{"fatawa":{"id":1139,"title":"The torments of the grave will expiate for the believer\u2019s sayi\u2019aat (bad deeds)","slug":"the-torments-of-the-grave-will-expiate-for-the-believers-sayiaat-bad-deeds","order":"","question":"Will the Muslim benefit from the trials of the grave by having his sayi\u2019aat (bad deeds) reduced or wiped out?","answer":"
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Praise be to Allaah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

One aspect of the bounty of Allaah towards this ummah is that He has created means of expiation before people are brought to account. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) mentioned ten things which will bring about expiation, one of which is the torment in the grave.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

“Whatever befalls the believer in this world, in al-barzakh<\/em> (the period between death and resurrection) and during the Day of Resurrection of pain which is a torment, Allaah will cause that to expiate for his sins. It was reported in al-Saheehayn<\/em> that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘Nothing befalls the believer of disease, affliction, grief or harm, even a thorn which pricks him, but Allaah will cause it to expiate for his sins.’” (Majmoo’ al-Fataawaa<\/em>, 24\/375).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And he (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

“The eighth reason: whatever happens to him in the grave of trials, being squeezed, and terror. These are some of the things which will expiate for his sins.” (Majmoo’ al-Fataawaa<\/em>, 7\/500).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah also said, in Minhaaj al-Sunnah<\/em> (6\/238), that among the things which expiate for bad deeds is: what the believer is tested with in his grave of being squeezed, and the interrogation of the two angels.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And Allaah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Islam Q&A<\/span>
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid<\/span><\/div>\r\n

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