Wednesday 19 August 2015

Deobandi Belief: The Punishment of Grave does not Occur in the Earthly Grave but Another World

According to Deobandi Hanafi scholar, Maulana Abdul Haq Haqqani of Delhi, the punishment of the grave (Adhab al-Qabr) has no connection to the Earthly grave. He writes:

قبر کے تنگ اور وسیع ہونے ہماری یہ مراد نہیں کہ یہ گڑہا کہ جسم کو جس میں چھپایا ہے وہ تنگ و وسیع ہوتا ہے بلکہ اس عالم میں روح پر تنگی اور کشادگی ہوتی ہے اور اصل قبر اسکی وہی ہے، ہاں عرف عام میں اس جسم کے اعتبار سے اس گڑہے کو قبر کہتےہیں۔

Translation: The constricting and expanding of the grave does not mean that this ditch (Earthly grave) in which the body is buried constricts or expands. Rather, the constriction and expansion occurs to the soul on another plane of existence. That [other plane of existence] is in fact the real grave, and it is only out of custom, in relation to the corpse, that this ditch is referred to as 'Grave'.

Reference: Aqa'id-ul-Islam, p.189



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