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Narrated Anas , when the ailment of the Prophet got
aggravated, he became unconscious, whereupon Fatima said,
“Oh, how distressed my father is!” He said, “Your father will
have no more distress after today.” When he expired, she said,
“O Father! Who has responded to the call of the Lord Who has
invited him! O Father, whose dwelling place is the Garden of
Paradise (i.e. Al-Firdaus)! O Father! We convey this news (of your
death) to Jibreel.” When he was buried, Fatima said, “O Anas! Do
you feel pleased to throw earth over Allah’s Messenger ?” 194
Grave: Grave is the abode of the body after death, the
Messenger of Allah said: “Verily the grave is the first step in
the stages of the Hereafter; if one finds salvation (at this stage)
the succeeding (stages) become easy for him, and if he does not
find salvation in it, what follows this stage is very hard upon
him.” 195 The bodies of common people decay in their graves with
the passage of time, whilst the bodies of the Prophets are
preserved as a sign of honor. It is also known by observation that
bodies of some martyrs are preserved.
Barzakh: Linguistically, “Barzakh” means a veil, barrier or
partition between two things. Ibn Abbas defines Barzakh as, a
Hijab (a partition of veil). Adh-Dhahhak (a Tab’ieen scholar of
Tafseer) says: ‘Barzakh is the stage between this world and the
Hereafter.’ 196 Al-Qurtubi, in his exposition on these various
interpretations states: ‘The Barzakh is a barrier between two
things. It is the stage between this world and the other world -
from the time of death until the time of Resurrection. Thus,
whoever dies enters the Barzakh” 197 All these various
explanations point to one underlined fact, that the soul after
having separated from its worldly body, enters into a realm
behind which there is a barrier forbidding any return.
194 Saheeh al-Bukharee vol. 5, no. 739.
195 Collected in at-Tirmidhee (no. 132) and Ibn Majah.
196 See al-Qurtubi’s Tafseer, vol.12, p.150.
197 See al-Qurtubi’s Tafseer, vol.12, p.150.
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