Fatwa #413115 November 2001United Kingdom
How do you reconcile all the different descriptions of what happens when one dies? Could you elaborate on the actual sequence of events please?
Question
You have written elsewhere that upon death angels take good souls to a place called Illiyeen. However you have also said that they remain in their graves where a window onto jannah is opened before them. Additionally I have also heard that after death, the time until the day of Judgment passes instantaneouly for you.
Answer
The reality of Aalaam-e-Barzakh (life after death before the hereafter) is
beyond our comprehension. The repository of the souls being in the Illiyyeen
and the graves are both supported by an authentic Ahaadith.
It is possible that the soul is divided into two parts, part of it is in the
Illiyyeen and part of it in the grave. However, the reality of that is best
known by Allah.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.
beyond our comprehension. The repository of the souls being in the Illiyyeen
and the graves are both supported by an authentic Ahaadith.
It is possible that the soul is divided into two parts, part of it is in the
Illiyyeen and part of it in the grave. However, the reality of that is best
known by Allah.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.