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Dear fellow Muslims,
My humble opinion is in the firts place, we have no need to to ask questions like "Is there anyone in Paradise now?". I am of course a very unknowledgable Muslim but really, I was taught that subjects such as Paradise and Hell, the Afterlife and things like that are matters of the Faith (Iman). Whether or not there are already people in Paradise (or Hell) right now, we should just leave such matters to Allah and His Wisdom and His Wishes. Us? Just believe in them, for they have been mentioned in the Qur'an and Hadith. Follow the example of the First Caliph Abu Bakr when told that Muhammad said he had been to meet Allah (Isra' wal-Mi'raj), his reply was "If Muhammad said it, then I believe him". Abu Bakr never worried about whether people were alaready residents of Paradsie and Hell. |
Muhammad Abdul-Rahman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Is there anyone in Paradise now?
Question:
Is anyone in heaven right now (not prophets , angels etc) ? Or are we all waiting for the `Day of Judgment' before entering heaven or hell I have heard some references to people who have seen heaven or are in heaven now or went to heaven and saw how it was Again, I am not including prophets and angels to this list of people
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Allaah has created Paradise and its creation is complete, because He says in a hadeeth qudsi: "I have prepared for My righteous slaves that which no eye has seenÂ…" And because the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saw it on the night of the Israa' and Mi'raaj, and because of other proofs (daleel).
Will any humans enter it before the Day of Resurrection?
There are two aspects to this:
1. Entering it in spirit only, as is the case with the dead. This is proven in the case of the Prophets, and of the martyrs (shuhadaa') whose souls are in the crops of green birds which roam about in Paradise. This is also known from the ahaadeeth in which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) describes how he entered Paradise in dreams, which has to do with the soul or spirit.
2. With regard to entering Paradise in both body and soul, this will happen on the Day of Resurrection for both humans and jinn. The only exception to this is Adam (peace be upon him) who was in Paradise before he came down to this earth, as was mentioned by Ibn al-Qayyim and others. And Allaah knows best.
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