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عدد الرسائل : 1126
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Country : مصر
العمل/الترفيه : الرسم
المزاج : الحمد الله ممتاز
تاريخ التسجيل : 23/06/2008
 |  موضوع: The life of the Prophets .  السبت نوفمبر 07, 2009 11:22 pm | |
| Are the prophets alive or dead?
because whe prophet Muhammed(pbuh) went on the miraaj, all the prophets
prayed behind him in masjid al-aqsa, then prophet Muhammed(pbuh) went
though each heaven and met some of the more well known prophets again
who must have prayed behind him earlier. Therfore, how could the
prophets be in masjid al-aqsa and then in the heavens after.
Or are the prophets alive, but in a different reality to us?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The
Prophets (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon them) are dead as far
as the people of this world are concerned. Allaah says, addressing the
last and best of them (interpretation of the meaning):
“Verily, you (O Muhammad) will die, and
verily, they (too) will die”
[al-Zumar 39:30]
But
before Allaah they are alive, for if the martyrs are alive with Allaah,
then the Prophets are undoubtedly higher in status before Allaah. See
Fath al-Baari, 6/444.
It
was narrated in a saheeh report that the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) said: “The Prophets are alive in their
graves and they pray.” (Narrated by al-Bazzaar; classed as saheeh
by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 2790). This prayer is
something that they are blessed with just as the people of Paradise are
blessed with tasbeeh (glorifying Allaah).
They
(blessings and peace of Allaah be upon them) are in their graves apart
from ‘Eesa (peace be upon him), whom Allaah raised up into
heaven, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):
“but
they killed him not, nor crucified him, but it appeared so to them [the
resemblance of ‘Eesa (Jesus) was put over another man (and they
killed that man)], and those who differ therein are full of doubts.
They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture.
For surely; they killed him not [i.e. ‘Eesa (Jesus), son of
Maryam (Mary)]:
But Allaah raised him [‘Eesa (Jesus)] up
(with his body and soul) unto Himself (and he is in the heavens). And Allaah is Ever All-Powerful, All-Wise.”
[al-Nisa’ 4:157-158]
With
regard to the Prophets praying behind the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) on the night of the Isra’ (Night Journey),
they prayed behind him in spirit, but their bodies were in their
graves. The same applies to his seeing the Prophets during the
Mi’raaj (ascent into heaven), when he saw Adam in the lowest
heaven, and ‘Eesa and Yahya in the second heaven, and Yoosuf in
the third, and Idrees in the fourth, and Haroon in the fifth, and Moosa
in the sixth, and Ibraaheem in the seventh, or vice versa. He saw their
souls appear in the shape of their bodies.
Some people say that he saw the same bodies
that are buried in the graves, but this view does not carry any weight.
But ‘Eesa ascended into heaven body and soul,
and the same is said of Idrees.
But with regard to Ibraaheem, Moosa and
others, they are buried on earth.
The
Messiah (may the blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him and all the
other Prophets) will inevitably descend to earth, to the white minaret
in the east of Damascus; he will kill the Dajjaal
(“Antichrist”), break the cross and kill the pigs, as is
proven in the saheeh ahaadeeth. Hence he is in the second heaven even
though he is superior to Yoosuf, Idrees and Haroon, because he will
descend to the earth before the Day of Resurrection, unlike the other
Prophets. And Adam is in the lowest heaven because the souls of his
descendents who are blessed (i.e., destined for Paradise) will be shown
to him. As for the souls of the doomed (i.e., those who are destined
for Hell) the gates of heaven will not be opened for them and they will
not enter Paradise until the camel passes through the eye of the
needle. So if they will be shown to him, he has to be near them. There
is no contradiction in the fact that they (may be blessings and peace
of Allaah be upon them) prayed behind the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) then he met some of them after he was taken up
into the heavens, because the souls are like the angels, they may
ascend and descend in an instant; they are not like bodies.
Adapted from Majmoo’ al-Fataawa by
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him), 4/328-329.
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