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Aishah11
Wa alaikum as-salaam wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh,
Firstly, I would like to differentiate between a question and a doubt. A question is what we have before we attain knowledge in a certain matter, this is not wrong at all because in the process of getting our questions answered we may gain beneficial knowledge about our religion. If you have a question about anything within the religion of Islam, it's actually your right to have it answered from those who know, may Allah Sunhanahu wa Ta'ala grant us all beneficial knowledge. A doubt, in contrast to a question, is something that arise if we have the knowledge but still don't believe it to be true.
So, I don't find in your post any doubt, but rather you share some interesting questions. Therefore, I will try to answer your questions to the best of my ability in shaa Allah.
How does Allah punish or give peace and happiness if the body is perished, or in a car- or airplane crash, or burnt, or destroyed? How would the angles in the grave ask him/her questions if there is nobody in the grave?
Our souls go through many stages before we reach our final destination (Jennah or Jahannam), what you refer to as "the grave" is actually more properly described as al-Barzakh (the period between a person's death and his resurrection on the Day of Resurrection). Al-Barzakh is generally talked about as "a state" rather than "a place" and every human being will enter this state once they die, regardless of what happens to their physical bodies. If you lived your life trying to please Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala then al-Barzakh will be a pleasant state for you, but if you lived your life in other ways then al-Barzakh will be anywhere from less pleasant to extremely difficult depending on the amount of your sins.
Al-Barzakh is part of al-Ghayb (the Unseen), which means that we will never be able to comprehend it fully during our time in this life. However, in an attempt to somehow explain the state of al-Barzakh in a way that we may comprehend, scholars give the example of the dream. When you dream, your body in once place but you experience other things very clearly in your mind. Al-Barzakh would be somewhat comparable to this; the dead body is in the grave but the person experience other things very clearly.
The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam mentioning "the questioning in the grave" is based on what is usually the case (the person being buried), but it doesn't negate the questioning of the person who is not physically in their grave. So if a person is perished, or in a car- or airplane crash, or burnt, or destroyed then that person will still go to al-Barzakh like all the rest of us and the angels will question him there.
Where is Jannah and Jahannam located, is it under the ground or in the skies?
The scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa'ah are agreed that Jennah and Jahannam are two created things that exist at present. None of them doubt that because of the volume of evidence from the Qur'an and Sunnah which indicates that. What has also been stated by the scholars is that Jennah is in the seventh heaven and Jahannam is in the lowest level of the earth.
Ibn Uthaymeen was asked, "Where are Jennah and Jahannam?" He replied, "Jennah is in the highest of 'Illyyeen and Jahannam is in as-Sijjeen, and as-Sijjeen is in the lowest earth, as for Jennah, it is above, in the highest of 'Illyyeen." It is proven from the Prophet salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam that "The Throne of the Lord, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, is the roof of Jannat al-Firdaws." Fatwa Noor 'ala ad-Darb (4/2)
Why pray or memorize the Qur'an when you don't understand what it says?
You actually do get rewarded for reading the Qur'an regardless of whether you understand it or not, and if you learn it's meaning you will have another reward for the learning, and if you recite it in your salah with khushoo' (focus of mind and humility before Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) then you will have another reward for the prayer. So, instead of letting Shaytan get the best of you, try to look at Islam as a reward system from Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Whenever you read, recite, memorize or learn something of the Qur'an for the sake of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, no matter how insignificant it may feel to you, there's a reward from Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala (and many other benefits for you in this life and the next).
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