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Concerning the
Qubur of ordinary Muslims:
It is narrated by Abu Na'im and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal that the great
Tabi'i (a person who met the Sahabah) Thabit al-Bannani, used to say "O
Allah! If you would give anyone the honour of making salah in the qabr
(grave), give me that honour."
Abu Na'im narrates that on the day of Thabit's death ,Jubair (r) one
of the great Tabi'in also, said: "I swear by Allah who created me, other
than whom there is no Lord, I put Thabit al-Bannani in his his qabr that
day when we buried him and with me was a person named Humaid at-Taweel and
when we had finished putting the stones on the qabr one of the bricks fell
down and I saw Thabit al-Bannani making salat in his qabr."
In other words, Allah (swt) accepted the du'a of this great wali to
make salat in his grave This is a sahih Hadith narrated by Ahmad ibn
Hanbal and Abu Na'im.
In another sahih narration by Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah, the Nabi
Muhammad (s) said that if anyone buries his brother, that he must put on a
beautiful kafan for the dead person because they visit one another in the
grave (innahum yatazaawarun).
This is only speaking about ordinary Muslims and not Awliya Allah.
If ordinary Muslim dead can visit one another in their Qubur, then how
much greater is not the status and ability of the Awliya Allah in their
Qubur? What awareness do not these friends of Allah (swt) have in their
Qubur?
It is narrated by Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i as well as al-Hakim that
one of the Sahabah put his tent over a qabr without knowing it and when he
was inside the tent, he heard someone reciting surat al-Mulk. He went to
Nabi Muhammad (s) and told him what he heard. Nabi Muhammad (s) informed
him that surat al-Mulk is a protection against punishment in the qabr, and
is protecting the man buried there.
The `Ulama of Hadith explain that that man loved reciting surat
al-Mulk when he was alive and thus Allah (swt) granted him that he could
recite it in his qabr as well.
This proves that an ordinary man is able to recite Qur'an in his
qabr and a normal living man is able to hear him. Thus if a truthful
person claims that he has been spoken to by a wali at the wali's qabr it
most likely is true, and most importantly, possible.. This fact is
grounded in the above Hadith.
Another sahih Hadith is interpreted by Ibn Taymiyah, who is called
Shaykhul Islam by his followers. We note that most of his followers claim
that the dead have no perception or power after their demise -" an
Atheistic Materialistic view of death.
However Ibn Taymiyah narrates in his Fatawa (vol.24 p.331) that Nabi
Muhammad (s) said that "When one passes by the grave of his mu'min brother
who he had known in the dunya, and stands at the qabr and says, `Assalamu
`alaykum', the person in the qabr will know him and also return his
greeting"(yarifuhu wa yarudda alayihi as salaam)".
This shows that the dead have awareness and are able to invoke Du`a
for the living, as the Islamic greeting is a Du`a.
Ibn Taymiyah on the Life of the Dead
Furthermore Ibn Taymiyah was asked in his Majmu at al-Fatawa (vol.24
p.362) whether the dead could perceive the living acquaintances that visit
them. He replied that: There is no doubt that they can.
And he quoted the following Sahih Hadith in substantiation of that:
Evidence to this effect comes from the two Sahih books of Bukhari
and Muslim where Nabi Muhammad (s) said that when the people have buried a
dead person and leave for home the dead person can hear the steps of those
who leave (yasma`u qar'a ni `alihim). (This even refers to the kuffar).
What makes people who have studied Hadith claim that Prophets,
Awliya and ordinary dead have no awareness after their demise? Maybe they
have not studied properly.
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