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The Hereafter (Ma'aad)

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Preface
• Some Convincing Things about the Hereafter
• His Blood Proved More Effective Than His Speech
• The Precious Pearl which could not be Appreciated
• A Strange Request
• Double Burial
• Two Other Persons also had that Dream
• A Story More Revealing Than a Book
• Ocean in a Nutshell
• Note
• Death
• No Other Source of Knowledge Except Revelation
• Characteristics of the Hereafter have nothing to do with Intellect
• Does a Dead Body Talk?
• Talking is not Limited to the Tongue
• Death: The First Station
• What is Death?
• The Soul Neither Enters the Body nor Gets Out of it
• How the soul is taken
• Who causes death? God, Izra'eel or the angels?
• The Lord of the Universe has fixed Some Causes for Death
• Appearance of Izra'eel According to the Deeds of the Dying Person
• Arrival of Angels and Satans at the time of Death
• Comfort and Discomfort at the Time of Death
• Sometimes Discomfort at the Time of Death Redeems Sins
• Comfort on Deathbed, Reward of Good Deeds of the Dying Disbeliever
• Confiscating a disbeliever's Soul through Torture
• A Student of Fuzail who Died the Death of a Disbeliever
• Dying in Disbelief Due to Sinning
• Being Pleased with Death
• Love for the World-Condemned by reason and Shariat
• Love for this World is an Attribute of Infidels and a Source of Sins
• Dislike for Death and Weeping Over Demise of the Beloved
• Expression of Impatience is the Result of Carelessness about the Hereafter
• Divine Mercies and Bounties
• The Arrival of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) at the Moment of Death
• Even After Death
• Questioning of the Grave
• Questioning about Beliefs and Deeds
• Why this Questioning?
• Unbelievers will see the Divine Punishment and the Beginning of their Pains
• The Disbeliever will Fail to Reply all Questions
• There will be Questioning about Deeds too
• Deeds are the Companions in Grave
• The Lord of the World Warns
• The Disbeliever will be accompanied by a Fearsome Face
• Squeeze of the Grave is a Fact
• Squeeze of Grave is Possible Everywhere
• Reasons of Squeeze of the Grave
• Notes
• Barzakh (Purgatory) - The Stage Between this World and the Hereafter
• Halfway between Reward and Punishment
• The Facsimile World and the Facsimile Body
• Picture in the Mirror, with Two Stipulations
• All Food Articles and Fruits Combined in Only One Thing
• The Degree of Effects
• A Man in the Grave Who Hosted Others
• Reward of Fair dealing and Offering Prayers in Time
• Lasting Pleasure in the Realm of Barzakh
• A Cloak Full of Rice in the Valley of Peace
• Animals Hear the Voice of the Dead
• Cries Raised by a Hashimi Murderer in his Dream
• Advice of a Perfumer and Demand by a Jew of His Trust
• Can Such Things be Denied Absolutely
• Three Kinds of News
• There is no Logical Argument against Resurrection
• Burial of Fatima BintAsad, Mother of Amirul Mu’minin (A.S.)
• Fatima BintAsad was much Fearful about the Events after Death
• Effectiveness of Soul in Physical Body
• The Body of Shaykh Sadooq Found Fresh
• The Fresh Body of Hurr and the Handkerchief on his Head
• A Suckling Baby in the Grave of Abu Ja'far Kulaini (r.a.)
• Fire of Barzakh leaps out of a Grave
• Fire Hotter than the fire of this World
• Lightning is the Biggest Fire in the World
• Those who do not Experience Fear
• Death at a Time of the Descent of Mercy
• Two Green Branches and Testimony of Forty Persons
• Prophet Dawood did not offer Burial Prayer for a Worshipper
• Testimony of Believers by Dust of Karbala’ on the Shroud of Allamah Majlisi (r.a.)
• The Good Deeds which Reach the Dead after Death
• Numerous Gifts as Reward of Charity on behalf of the Dead
• Request of the Dead to the Living
• Barzakh is Veiled in this World
• The Realm of Barzakh Encircles this World
• Souls are Friendly with One Another and Please One Another
• The Valley of Peace is the Station of the Spirits of the Faithful
• Nearness to Amirul Mu’minin ‘Ali (a.s) Attainable through Knowledge and Virtues
• A Dead Body which was brought from Yemen to Najaf al-Ashraf
• One who gave Shelter to Locusts around his Tent
• Close Relation between the Soul and the Grave
• Reflection of Sunrays in a Mirror
• Why no Reward or Punishment is Given to this Earthly Body?
• Every Soul has Two Kinds of Bodies
• The Soul is either Punished or Rewarded
• Qur’anic Description of Reward and Punishment in Barzakh
• In Comfort or in Pain so long as Days and Nights endure
• Habib Najjar in the Paradise of Barzakh
• Hard Life and Punishment in the Grave
• Barzakh till everyone would be raised from the Graves on the Day of Judgement
• Personality of Man Due to his Spirit or Soul
• Paradise in Barzakh for the Content Soul
• Rewards and Punishments of Barzakh as Mentioned in Reports and Traditions
• Faces in Barzakh would be like People's Faces in this World
• New arrivals questioned about Others
• Spirits Meet their Worldly Relatives and Friends
• The Pool of Kauthar in Barzakh
• Kauthar and Hameem at the Moment of Death
• Barhoot - A Sample of Hell in Barzakh
• Notes
• Day of Judgement (Qiyamat)
• Qiyamat from viewpoint of Logic
• Unbelievers of Hereafter do not understand God's Wisdom
• Nail as a Support
• Exit of Excessive Matter through Hair
• Medicine from Cow dung Beetle Proved Effective for Eye Trouble
• Is the World's Existence Void of Wisdom?
• Not a Single Tooth is Without Wisdom
• Creation would have been Aimless had there been Only Happiness
• Every Gulp after Thousands of Stings
• For the Sake of a Joy which will be Without Sorrow or Pain
• Qiyamat Cannot be Doubted
• Divine Justice Demands a Day of Judgement
• True People have Informed about Qiyamat
• The Best Proof of Resurrection is the Possibility of its Coming
• There is no Return of a Perished Thing in Qiyamat
• The Strongest Argument is the Possibility of its Occurrence
• He will Gather them for the Third Time too
• Dead Coming to Life in the World
• Uzair (a.s.) Remained Dead For a Hundred Years
• Four Birds whom God Made Alive after Dissection
• Almighty Allah has Power over Everything
• Fire and Water Together
• How will the Powdered Bones Become Alive?
• No Scope for Doubt in Divine Knowledge
• Creation of Skies is More Difficult and Important than Creation of Man
• It is obligatory to remove the Harm if there is any Likelihood of it
• If Mind Hints at a Danger or Harm, Attention Must be Paid
• All Prophets and Messengers Warned People
• Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) Admonishes an unbeliever of Resurrection
• Resurrection is Great
• Amr Became Frightened by Qiyamat
• Red Hot Earth Under the Unbeliever's Feet
• Fate of Backbiters, Usurers and Corrupt People
• Those who Harassed Their Neighbours, the Oppressive Rulers and the Proud
• Offenders will be Recognised by their Faces in the Grand Gathering
• How will they Walk with their Disfigured Faces?
• Hearts will Stick to Throats
• The Fortunate Ones who will be Safe from the Fear of Qiyamat
• Masjid will be the Ark of Salvation in Qiyamat
• Death in or En-route to Mecca
• Patience in Passion and Anger
• The Love and Guardianship (Wilayat) of ‘Ali is a Guarantee of True Safety and Protection
• The Absolute 'Hasana' (Good) is the Wilayat of ‘Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.)
• Precaution or Preparation for the Future
• Efforts for Betterment of Future and Entanglement in Greed
• The True Savings Account is with God
• Israfil will Blow the Trumpet
• Four Favourite Angels and their Responsibilities
• Noise in Skies at the Thought of Qiyamat
• Only God will be there
• Wonders before the Arrival of Qiyamat
• Blowing of the Second Trumpet
• Thank God who Fulfilled His Promise
• How will they Raise their Heads from Graves?
• Two Contradictory Hopes about Qiyamat
• All Secrets will become known
• The Dress on the Day of Judgement will be Piety
• Adam (a.s.) Covered his Body with Leaves
• The Sinners will be Recognized
• Scene of a Drunkard in the Gathering
• Faces of Usurers and Musicians
• The Musician's Instruments will be with him
• The Condition of Double Talkers
• Arrogant People and Adulterers
• Day of Fifty Thousand Years' Duration
• Why Qiyamat is Called a 'Day'?
• Sun of truth will shine in Qiyamat
• The Station of Fear in Qiyamat
• Flying Away from one another like Locusts
• Their Fleeing will be of no Use
• They will beg even for a Single Good on the Day of Judgement
• Records of Deeds
• The Fragrance of Good Intention Alerts the Angels
• Respite in Recording Good and Evil
• They Note Even the Blowing at Fire
• Amirul Mu’minin ‘Ali (a.s.) Addresses Indecent Youth Talkers
• Wisdom Behind Record of Deeds
• Come! Look at My Mark sheet
• I Wish they had not Given me my Record of Deeds
• How the Record will be Given from Behind
• Severe Pain after Reading the Record
• No Suspension or a Suspension for a Thousand Years
• Good Tidings for the Friends of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.)
• The Holy Prophet will Pay-Up for the Rights of the Shi’as
• Thanks to God our Account has been Entrusted to Generous Persons
• Peace and Comfort is Only for the Faithful
• The Profit of Materialists is Doubtful
• Four Groups of People according to their Accounting
• Punishment for a Hundred Years due to One Sin
• The Provision of Righteousness is to Die with Faith
• Nullifying of Deeds and Expiation of Sins
• Curtain between Hatim and Nausherwan and the Fire of Hell
• Sins which make a Man Die Faithless
• Faith is the Expiation of Disbelief and Repentance is the Atonement of Sins
• Good Deeds which Remove Evils
• Questions on the Day of Resurrection
• Bounties would be Questioned
• How was your Behaviour with the Bounty of Wilayat?
• Everyone will be Questioned about Four Things
• Questioning about Worship Acts
• Sins are of Three Kinds
• Mirsad or the Valley of People's Rights
• Suspension for One Year because of a Straw
• A Thousand Years in the Valley of Oppressions
• Encroachment of Others' Rights
• No Oppressor will Escape the Punishment due to Him
• Repayment of Dues of Believers from Unbelievers and Vice Versa
• Cut in Punishment Equal to Right
• Fear of the Claim of Rights
• Most Poor on the Day of Judgement
• Dealing Based on Grace
• The Cistern of Kauthar
• Kauthar, Heavenly Wine - Springs of Milk and Honey
• Kauthar becomes Happy with the Mourners of Husain (a.s.)
• The Ears Acquainted with the Heavenly Song
• Appearance of Muhammad and Aale Muhammad
• ‘Ali Ibne Abi Talib, the Distributor of Paradise and Hell
• Sirat Bridge
• A Thousand Bridles of Hell in the Hands of a Thousand Angels
• The First Valley
• Ties of kinship, trust and Wilayat
• Dishonesty in Wealth and Talk
• Permit of the Wilayat of ‘Ali (a.s.) for Crossing the Sirat
• Second Valley -Prayer
• Teach the Prayer to Children and make them Habituated to it
• Reciting 'Bismillah' by a Child Ends the Chastisement of his father
• Third Valley - Khums and Zakat
• Fourth Valley - Fasting
• Fifth Valley - Hajj
• Sixth Valley - Ritual Purity
• Seventh Valley - Oppression
• Forty Years Imprisonment and Forty Years of Chastisement and Scolding
• A Strange Story about Burning in Barzakh
• Intercession
• The Entire Creation including Messengers will need the Intercession of Prophet Muhammad
• Greater Intercession is the Prerogative of Only Muhammad and Aale Muhammad (a.s.)
• Intercession at Every Stage
• Student who Became a Doctor
• An Indian Sayyid Lady and Leprosy
• You will Die after Ten Days
• Double Life Due to Blessings of Husain (a.s.)
• Our Hope is Closely Connected with the Intercession of the Holy Prophet
• Intercession is the Anchor of Hope, not of Pride
• Wall between People of Paradise and People of Hell
• One's Radiance (Noor) will be of no use to others
• Be Anxious about that Day's Noor only Today
• Araaf, a Place between Paradise and Hell
• Paradise, the Greatest and Everlasting Bounty
• True Abode of Peace (Darus Salaam) is Paradise
• Heavenly Rivers mentioned in the Holy Qur’an
• Heavenly Dresses
• Palaces and Precincts in Paradise
• Sample of Heavenly Chambers
• Chairs, Carpets and Vessels in Paradise
• Heavenly Women and Houries
• Houries are Very Far from Impurities
• Heavenly Women are Much More Beautiful and Attractive
• The Marriage of the Women of Paradise will be of their Own Choice
• Flowers and Scents in Paradise
• Light in Paradise
• Songs and Voices in Paradise
• Prophet Dawood (a.s.) and the Singing Houries of Paradise
• Reward of Discarding Singing in this World
• Spiritual Favours and Tastes
• Greetings by Angels and the Honour of Communicating with the Lord of Universe
• Neighbourhood of the Prophet and his Progeny
• Daily Feasts Hosted by the Messengers (a.s.)
• Admonition - Why Do We Not Try To Get Paradise?
• The Hell
• Punishment of Hunger and Thirst in Hell
• Zaqqoom - Burning Food for Sinners
• It will Melt the Outer and the Inner Bodies of the Offenders
• Ghisleen, Zaree, Sadeed and Ghassaq
• Dress of the People of Hell
• Discharge, Shackles and Chains
• Guardians of Hell
• Hell and its Gates
• Hellfire has Intelligence
• The Light of the Faithfuls will Lower Flames of Hell
• Sinners will Live in a Very Congested Place
• Mental or Spiritual Torture
• Unbeliever will not Enter Paradise
• Deprivation from Divine Bounties is the Worst Punishment
• Deadly Regrets in Hell
• Scolding and Spiritual Punishment in Hell
• Taunting by Satans and Withholding of Weeping by Hell Dwellers
• You too Found it True what was Promised to you
• Stay with the Satans in Hell will be a Painful Punishment
• They will Deny one another
• Blaming One Another in Hell
• Will this Weak Body be able to bear such Punishments?
• Man's Body will also become as Hard as his Heart
• In the Hereafter, Truth will Overtake Appearance
• Is Painful Punishment Becoming Divine Justice?
• Self Prepared Punishment
• Forced Repentance is Useless
• A Short Lifespan and Permanent Punishment
• Eternity will be Based on the Intention of Good or Evil
• Notes