The Grave

What is the Grave

The first abode in the Hereafter, the one who survives it then the rest will be easier for him, the one who does not survive it will suffer more hardships, the grave is the first place where the haves are equal to the have-nots, it is the place of alienation, solitude and dust, the believer who is introduced to the grave is received with “welcome”.

Questions Asked in the Grave

About the name of the Lord Most High, the name of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him), the religion, the Book, the ruler whose subject one used to be, life and the deeds in which he did therein: money from where did he gain it and how did he spend it, prayers, obligatory alms, Hajj, fasting, loyalty to the family of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him).

Deeds that Benefit in the Grave

Prayers, obligatory alms, charity, patience, two prostrations in prayers, the one who completes the prostration will never feel alienation in the grave, the one who helps a believer in distress, good deeds (one’s family and money go back after one reaches his grave), continuous alms, beneficial knowledge, the good son, the reward for one who planted a date palm, dug a well, constructed a river, built a mosque, inherited knowledge or wrote a Quranic book.

* Book: Materialwest. By sayed Sami Khadra.