Islamic Inquiries

Question Our valued Sheikh, when we enter Paradise -with Alalh's Willing- shall we find a life like our modern life? Answer All praise be to Allah and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family, his Companions, and those who follow him. The pleasures of Paradise as was reported in the Qur'an and the Sunnah are completely different from the pleasures of the world, only names are similar to make us understand the meanings of these items as was reported by Ibn `Abbas: "Nothing in Paradise looks similar to the items of the world, they are only similar in names." Abu Nu`aym reported [...]

Question Dear valued Sheikh, will the torment of Hell-Fire be a physical torment to the body? Or is it a state of mind or something? And how can a person endure the pain? Answer All praise be to Allah and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family, his Companions, and those who follow him. The torment of Hell-Fire (may Allah protect you, us, and all Muslims from it) is real for oneself, and the body feels the pain. There is no disagreement between the adherents of the Sunnah and others about that, then the body is rebuilt again as was [...]