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Death, the Day of Judgment and the afterlife

Death and the grave (barzakh)

In brief

Death is the first stage of the hereafter. Between death and the resurrection every soul is in al-barzakh, 'the barrier'. The Quran says that behind the dead 'is a barrier until the Day they are raised'. For each person it begins at their own death and lasts until the Trumpet.

In the grave two angels ask three questions: Who is your Lord? What is your religion? Who is this man who was sent among you? The believer answers, his grave is made wide and full of light, and he is shown his place in Paradise. The one who doubted says, 'I don't know. I heard people saying something, so I said it too', and is punished. The grave is either a garden of Paradise or a pit of the Fire.

The long hadith of al-Bara' ibn Azib describes the soul's journey after death in detail.

What to do

Seek refuge from the punishment of the grave in every prayer, and remember death often: 'the destroyer of pleasures'.

Where it sits in the sequence

Phase 7 / 7After the Hour

Described in the Quran and the narrations. Shown so the archive is complete.