Kitab Ar Rooh- The Book of The Soul

In The Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful,

Kitab Ar Rooh- The Book of The Soul

The Third Case - IT IS , DO THE SOULS OF THE LIVING MEET WITH THE SOULS OF THE DEAD, OR NOT?


The examples on this case and its evidences are greater than to be counted except by Allah (The Exalted). The sense and the reality are of the justiest of the witnesses in it. That the souls of the living and the dead meet as the souls of the living meet. And He (The Exalted) had said: ” Allah that takes the souls of men at death and those that die not be taken during their sleep: Those to whom He has passed the decree of death. He keeps back from returning to life, but the rest He sends to their bodies for a term appointed, verily in this are signs for those who reflect.” (39:42)

Abu Abdullah bin Minda said: On the autority of the son of Abbas, in this verse, he said: It reached me that the souls of the living and the dead meet in the dream. They ask amongst them, and Allah (The Exalted) grasps the souls of the dead people, and He sends the souls of the living to its bodies.


The son of Abu Hatem said in his interpretation: On the authority of As-Sadi, in His saying (The Exalted): „ And those that die not he takes during their sleep.” He said: He comes to it in the dream, and the soul of the living meet with the soul of the dead and they confer and acquaint. He said: Then the soul of the living comes to his body in the world to the remaining fate, and the soul of the dead intends to return to its body and it is imprisoned.

And this is one of the two saying in the verse. It is that the holding is that which died at the very beginning, and the sent is that which died at the death of the sleep. The meaning as to this saying is that one makes the soul of the dead to die, and he grasps it, and not to send it to its body before the Judgement Day, and He (The Exalted) makes the soul of the sleeping to die and sends it to its body till the remaining of its fate, and makes it die the other death.

And the second saying in the verse that the held and the sent in the verse, both of them died, the sleep death. That which completed its fate, he holds it with him, and doesnot return it in to its body, and that which didnot complete its fate, he returns it to its body, to complete it. The Sheikh of Islam had chosen this saying. He said: The Quran and Tradition had denoted on it. He said: He, Glory be to Him, had mentioned the holding, which the death had judged in, of these souls which he made to die the sleep death. But that which he made die at its death, is that which he didnot describe with holding or with a sent, but it is a third part.

That which overweights is the first saying, because He, Glory be to Him, knows better about the two deaths. A major death, and it is the death dying, and a minor death, which is the sleep death. And He divided the souls into two parts: A part which He judged in, with the death and He held it with Him, and it is which He made to die the death dying, and a part for it the remaining fate, and He made it return to its body to complete its fate. And He, Glory be to Him, had made the holding and the sending as two judgement for the two mentioned deaths. First, it is holding, and it is sent. And He told that which didnot die is that which He made to die in its sleep. That if He were to divide the sleep death into two parts, a death dying and a sleep dying, He would not have said: ”And those that die not He takes during their sleep.” It is dead from time it is grasped, and He says after that: ”Those on whom he has passed the decree of death.”

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Kitab Ar Rooh- The Book of The Soul

In The Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful,

Kitab Ar Rooh - The Second case

IT IS, THAT THE SOULS OF THE DEAD, DO THEY MEET AND EXCHANGE VISITS AND CONFER OR NOT?


It is also an honorable case, with a great value. Its answer is that the souls are two parts: Tortured souls and benefactor souls. That the tortured in occupation with what it is in, of the torture from the exchange of visits and the colliding. The benefactor souls, are those related, not imprisoned meeting, exchanging visits and confering what was of it in the world, and what is of the people of the world, that every soul is with its companion, which is as to the like of its doing, and the soul of our Prophet Muhammad (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) in the Higher Companion. Allah (The Exalted) said: All who obey Allah and the Apostle are in the company of those on whom is the grace of Allah of the Prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers of truth, the witnesses who testify, and the righeous who do good: Ah! What a beautiful fellowship> (4:69)
And this accompaniment is confirmed in the world , and in the isthmus dwelling, and in the Recompense dwelling, and the human being is with whom he loved in these three dwellings.


Jarir narrated: From Masrouq, he said: The Companions of Muhammad (may blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) said: We ought not separate you in the world. If you die, you are raised upon us, and we are not able to see you. Thereupon Allah (The Exalted) had revealed: . (4:69)

The views had recurred concerning that. Some of it, what Saleh bin Bashir had mentioned. He said: I saw Ata As Salami in the dream after his death. I said to him: May Allah's mercy be upon you, you suffered of a long anguish in the world. Thereupon he said: ut, by Allah, I was followed by a long joy and a continuos felicity. I said: In what rank are you? He said: With those whom Allah had favored with the grace, of the Prophets, righteous, the marturs and the pious.

Abdullah bin Al Mubarak said: I saw Sufyan AthThawri in the dream. I said to him: What did Allah (The Exalted) do with you_ He said: I met Muhammad ( the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) and his party.

Sakr bin Rashed said: I saw Abdullah bin Al Mubarak in the dream after his death. I said: Didnot you die? He said: Certainly. I said: What did Allah (The Exalted) do with you? He said: He forgave me, and that overwhelmed every sin. I said: Then Sufyan Ath Thawri? He said: Excellent! Great! He is with those whom Allah had favored with His grace of the Prophets, the veracious, the martyrs and the pious, and he was a good friend to those.

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Kitab Ar Rooh- The Book of The Soul (part III)

In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful

Kitab Ar Rooh- The Book of The Soul (part III)


Yazid bin Abu Habib had narrated that Salim bin Umair had passed by a grave suffering from retention of urine. Some of his companions said to him: If you come down to these graves and urinate in some of its holes. Thereafter he wept, then he said: Glory be to Allah, and by Allah, I feel shy of the deads to do as I do for the living, if the deads were not to feel with that, I wont feel shy.

And it were known that the dead knows with the doings of the livings of his relatives and brothers. Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak said: Thawr bin Yazid had narrated from Abu Aiyub. He said: The deeds of the living are exhibited on the dead, if they see good they are happy and announce the glad tidings, and if they see evil they say: Our Lord, see in it. And the son of Abu Ad-Dunia had mentioned from Ahmad bin Abu Al-Hawari. He said: Muhammad, my brother, had narrated, he said: Abbad bin Abbad had come upon Ibrahim bin Saleh. He was in Palestine. He said: Preach me. He said: With what I preach you, may Allah lead you the right way? It reached me that the deeds of the living are exhibited on their dead relatives, then wait for what is exhibited on the Messenger of Allah (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) of your deeds. Then Ibrahim died until his beard became wet.


The naming of those saluting on them is sufficient. If they were not to feel with it, then it wont be valid to name him a visitor. The visited, if he were not to know with the visit of the one who visits him, it is not valid to be said that he visited him. This is the reason for the visit as to all the nations. As well the salutation on them. The Holy Prophet (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) had taught his nation, if they were to visit the graves to say: Peace on them, the people of the dwelling of the believers and Muslims. We, if Allah (The Exalted) desires, will follow you. May Allah (The Exalted) have mercy on the previous of us, of you, and the late, we ask Allah, the good health for us and you.

Al-Kallal had mentioned it: From Ash-Sha'bi, whosaid: The Ansar used to go to the grave of the dead related to them, reciting at his grave the Quran. He said: I heard Al-Hasan bin Al-Jawari saying: I passes by a grave of one of my sisters, I recited there, ”The Blessed”, to what is mentioned in it. Thereupon a man came to me and said: I saw your sister in the dream saying: May Allah recompense Abu Ali with good. I had benefited with what he recited.

Abu Muhammad said: And it is mentioned from Al-Fadl bin Al-Muwaffaq. He said: I used to come to the grave of my father one time after another, and more than that. I witnessed once a funeral in the graveyard, in which he were buried in. I hurried to my need and I did not come to him. When the night had come, I saw him in the dream. Thereupon he said toe: O, son, why you did not come to me? said to him: O, father, and do you know if I come to you? He said: Yes, by Allah, O, son, I keep looking at you until you go out of the arcade until you reach to me, and as you sit to me, then when you stand. I keep on looking to you until you pass the arcade.

And it was valid from Amr bin Dinarwho said: No dead who dies, but he knows what will be in his family after him. That tey wash and shroud him, and he would be looking to them.

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And what denotes on this also what had been done by the people anciently, and till our day of instruction: The dead in his grave. If it were not to hear that and to benefit with it, then there is no benefit in it and it is in vain. Imm Ahmad, may Allah's mercy be upon him, was asked about it, and he preferred it, and he protested on it with the doing.


And it was narrated concerning this: It is a weak hadith , in which At Tarabani had mentioned it in his lexicon of hadith Abu Umama. He said: The Messenger of Allah (the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) said: It any one of you dies, and you level on him the sand, let anyone of you stand on the head of his grave, then to say: O' Such, the son of Such, than he hears and doesnot answer. Then let him say: O'Such, the son of Such (female) another time. Let him straighten his sitting. Then let him say: O'Such, the son of Such (female) and to say: Lead us , may Allah's mercy be upon you, but you do not hear. Then he says: Mention whatyou came out of the world with: The testimony, that there is no God but Allah, and that Muhammad is The Messenger of Allah, and I am satisfied with Allah as Lord, and with Islam as a religion, and with Muhammad as a prophet, and with the Holy Quran as an Imam. That Munkar and Nakir , each one of them is delayed and would say: Thrust with us, and what makes us sit to that, and he were instructed his argument? And Allah and His Messenger are their argumentation. Thereupon a man said: O,Messenger of Allah, and if he doesnt know his mother? He said: He relates him to his mother Eve.

Ad it was valid from Hammad bin Salma, from Shahrbin Hwshab that As-Sa'b bin Juthama and Awf bin Malek were brotherly associated. Sa'b said to Awf: O, my brother, any one who dies before the other, let him visualize the other. He said: Or that will appear to me? He said: Yes. Thereupon Sa'b diesd. Awf saw him in what the sleeper sees, as if he had come to him. He said: O, my brother,. He said: Yes. I said: What was done with you_ He said: Some of my calamities were forgiven. He said: And I saw black brightening things in his neck. I said: O, my brother, what is this? He said: Ten dinars, I borrowed from Such, the Jewish. They are in my horn. Give them to him. And do know, o, my brother, that nothing happened to my family after my death but its news was attached to me, even a cat, a few days ago died. And do know, that my daughter will die after six days, recommend her with the grace. When it was the next morning, I said: In that a meaning, so I came to his family, and they said: Hello, Awf, as well you do with the legacy of your brothers? What have you done since the death of Sa'b? He said: I distracted myself with what the people distract with . I looked to the horn and got it down, and I snatched what is in it. I found the sack in it the dinars, and I sent it to the Jewish. I said then: Had you anything on Sa'b? He said: May Allah's mercy be on Sa'b, he was of the best companions of the Messenger of Allah (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him). It is for him. I said: To tell me. He said : Yes. I lended him ten dinars, and I discorded it to him. He said: It is , by Allah, but its essence. He said: I said: It is one.

He said: Did anything happen to you after the death of Sa'b? They said: Yes, such had happened to us, and such had happened as well. He said: Mention it. They said: Yes, a cat had died a few days ago. I said: There are two.

I said: Where is my niece? They said: She is playing. I brought her, and he touched her. That she were feverish. I said then: Recommend with her favor, and she died during six days.

Kitab Ar Rooh- The Book of The Soul (part II)

In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful,

Kitab Ar Rooh- The Book of The Soul (part II)

Al-Fadl bin Muwaffaq had narrated. He said: When my father died, I was really frightened for him. I used to come to his grave everyday. Then I restricted from that what Allah (The Exalted) desire. Then I came to it one day. While I was sitting at the grave, my eyes overcome me. I fall in sleep. I saw as if the grave of my father had split, as if sitting in his grave, donned with his shrouds seen on him the features of the dead. He said, as if I wept when I saw him: O, son, what delayed you to come to me? I said: As if you know of my coming? He said: You never had come, but I know about it. You used to come to me, and I used to cheer up and be happy with you, and those around me feel happy with your invocation. I used to come to him after that, many times.



Uthman bin Sawda At-Tafawi had narrated, he said: His mother was among the worshippers. She was called a nun. He said: When she was at the brick of death, she raised her head to the sky, and said: O, my Supplier, and on whom I depend in my life, and after my death, do not dismay me at the death time, and do not make me alone in my grave. He said: then she died. I used to come to her every Friday, invoking Allah's and asking forgiveness for her and to the people of the graves. I saw her one day in my dream. I said to her: O, mother, how are you? She said: O, son, that for death a vehement anguish, and I am by the praise of Allah in an extoled partition, stretching out the musks, and lying in it on the sacrenet and the silk brocades till the Resurrection Day. I said to her then: Do you want anything? She said: yes. I said: And what this can be? She said: Do not abandon what you used to do, of visiting and invoking for us, and I feel happy with your coming on Friday, when you come from amongst your family. It would be said for me: O, nun, this is your son, he has come. I would be happy, and all those around me of the dead will be happy.


Bishr bin Mansour had narrated. He said: When it was the plague period, there a man used to come to the gravedigger, and he used to witness the prayer on the funerals. When it was the evening, he used stand at the door of the graves. He used to say: May Allah (The Exalted) cheer up your loneliness, and have mercy on you in your forlorness, and overpass your evil doings, and accept your virtues, not adding on those words. He said: I stayed that night, and I returned back to my people. I did not come to the graves and I did not invoke as I used to do. He said: While I was sleeping, a group of people had come to me. I said: Who are you and what is your need? They said: We are the people of the graves. I said: What is your need? They said: You used to grant us a gift at your going to your family. I said: And what is it? They said: The invocations which you used to invoke with. He said: I will return to that. He said: And I did not leave it ever after that.

Kitab Ar Rooh- The Book of The Soul

In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,


KITAB AR ROOH- The Book of The Soul (IBN QAYIM AL JAWZIYA)

THE FIRST PROPOSITION

IT IS, DO THE DEADS KNOW ABOUT THE VISIT OF THE LIVINGS AND THEIR SALUTATIONS OR NOT?




The son of Abdel-Barr said: It was confirmed from the Holy Prophet (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) who had said: No Muslim who passes by the grave of his brother, knowing him in the world, and he salutes him, but Allah (The Exalted) returns on him his soul, until (the dead) returns the salutation. This is a text that the dead knows him in specific, and he returns the salutation.

And in the two Sahihs, from him (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) from many phases: That he had ordered with the slain during Badr to be thrown in Qulaib (well). Then he came until he stood over them and he called them by their names: O, Such, the son of Such, and O, Such, the son of Such, did you find what your Lord had promised you? That I found what really my Lord had promised me. Thereupon Umar said to him: O, Messenger of Allah, do you talk to dead people. He (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) said then: By whom had sent me with the right, you do not hear me with what I say more than them. But they are not able to answer.

And it was confirmed from him (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) : That the dead hears the tapping of the scuffs of the escorts, if they go away from him.

The Holy Prophet (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) had legalized for his nation, if they were to salute the people of the graves, the way they are talking to them. Thereupon he said: Peace be upon you, the dwelling of believing people. This is the talking of who hears and minds- If it were not like that, then this sermon is in the rank of the nonexisting and the solid.The ancestors agreed on this, and the traces had been recurred from them that the dead knows with the visit of the living to him and he rejoices at it.


Abu Bakr Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ubaidullah bin Abu Ad Dunia, in the book of the graves, had mentioned in the chapter of the recognition of the dead with the visit of the living:

Zayd bin Aslam had narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) who said: No one who visits the grave of his brother and sits on it , but the latter listens, and answers until he stands up.

On the authority of Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: If the man passes by the grave of his brother, knowing him and saluting him, but the latter answers the salutation. As well he recognizes him. But if he passes by a grave not knowing him, but saluting him, he also answers the salutation.

A man of the family of Asem Al- Juhdari said: I saw Asem Al-Juhdari in my dream after two years of his death. I said to him: Did you not die? He said: Certainly. I said: Then where are you? He said: I am, by Allah, in a garden of the gardens of Paradise. I and a group of my companions. We gather every Friday night and morning to Abu Bakr bin Abdullah Al-Muzni, and we hear about you. I said: Your bodies or souls? He said: I wish but out bodies are decayed, and the souls meet. I said: Do you know with our visit to you? He said: Yes, we know about it during the period between Friday evening, and the rising of the sun on Saturday. I said: Then how is that without the other days? He said: Because of the excellence of Friday and its greatness.

Hasan Al-Kassab had narrated, he said: I used to go with Muhammad bin Wase every Saturday morning, until we come to the gravedigger, and we used to stop at the graves. We used to salute them and to invoke for them. Thereafter we used to go away. I said one day: if you change this day, for Monday? He said: It reached me that the dead do know with their visitors on Friday, a day before and a day after.

Sufyan Ath-Thawri had narrated to us: It reached me from Ad-Dahhak. We said: That who visits a grave on Saturday before the rising of the sun, the dead knows about his visit. It was said to him: And how is that? He said: Because of the position of Friday.




Abu At-Tiyah said: Mutraf used to go in the morning, and if it were Friday he used to walk at night. He said: I heard Abu At-Tiyah saying: It reached us that he used to get the light by his whip. He came one night, that when he was at the graves of his people, riding on his mare, and he saw the people of the graves, every owner of a grave sitting on his grave. They said then: This is Mutraf coming on Friday. I said: And do you know about them on Friday? They said: Yes, and we do know what the birds say during that time. I said: And what do they say? They said: Peace be upon you, peace be upon you.

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