What does Islam say about life after death?

Question

What does Islam say about life after death?

Answer 1

Death does not terminate man’s life. On the other hand, Islam teaches that it is the door that opens to an eternal lifer after death. The appropriate reward for one’s earthly deeds, good or bad, is disbursed only in the Hereafter. The Islamic belief is that mankind will be resurrected, on the Day of Judgment, after every creation is destroyed. After being reborn, man will face a trial which will be in absolute control of the Almighty. Here, all the good and bad acts of man during his sojourn on earth will be unfurled before his eyes in order to be ultimately judged by God. The virtuous will be rewarded with virtue and the wrong doers punished appropriately. Those who have made sacrifices and discharges noble deeds will receive the shelter of peace in Heaven and those who have denigrated their lives through vices and evil will be condemned to suffer horrors of h**l. Islam inculcates the concept of accountability both in public and private life of a person by emphasizing the paramount importance of life Hereafter for mankind.

Answer 2

in islam when a person dies he/she is buried and when every one leaves two angles come to the dead person and ask about their religion and their God and the people who were the followers of Allah and obeyed everything what he said then the person will be able to answer the questions and if the person was not a follower then he/she will be blank and will not answer and so they will suffer in their grave till the day of judgement

on the day of judgement everyone will rise from their graves and will be face to face with Allah (the great) and the people who followed him will bow in front of him and the people who disobeyed him will not be able to their bodies will be as stiff as a stone an then the people who bow  will get their book about their life in their right hand and the people who did not bow will get their books with their left hand from their back and then Allah will measure everyone's deeds the people who's good deeds are heaver then the bad deeds will go to heaven and the people who's bad deeds are heavear then their good deeds will suffer and will be sent to h**l

Answer 3

When we die, the angel of death takes our souls to Allah, we face Allah for the first time where an angel will hand us our book of life in either our right hand or left, left is bad, right is good (i think - i always seem to get mixed up lol). We're judged on our deeds, our life is shown to us and we can see all the bad and good we did in our lifes. Allah then sends us to Heaven or h**l. We're punished for the sins that we did and rewarded for the good.

That's why we should live our lives doing good deeds and being a good Muslim so that we can inshallah please Allah and enter heaven were those little sacrifices we did on earth will be repayed.

And sister above, that's day of judgement, the question is about life after death.

Answer 4

After death our body is burried in grave and soul is transferred into Barzagh (s place where all souls of humans will stay until the end of world when all humans will be resurrectd from their grave).  At that time souls will be put back in their respective bodies.

Then all humans will be taken in groups. Angels will know which one are good and which are bad people and which one are in beween who have bad deeds more than good deeds.  Best people will be given their book of good deeds in their right hands and they will be thrilled with joy that they are to enter Heaven.  Those whose books of deeds will be handed in their left hands from behind will be in sadness for fear of punishment on h**l fire.  

Those who have more  bad deeds  but considerably good deeds also, will be presented to Allah to review their cases.  Allah being Most Merciful will try to given several times more reward for their good deeds so they pass the judgment and enter heaven.  Those whose

good deeds still would not help them even after Allah multiply the rewards of their deeds by many times, Allah will send them to h**l for short punishment for their bad deeds and then they will be sent to some lower levels of heaven.

Life in Heaven will be eternal. All men ane women will be in their 33-32 yeas of age. They will never age and will remain young for ever. The water, food, fruits will all be so pure that nothing will adversly affect their health.  Also the new bodies Allah will give them will be

indestructible.  That is why they will be able to see Allah.  Our todays bodies are not able to see Allah.  That is why Moses fell unconcious

when Allah appeared to him.  He only saw extremely bright light on the mountain near Mt. Sinai.  He couldn't see and fell unconcious and the mountain where Allah appeard was completely burned.  We cant say for sure whether Allah came there Himself  or He just put His light on that mountain  out of which souls of all Angels and human  are

created.  

Answer 5

There are different stages in the life after death.  

1) First is in the grave, al barzakh,

2) The Day of Judgement

3) Heaven &/or h**l

The Hadeeth of the Grave

Muhammad Ibnun-Nadr informed us saying: Mu’aawiyah Ibn ’Amr said: Zaa‘idah informed us saying: Sulaymaan al-A’mash informed me: al-Minhaal Ibn ’Amr informed me saying: Zaadaan informed us saying: al-Baraa‘ informed me saying: We went out with the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) in the Funeral Prayer for a man from the Ansaar (helpers).  So we stopped at the grave, and the niche at the side of it had not been dug out yet.  So the Messenger of Allaah raised his head to the sky, and then he looked down to the ground and conversed to himself.  He said: Then he said: “Seek refuge with Allaah from the Punishment of the Grave,” a few times.  Then he said: “Verily when the Muslim man has yet to reach the Hereafter, but he has already been cut off from this world, Angels from the sky descend upon him having faces like the sun.  So they sit as far as him as the eye can see, with them are the burial shrouds from the burial shrouds of Paradise, and embalming perfume from the embalming perfumes of Paradise.  So then the Angel of Death comes and sits at his head, so he says: “Come out, O good soul to the forgiveness of Allaah and His pleasure.” He said: “So it flows out as a drop flows out [from] a water-skin.  So when he takes it, he does not leave it in his hand for the blinking of an eye.” He said: “And there comes out from him a smell like the best musk to be found upon the face of the earth.  So they ascend with him, and they do not pass by any of the angels except that he says: Who is this good soul?  So they say: This is so and so.  So the doors of heavens are open for him, and they follow him through every level of heaven, until they reach the end of the seventh heaven. It is then said: “Write his book in highness (’illiyyeen).”  He said: So it is written.  He said: Then it is said: “Return to the earth, because it is from there that We created you. and it is to there that we return you, and it is from there that We raise you up again.”  So it is returned to his body, then the Angels come to him, then they say to him: Sit.  Who is your Lord?  So he says: My Lord is Allaah.  He said: They say: What is your Religion?  He said: He says: My Religion is Islaam.  So they say: Who is this man who was sent amongst you?  He says: He is the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam).  So they say: How did you come to know of him?  So he says: I read the Book of Allaah, and I believed in it, and I attested to it.  So it will be called out from the heavens: “Indeed he has spoken the truth, so make space for him in Paradise, and clothe him with the clothes of Paradise, and show him his place in Paradise.”  He said: So he will be allowed to see it and his grave will be made spacious for him as far as the eye can see.  A man with beautiful clothes, a handsome face, and a good smell will be presented to him; he will say: “Receive the glad tidings that will please you upon this day that you were promised.  So [he] will say: May Allaah have mercy upon you, who are you; because your face seems to represent goodness?  He said: So he says: I am your righteous deeds.”

He said: “However, if he was a disbeliever, Angels with black faces will descend upon him, and with them are coarse woolen cloths.  So they sit as far from him as the eye can see.”  He said: “And the Angel of death comes and sits at his head, so he says: Come out O foul soul to the Anger of Allaah and His displeasure.  He said: So he does not like to be taken out of his body.  He said: So he takes it out, he does not leave it in his hand for the blinking of an eye.  So the Angels take it in the burial shrouds of coarse woolen cloth.  He said: And there emanates from him the most offensive smelling stench like the foulest smelling corpse upon the face of the earth.  So they ascend with him, so they do not pass by any one of the Angels, except that he says: Who is this foul soul?  He says: “So and so,” using the most evil of names.  So when they reach the heaven, they open the door, but it closes upon him, and it is called out: “Return to the earth, since I created you from it, and to it I return you, and from it I shall raise you again.”  So he is placed back in his body, so the Angels come to him and they say: Sit.  So they say: Who is your Lord?  He said: He says: Haah, [haah], I do not know.  So they say: What is your Religion?  So he says: Haah, haah, I do not know.  I heard the people speaking.  He said: So they say: Who is this man who was sent amongst you?  He said: So it is called out from the sky: “Verily he has lied, so make space for him in the Fire, and clothe him with the clothes of the Fire.  And he will be shown his place in the Fire.  He said: So he will see his place in the Fire, and he will be overtaken by its heat and its scorching air, and ..

Answer 6

In Islam, an individual's life after death or their Hereafter, is very closely shaped by their present life. Life after death begins with the resurrection of man, after which there will come a moment when every human will be shaken as they are confronted with their intentions and deeds, good and bad, and even by their failure to do good in this life. On the Day of Judgment the entire record of people from the age of puberty will be presented before God. God will weigh everyone’s good and bad deeds according to His Mercy and His Justice, forgiving many sins and multiplying many good deeds. One who excels in goodness will be rewarded generously, whereas one whose evils and wrongs overweigh his good deeds will be punished. Those who emerge successful in this judgment will go to paradise and the doors of eternal bliss will be opened to them.