THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Ahad. 10th day of Jumaadal Awwal 1444AH (Sunday 4th December. 2022).

SOME REASONS FOR THE PUNISHMENT IN THE GRAVE OR WHEN WE DIE. Bismillah. 

Let's continue with our topic yesterday; Those who will be punished before the judgement day include a man who read Qur'an then slept at night and did not act upon it by the day may be punished. Adulterers and adulteresses who could not repent before dying may be punished. The one who consumes riba is punished in al-Barzakh, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) testified. 

Some will graze on al-daree’ and al-zaqqoom (horrid types of food in Hell) because they withheld the zakaah of their wealth. Some will eat putrid, rotten meat because of their zina. Some will have their lips cut off with iron scissors because they caused fitnah (fighting, civil war) with their words and their speech.

According to the hadeeth of Abu Sa’eed, those who committed these crimes without repentance will be punished. Some of them will have bellies as big as houses; they are those who consumed riba. Some will be hung up by their breasts; they are the adulterers. Some will have their sides cut and will be fed with their own flesh; they are the ones who engaged in backbiting. The punishment of the grave is for sins of the heart, the eye, the ear, the mouth, the tongue, the stomach, the private parts, the hand, the foot, and the entire body when you die without repentance. Please note that if you commit sins consistently with a mind that you will repent later, you may die in the sins and get punished at Barzakh or on Judgement day. These are all authentic from different ahadith so lets fear ALLAH and repent from our regular sins. May ALLAH keeps guiding us all and increases us in beneficial knowledge. Aameen.