The Life of the Prophet ﷺ and His Knowledge of the States of the Umma

Question

In “Bahar-e Shari‘at” (“The Spring of the Shari‘a”), part six, p. 167, it is stated: Imam Muhammad ibn al-Hajj al-Makki in “al-Madkhal”, Imam Ahmad al-Qastallani in “al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyya”, and the imams of the religion ﵏ say: [ar]لَا فَرْقَ بَيْنَ مَوْتِهِ وَحَيَاتِهِ ﷺ فِي مُشَاهَدَتِهِ لِأُمَّتِهِ وَمَعْرِفَتِهِ بِأَحْوَالِهِمْ وَنِيَّاتِهِمْ وَعَزَائِمِهِمْ وَخَوَاطِرِهِمْ، وَذَلِكَ عِنْدَهُ جَلِيٌّ لَا خَفَاءَ بِهِ[/ar] Translation: “There is no difference between the life and the death of the Prophet ﷺ in…

Answer

There is no doubt that life in the barzakh (hayat barzakhiyya) is established for the Prophet ﷺ. Concerning the martyrs too it is stated in the Holy Qur’an: [ar]وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتًۢا ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ[/ar] “Do not think of those who were killed in the way of Allah as dead; rather, they are alive with…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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