Which questions will be asked in the grave?

Answer 1

Nakir and Munkar, (Arabic: منكر و نكير‎) in Islamic eschatology, are angels who test the faith of the dead in their graves.[1]

According to the Islam religion, after death, a person's soul passes through a stage called barzakh, where it exists in the grave (even if the person's body was destroyed, the soul will still rest in the earth near their place of death). [2] The questioning will begin when the funeral is over and the last person of the funeral congregation has stepped 70 steps away from the grave. Nakir and Munkar prop the deceased soul upright in the grave and ask three questions: "Who is your Lord? Who is your Prophet? What is your religion?". A righteous believer will respond correctly, saying that their Lord is Allah, that Muhammad is their prophet and that their religion is Islam. If the deceased answers correctly, the time spent awaiting the resurrection is pleasant. Those who do not answer as described above are chastised until the day of judgment. [3]

Muslims believe that a person will correctly answer the questions not by remembering the answers before death (compare with the Egyptian Book of the Dead) but by their iman and deeds such as salah and shahadah (the Islamic profession of faith).

Answer 2

The following must be learned as answers to the questions in the grave:

Who is your Rabb?

ANSWER

Allahu ta'âlâ

What is your religion?

ANSWER

The religion of Islam

Which prophet's community (ummah) do you belong to?

ANSWER

Muhammad's (alaihis-salâm) community

What is [the name of] your Holy Book?

ANSWER

Qur'ân al-karîm

Where is your qibla?

ANSWER

Ka'ba al-muazzama

What is your madhhab in belief?

ANSWER

Ahl as-Sunnah WA'l-Jamâ'ah

What is your madhhab in deeds?

ANSWER

You should say the madhhab you follow of the four madhhabs, namely, Hanafî, Mâlikî, Shâfi'î, and Hanbalî.

In addition, it is necessary to know the principles below:

Whom do you descend from?

ANSWER

From Âdam 'alaihis-salâm

Whose millat do you belong to?

ANSWER

Ibrâhîm's ('alaihis-salâm). [Herein millat means religion.]

What is îmân? What are the fundamentals of Âmantu?

ANSWER

Îmân is to believe in the commandments and prohibitions Muhammad 'alaihis-salâm brought from Allahu ta'âlâ and to state this belief with the tongue.

Îmân is to believe in the six fundamentals declared in the Âmantu and to accept and to like all of the commandments and prohibitions revealed by Allahu ta'âlâ.

Âmantu is as follows:

Âmantu bi'llahi WA malâ'ikatihi WA kutubihi WA rusulihi wal-yawm-il-âkhiri WA bil-qadari khairihi WA sharrihi minallahi ta'âlâ walba'thu ba'd-al-mawt haqqun ash-hadu an lâ ilaha illallah WA ash-hadu Anna Muhammadan 'abduhu WA rasûluhu.

[That is, I believe in Allah, in His angels, in His books, in His prophets, in the Last Day, in qadar, in that good and evil are from Allah, in the resurrection after death. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad 'alaihis-salâm is Allah's born servant and Last Prophet.]

What are fundamentals of Islam?

ANSWER

They are as follows:

1. To say the Kalimat ash-shahâda

That is, to say, "Ash'hadu an lâ ilâha illa'llah WA ash'hadu Anna Muhammadan 'abduhu WA rasûluhu." It means: "I bear witness that [that is, I know and declare as if I saw that] there is no god but Allah and again I bear witness that Muhammad 'alaihis-salâm is His born servant and His Messenger." To have belief in the Messenger of Allah means accepting, believing, and liking all of what he communicated.

2. To perform the ritual prayer (namâz, salât)

3. To give obligatory alms (zakât)

3. To fast

4. To perform the pilgrimage (hajj)

What are the Attributes of Allahu ta'âlâ?

ANSWER

As-Sifât adh-Dhâtiyya of Allahu ta'âlâ are six:

1. Al-Wujûd (existence)

2. Al-Qidam (being without beginning and eternal in the past)

3. Al-Baqâ (being without end and eternal in the future)

4. Al-Wahdaniyya (having no partner or match)

5. Al-Mukhâlafatu li-l hawâdith (being dissimilar to every creature in every respect)

6. Al-Qiyâmu bi nafsihi (being unneedy of anything for His existence)

As Sifât ath-Thubûtiyya of Allahu ta'âlâ are eight:

1. Hayât (Life)

2. 'Ilm (Omniscience)

3. Sam' (Hearing)

4. Basar (Seeing)

5. Irâda (Will)

6. Qudra (Omnipotence)

7. Kalâm (Speech, Word)

8. Takwîn (Creativeness)

Note: There is detailed information on these fundamentals in the book Endless Bliss.