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The horrors of the graves

أهوال القبور

Author: زين الدين عبد الرحمن بن أحمد بن رجب بن الحسن، السَلامي، البغدادي، ثم الدمشقي، الحنبلي (المتوفى: 795هـ) (d. 795)

About this work

كتاب أهوال القبور لابن رجب الحنبلي يندرج ضمن فئة الرقاق والآداب والأذكار، ويتناول بأسلوب شرعي موضوعات البرزخ وعذاب القبر ونعيمه، مستعرضاً أحوال الموتى من لقاءاتهم في القبور إلى زيارة الأحياء لهم، مع إيضاح ما جاء في القرآن والسنة عن هذه المسائل.

Translation

The book The Horrors of the Graves by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali falls within the category of Al-Riqaq, Manners, and Remembrances, and deals in a legal manner with the topics of the isthmus and the torment and bliss of the grave, reviewing the conditions of the dead from their encounters in the graves to the visits of the living to them, while clarifying what is stated in the Qur’an and Sunnah about these issues.

Topics covered

  • The horrors of graves and the conditions of their inhabitants until the resurrection
  • introduction
  • Chapter Two: On the words of the grave when he descends to it
  • Chapter Three: On the dead meeting with the dead and asking him questions
  • Chapter: Prohibition of wishing for death and striving in obedience before its arrival
  • Chapter Six: In mentioning the torment and bliss of the grave
  • entrance
  • The Qur’an’s indication of the torment of the grave
  • Some of what was mentioned about the cause of the torment in the grave
  • Chapter: Types of torment in the grave
  • Chapter: Bliss of the grave
  • Chapter: What was mentioned about revealing some of the torment and bliss of the people of the graves
  • Chapter: The dead person feels the pain of death as long as he is in his grave
  • Chapter: What was seen of the bliss of the people of the grave
  • Chapter: Knowing the dead by those who visit them and greet them
  • Chapter: Knowing the dead about their condition in this world before burial
  • Chapter: The words of the dead and the return of peace
  • Chapter Nine: Mentioning the location of the souls of the dead in the isthmus
  • Souls of the prophets
  • The place of the souls of the martyrs
  • Chapter: The place of the souls of the believers is the exception of the martyrs
  • Chapter: What prevents the souls of believers and martyrs from entering Paradise
  • Chapter Eleven: On mentioning visiting the dead and seeking advice from them

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