It is recorded in Garaa’ib and Khazana, that the souls of the deceased return to their homes on the eve of every Friday, The days of Eid, The Day of Aashurah and on Shab’be Baraat.
The Soul stands outside the house, and in a very sad voice announces, ‘O My Family! O My Children! O My Relatives! Be Compassionate towards us by giving Sadqa.’
(KASHFUL GHITAA)
“In Sharah Sudoor, Sheikh Jalalud’deen Suyuti rahmatullah alaih has presented various Ahadith on most of the said times (when the souls visit the homes), even though most of them are not free from being Da’eef (Weak narrations).”
Imam Ajal Abdullah bin Mubaarak and Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaiba report from The Teacher of Bukhari and Muslim,
Hazrat Abdullah bin Amar bin A’as (radi Allahu anhum) and Imam Ahmed reports on the authority of Musnad, and Tabrani reports on the authority of Mu’jim Kabeer and Haakim reports from Sahih Mustadrik and Abu Naeem reports in Huliya with the authority of Sahih, that it is narrated from the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam):(Words of Ibn Mubaarak) ‘
Verily the world is a garden (paradise) for the disbelievers and a prison for the Believers. When the soul of a Muslim leaves his body, then its example is like that of a person was in a prison cell and has now been released. He thus began to
travel the earth and walk freely.’
(KITAABUS ZUHD LI IBN MUBAARAK - HADITH 597 - PAGE 211)
The Narration of Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaiba reads as follows :
‘When a Muslim passes from this world, then his path is opened, that he goes where ever he wills.’
Ibn Abi Duniya and Baihaqi narrate from Saeed ibn Musayab (radi Allahu anhuma) that once Hazrat Salman Farsi (radi Allahu anhu) and Hazrat Abdullah ibn Salaam (radi Allahu
anhu) met with each other. One said to the other, that if you pass away before me, then you should inform me of that which happens there. He said,‘Do the dead and living meet?’
He replied, ‘Yes. The Souls of the Muslims are in Jannat. They have the choice to go where they desire.’
(SHU’BUL IMAAN -HADITH 1355 VOL.2. PAGE 121)
‘Verily, the souls of the Muslims are in the Barzakh (a domain between the world and the hereafter) of the Earth and go wherever they desire and the souls of the kufaar are imprisoned in Sijeen.’
(KITAABUZ ZUHD - HADITH 429 - PG 144)
Ibn Abi Duniya narrates from Hazrat Maalik bin Anas (radiAllahu anhu):
‘A Hadith has reached me (in which it is said that),
the souls of Muslims are free. They go where they desire.’ (SHARAH SUDOOR PG 98)
Imam Abu Umar ibn Abdul Birr states, ‘It is commonly known, that the souls of the Martyrs are in Jannat, and the souls of other Muslims are close to their graves. They come and go as they desire.’
(SHARAH SUDOOR - PG 105)
The soul always remains alive. It is in the Hadith,
You have been created to live for ever So just as they had contact during the physical life, they still have this now. It is in the Hadith Shareef, Every Friday, the deeds of their children for the week are presented to them.
They become pleased with good deeds and sad with the bad deeds, so do not make those who have passed from you sad, O servants of Allah.
The place of the soul differs due to the status.
Amongst Muslims,
some of the souls remain on the grave,
some by the fountain of Zam Zam,
some between the skies and the earth,
some on the first sky, second sky etc. up to the seventh sky,
some in the heights of the skies and
some in the form of green birds under the Arsh of Allah in lanterns of light.
As for thesouls of the Kufaar, some in a place called Wadi-e-Barhoot,
some in the second third skies etc. and some in a place called Sijeen.
(And Allah Knows).
A great Scholar of the Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l Jama, Sayyid Ahmad Sa’eed Shah Kaazmi, writes:
'The one who states that the Soul of the Prophet, (May Allah bless him and grant him peace), was not taken and he never died, is a Kafir and is out of the circle of Islam.
[Hayaat-un-Nabi, p8 by Sayyid Ahmad Sa’eed Shah Kaazmi]
Shaykh ul Makkah, Shaykh Alawi says that the meaning of the Anbiya (Prophets) passing away, means that they have been taken away from us and we cannot see them just like the Angels are.
(Mafaheem page 165 by Shaykh Alawi Malki).
Proof that Prophets are alive.
Allah most High says in the Qur’aan
“…those who have been slain in the way of Allah never think of them as dead; but they are alive with their Lord, get their subsistence” [Surah Al-Imran verse 169]
Of course, it goes without saying that the position of the Prophets, (May Allah bless them and grant them peace) is above and beyond the status of those who are martyred in Allah’s way. This however implicates, that nevertheless, he (May Allah bless him and grant him peace) is alive too.
In the Qur’an it is mentioned that martyrs are alive and food is provided for them; The Prophets and Righteous people are a lot higher in status than them so what will be their place?
It has been proven through Ahadeeth that Prophets are alive in their graves.
Both Imam Tirmizi and Imam Bayhaqi have said that this is an authentic Ahadith.
[Nayl al-Awtar vol 3 page 82 by Qadi Shawkani]
Our Prophet (May Allah bless him and grant him peace), said: On the night of Mi'raj when I passed Prophet Musa’s (Alay hissalaam) grave. He was standing in his grave and offering Salaah.
[Muslim chapter Fadhail Musa]
Qadi Shawkawni writes:
Scholars agree that our Prophet, (May Allah bless him and grant him peace), is alive in his grave and the earth does not eat the bodies of the Prophets.
[Nayl al-Awtar chapter Hajj by Qadi Shawkani]
Hafidhh Ibn Qayyim writes:
Our Prophet, (May Allah bless him and grant him peace), has said that on Fridays send as much Blessings as you can on me. If when-one sends Blessings to me, where-ever he may be his voice will reach me. The Companions said even after your death, our ‘Prophet, (May Allah bless him and grant him peace), replied affirmative. This is because Allah most High, has made the bodies of the Prophets haram (forbidden) for the earth to eat.
[Jala ul Afham page 63 by Hafidhh Ibn Qayyim]
rooh hoti kyaa hai
ke ye rab ka hukm aur rab ka amar
alameen ke uper ek alam hai jo alam e arwaah kehlata hai
wo rab ka amar hai
muqamaat 5 tarah ke hotae hai
muqaam kateef kehlataa hai - solid state , it occupies space and does not have speed ,canoot move on its own
muqaam lateef kehlataa hai - gasoeus state , it can move on its own, does not virtually occupies space
muqaam Altaf kehlataa hai - light very fast speed, but still takes time like light from sun to earth takes approx min
muqaam arwaah kehlataa hai - jibreel alihissalams where is present faster than altaf , reached to hold yusuf alihissalam before he touched the floor of well
Alam e rooh e insani kehlataa hai - uske baad bhi baad ke raftaar hai alame rooh e insaniyaat ki , can be present in more than one places at a time