What can you bring with you in your afterlife?

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[Yanal]

Hey.


When we die, we will be in our graves for a temporary while and Allaah will bring us back to life physically. That is easy for Allaah, Allaah brings the dead plants back to life by sending down rain from the skies. He created us out of nothing, so bringing us back to life again is easy for Him.

"How can you deny God, when you were dead and God gave you life? Then God will cause you to die, and then revive you, and then you will be returned to God." (Quran 2:28)


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We take to the afterlife our deeds, which we will be responsible for. No soul bears the burden of another in islaam. We are responsible for our own actions and deeds.

Namely, that no bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another; [Qur'an 53:38]


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The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said : "After the death of a person his actions stop, except three things that he leaves behind : First continuous charity, Second a knowledge from which some benefit may be obtained, Third a virtuous son who makes Dua’ (Pray, supplicate) on his behalf "(Recorded in Sahih Muslim).


Charity will benefit the deceased, as the following Hadiths show : " A man came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and asked him : "My father died leaving wealth but no will, would he be pardoned if a charity is given on his behalf ?", the Prophet (P.B.U.H) answered: "Yes" (Muslim).


Another Hadith : "A man came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and asked him : "My mother has died without making up for a missed days of fasting in the month of Ramadan, can I fast for her?" , the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said to him : " Would you pay her debt if she owed someone?". The man said : "Yes", then the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said : "Then Allah is more deserving of payment in settlement of his debt" "(Bukhari & Muslim).



So from the previous authentic Hadiths there are generally three things that benefit the dead:


1) Charity; Continuous Charity ;

2) A knowledge left by the deceased from which some benefit may be obtained;

3) A virtuous son or daughter who makes Dua’ (Pray, supplicate) on the deceased’s behalf, or perform duties that the deceased did not do during his/her lifetime such as fasting missed days or Hajj, or pay his/her debts.




In regard to meeting up with one's family members in the afterlife, Allaah Almighty says in the Qur'an:

As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness,-

Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.

(To them will be said: ) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health, because of your (good) deeds."

They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and lustrous eyes.

And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith,- to them shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the fruit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for his deeds.

[Qur'an Al-Tur 52: 17-21]


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You can read more Prophetic sayings in regard to that, and the explanation of the verse from here insha'Allaah [God willing]:


The Offspring of Righteous Believers will be elevated to Their Grades in Paradise
http://tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=52&tid=50673



May Allaah make us of those who enter His paradise. ameen.



If you got anymore questions, please don't hesitate to ask.



Peace.
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[JesusIsKing]

This view in Islam is very similar to the Christian understanding of the resurrection of the body to everlasting life. As I have asked this question of other Christian, I would be interested in how followers of Islam might also respond to see if the answers continue to remain so similar.

With what body will the dead be raised?

Will one be raised with the body they had at the time they died? Will it be the one they had at birth? Will it be the one they had at their prime of life?

And what of people who died disfigured, missing an arm or a leg, will they be raised up whole or not?

What of those who bodies are annhilated in this life at the time of their death? Some are blown apart by bombs, butchured by others, eaten by animals, will their bodies be brought back together from the various places they are scattered?


In bringing us back to life again physically, is it our old self, our old bodies, or does Allah start with something new and put us in that new body?

What of those who share the molecules of their body with more than one person, how will this be handled? (I suggest this if probably actually rather frequent, our bodies are placed in the ground and decay, they fertilize the soil on which plants grow and these plants enter the food chain and eventually their molecules are redistributed widely and thus become part of many more people, over time the molecules which make up our body are probably shared by thousands upon thousands of others.)


Christianity really just ignores the majority of these questions. Does Islam address them?

Christianity ignores them? how? I would like to know why do you dwell on little things that dont really matter, all I know is when I die the bible says we will be raised with heavenly bodies, and thats all i need to know. And I will not want anything when I get to heaven.