As with regard to hearing, many Ahaadith conform this, but it should be understood that Allah grants permission for the mayyit to hear what Allah wishes, i.e. a person cannot hear of his own free will. As with regards to the soul being separated from the body, according to some scholars the soul is returned to the body in the grave. It should be understood that in this worldly life, the body is subservient to the soul. If the soul is punished or given pleasure, then the body will follow suit. Ibn Qayyim [ra] writes that we have sent many examples of this kind in this world that a person sees himself eating in a dream and when he wakes up, finds the taste of food, etc. The effect first was on the ruh which then passed on to the body. (Kitaab al-ruh pgs.56, 80)%0D%0A%0D%0Aand Allah Ta'ala Knows Best%0D%0A%0D%0AMufti Ebrahim Desai