Questioner: O Utsaadh! Are there people who have now entered Paradise or people who have entered the Fire? Like the aayah in Surah Yaa Seen, “It was said to him, ‘Enter Paradise.’” [Yaa Seen 36:26]
Al-Albaani: This is about what will be. As for now, there is nothing but the life of al-Barzakh. Entering Paradise or the Fire is appointed at the Reckoning … [at] the resurrection on the Day of Resurrection.
Questioner: Even the martyrs and Prophets?
Al-Albaani: All of
them. But their souls are in a specific state of bliss as he عليه
السلام said, “The souls of the martyrs are in the crops of green birds,
eating from the fruits of Paradise,” and likewise, “The souls of the
believers are in the bellies of green birds, eating from the fruits of
Paradise.” So this bliss is that of the souls, as for the bliss of the
body and soul together and likewise the torment [of them both
together], that will not be except after the resurrection.
Questioner: Okay, O Ustaadh!
What we understood, according to our intellect, is that when a person
is living, his soul and body are interconnected …, when Allaah the
Mighty and Majestic says, “Think not of those who are killed in the Way of Allah as dead. Nay, they are alive …” [Aali-Imraan 3:169] what I mean is [i.e., what I understand from the aayah is], ‘Nay, they are alive …’ i.e., alive as in the soul is in the body, connected.
Al-Albaani: This is
something well-known which does not need to be asked about, the Prophet
explained it for you and gave you the answer and I mentioned it to you
earlier … the souls of the martyrs are in the crops of green birds,
what does this mean? That firstly, the life of a martyr is commensurate
with his rank before Allaah and, secondly, [at the same time it is also
commensurate] with his existence in barzakh.
Life differs. Life in Barzakh
differs from life in this world, and life in the Hereafter differs from
both of those forms of life together, life in the Hereafter is
different from life in al-Barzakh and life in this world too.
For this reason it is not permissible for a person to employ analogical reasoning [qiyas]
… making an analogy of that which is Unseen based upon that which is,
such that you say, ‘We don’t know life except in this manner!’
Don’t use this life which you are
familiar with to make an analogy of that life which you are not
acquainted with; especially when some texts have been related which
totally clarify for you the fact that the life of martyrs which our
Lord the Mighty and Majestic affirmed in the Quraan, saying, “Nay, they are alive, with their Lord, receiving provision …” … what is their provision?
It is not [various] dishes like those
we have, their provision is that they eat by way of what that green
bird eats, this is the provision [being referred to], the hadith explains the Quraan.
Questioner: When the
Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام saw Paradise and the Fire and found those
who were being punished therein and those who were in bliss, how is
that then?
Al-Albaani: Yes, the [differing] states that the Companions of Paradise and those of the Fire will be in [i.e., after Barzakh, on the Day of Judegement] was unveiled to him–this is the true unveiling [kashf] which the Sufis have stolen and attributed to themselves; it [i.e., such kashf] is only for the Prophets and Messengers.
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 28.
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