Darulifta Ahlesunnat (Dawateislami)
Question
What do the scholars of Islam say regarding the following matter: Were the noble Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَ الـسَّـلَام subjected to questioning in their graves, and was our Beloved Prophetصَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہِ وَ اٰلِہٖ وَ سَلَّمْ also questioned in the grave?
بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
According to the preferred opinion, our Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہِ وَ اٰلِہٖ وَ سَلَّمْ, and indeed any other Prophet عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام , did not undergo questioning in the grave.
As stated in Musāmarah:
”و الاصح ان الانبیاء علیھم الصلاۃ والسلام لایسالون فی قبورھم ولا اطفال المومنین اما الانبیاء فلانّہ قد ورد ان بعض صالحی الامّۃ یامن فتنۃ القبر بسبب عمل صالح۔۔۔ واذا ثبت ھذا ذلک لبعض الامّۃفالانبیاء علیھم الصلاۃ والسلام مع علوّ مقامھم المقطوع لھم بسببہ بالسعادۃ العظمٰی ومع عصمتھم اولٰی بذلک“
Meaning, the soundest opinion is that the Prophets and children of Muslims will not be questioned in their graves. As for the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام, it is because it has been narrated that some righteous individuals of the Ummah are saved from the tribulation of the grave due to their righteous deeds. Therefore, if this is established for some members of the Ummah, then the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام, with their high status, for whom ultimate bliss is assured, and with their infallibility, are all the more deserving of this. (Al-Musāmarah Sharḥ al-Musāyarah, pp. 232-233)
ꜤAllāmah Mullā ꜤAlī al-Qārī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه (d. 1014 AH) states:
”و استثنی من عموم سؤال القبر الانبیاء علیھم السلام والاطفال والشھداء ففی صحیح مسلم انہ علیہ الصلوۃ و السلام سئل عن ذلک؟ فقال: کفی ببارقۃ السیوف شاھداً ففی الکفایۃ انہ لا سؤال للانبیاء علیھم السلام“
Meaning, the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَ الـسَّـلَام , children, and martyrs are exempted from the generality of questioning in the grave. Thus, in Sahih Muslim, it is narrated that when the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was asked about this, he said: 'Being martyred under the shade of swords is sufficient for there not to be any questioning in the grave.' Hence, it is stated in al-Kifāyah that there is no questioning in the grave for the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَ الـسَّـلَام. (Sharḥ al-Fiqh al-Akbar, pp. 181-182)
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم
(Allah Almighty knows best and His Messenger صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہِ وَ اٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم knows best.)
Answered By: Mufti Abu Muhammad Ali Asghar Attari Madani
Date: Islamic Magazine Faizan e Madina September 2025