AFTER DEATH

Life in the Hereafter

When death comes upon a person, the day of reckoning starts immediately after death for that person. (Prophet of Islam)

THIS Hadith of the Prophet implies that death is not the end of man’s existence, it is a transition from one period of life into another. There is no separation between these two periods of life. The truth is that human life is a continuum. Death is only a manner of transfer; the departure of man from one world leading to an entrance into another world.

This present world is a place of personality development. Here every person is building their own personality. This personality development can be of two types. A positive personality or a negative personality. Those who develop a positive personality in this world will soon after death find themselves in the gardens of Paradise. And those who develop a negative personality will only find a place in Hell after death. This reality is better explained in another Hadith of the Prophet as,

‘The grave is a garden from amongst the gardens of Paradise or a pit from amongst the pits of Hell.’

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Death is not the end of man’s existence, it is a transition from one period of life into another. There is no separation between these two periods of life.

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This Hadith can be understood in the light of another that says, ‘It is the deeds of every person that will be returned to that person in the Hereafter.’ There is no distance between man and his deeds. A man’s actions follow his personality wherever he may be. In the present world, the deeds of man are not directly apparent. But immediately after death these deeds will become clear and evident. Man will suddenly find himself surrounded by his deeds. The one who has good deeds will find himself in the midst of good deeds and the one who has done bad deeds in his life will find himself in the midst of these bad deeds.