Evidence That the Disbeliever's Punishment Begins at the Moment of Death

Question

Is there evidence in the noble hadith that punishment for disbelieving peoples begins already in the state of the death agony (sakarat)?

Answer

There is a marfu‘ hadith from ‘Ubada ibn al-Samit ﵁, cited in “Mishkat al-Masabih,” p. 139: [ar]إِنَّ الْكَافِرَ إِذَا حُضِرَ بُشِّرَ بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ وَعُقُوبَتِهِ، فَلَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَكْرَهَ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا أَمَامَهُ، فَكَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ وَكَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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