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Monday, November 5, 2012

Ch 14: A Complete Change

One day Mirano, Mertha and Hanana went to the head priest and told him
that as Isabella was their classmate and was also amenable to their
advice,so if they were permittedto talk to her they might be able to
bring her backto the Christian fold. This last chance of
persuasionmight be given them andthey had ninety-nine per cent hope
that they would succeed. Holy father, they said : Isabellais a piece
of our heart and we will not spare any effort to
persuade her. So let us go to the monastery and talk to her.
Head priest: Let that accursed girl go to hell. She has become very
hard-hearted and Lord Jesus Christ has cut her off. I am afraid she
may not lead astray even you.
Mirano; Well, there is no harm in making a last effort of persuasion.
If she comes round, well and good, otherwise youmay give her whatever
punishment you like.
Head priest: Very well, I give you permission to go to the monastery
on condition that you should talk in the presence of two monks so that
the accursed may not misguide you, and you may not be influenced by
her apostasy. Now go and tomorrow evening you may go to the
monastery.I am writing to the monk for it today.
After getting permission Mirano, Mertha and Hanana returned pleasedand
began to make preparations to leave their homes for ever, as the plan
they had conceived was such that they would also have to leave their
homes along with Isabella. Anyway they prepared for their permanent
departure with great care and precaution and before the time of their
leaving for the monastery they informed Ziad b. Umar and Umar Lahmi
asking for their help in that enterprise.
After all preparations hadbeen made the three friends came out of
their houses and met at an appointed place and at the time given by
the head priest they started for the monastery. The head priest had
written to the manager of the monastery that these friends of Isabella
were going to make a last effort to reconvert Isabella at a specified
time and they should be allowed to enter the monastery and given
necessary help. Maybe bypersuasion of her friendsIsabella might see
the light. So when these girlsreached the monastery the monks and nuns
welcomed them cordiallyand thought that to give guidance to Isabella
Jesus Christ had sent his Virgin Mother in the formof these girls and
that the help of all saints was with them. Entering the monastery the
three girlssat down before the statue of Virgin Mary anda group of
monks surrounded them.
A nun (to Mirano): Blessing of the Lord JesusChrist may be with you
and God may give you success in your mission. You know that some devil
has misguided this unlucky girl, Isabella. How good and learned was
the girl! May God destroy the devil, what pious people he has seduced!
Another nun: Virgin Mary's shadow be over you. By the Deliverer,
youwill certainly succeed in your mission. Your beautiful faces assure
your success. If Lord JesusChrist's grace again supports Isabella it
will be a great feat of yours. The news has spread all over Cordova
and all Christians have been humbled.
Third nun: By God, just last night I saw girls of your features in my
dream who were sitting in the lap of Virgin Mary and on the other side
Lord Jesus Christ was indicating by gestures that the honour of the
church will be established through these girls. When the monks heard
of this dream they cried: It is these girls.
Chief monk: Isabella is locked up in the underground chamber and her
hands and feet are chained. The accursed girl is so hard-hearted that
the severer the punishment, the more she applauds Islam and in this
condition she does not hesitate even to preach to us. Now when do you
propose to go to her?
Mirano: Our idea is to talkto her calmly and explainto her the truth
of Christian creed, but on condition that except one or two monks none
others should be with us.Now that the sun is about to set, after three
hours of the night you may bring her here so that we may induce her to
pray and practise austerities. Possibly therewill be no need
thereafter to persuade her and by the blessing of Virgin Mary
(pointing to the statue) her heart will be opened for the crucified
God.
Chief monk: Whatever you order we are ready to carry out. I am
directing all the monks not to interfere in your prayers and keep away
from you.
Mirano : Thank you very much, but first let us meet Isabella in the
underground chamber and after some usual talkexclusively on personal
matters bring her here. (Pointing to the statue ofVirgin Mary) Look,
the Mother of our Lord is quite ready to take Isabella in her arms and
it is hoped that Isabella will not refuse to go to her arms.
Thereafter the monk and the three girls went towards the underground
chamber, the lock was opened and all were lost in darkness.
Hanana: Oho ! How dark !
Monk: I am lighting the lamp. You just go a little ahead, but be
careful not to stumble for many skeletons are scattered all over here.
The monk lighted the lamp. When Isabella saw her three friends she
wasoverjoyed. While Mirano, Mertha and Hanana had not yet seen her,
Isabella loudly called the Muslim salutation of peace.
Monk: O unlucky accursedgirl! Just yesterday you got so much beating
for it, yet you do not take lesson and reform yourself.
All the girls suddenly laughed on hearing the call of Muslim
salutation of peace, but when they came nearer their eyes became wet
on seeing Isabella bound in chains.
Mirano: How do you do, Isabella? How is life here?Did you realise what
is the punishment of rejecting the truth?
Isabella (smiling): You areright, sister, for the sake of truth people
have even gone to the gallows.
Mirano: We have not come here to discuss with you but to adopt your creed.
On this all the girls laughed loudly and the two monks also could
notsuppress their laughter.
Mirano: Isabella, after all how long you will continue to remain in
thegrip of satan? Just see how the Christians all over Cordova are
perturbed on your apostasy!
Isabella: There is no other way of protection from satan except by
accepting Islam. It is only this strong fort from the cover of which
man can successfully confront all satanic powers. It is a vain thought
that only bybecoming a Christian onecan save oneself from thegrip of
satan. You have read the Bible and should know that even holy
Disciples could not escape satan's grip and even Jesus Christ called
some of his Disciples satan. When these Disciples who, according to
you, were trained under the direct supervision of Jesus Christ, could
not escape from satan's strong hold, how can Christians of today save
themselves from satan? But the Quran says that satan cannot even touch
the devoted servants of Allah.
Mirano: You have again started the same discussion in which you have
been defeated by the priests (laughing) and by God's grace we have
emerged successful.So you should stop this religious discussion and
just look to your tortures.O Isabella! It is God's punishment to you
that now, being the daughterof the head priest of Cordova, you sleep
on the bed of thorns and your hands and feet are chained. For God's
sake, take pity on yourself.
Isabella: If truth could be given up to avoid troubles, then early
Christian martyrs would not have tasted martyrdom. If troubles come
only on untruth, then most of the Christians who were the pride of the
church would be counted to be on the wrong. In fact, your talk has
tortured memore than what I suffer on the bed of thorns and grip of
chains. Did you come here to give me torture over torture?
Mirano (to the monk): Isabella can never be defeated by discussion.
Her only remedy is that tonight we include her inour prayer and
devotion before the idol of Virgin Mary. You will see that this very
night she will becompletely transformed and her heart will be turned
towards crucified Christ.
Monk : May Lord Jesus accomplish this, but apparently Isabella's
turning to the truth seems to be very difficult.
Mirano: It is the rule that one who is more hard-hearted will come to
the faith more with reality. Just see how unbending the enemy of the
Lord Saint Paul was and what tortures the believers suffered at his
hands, but this very SaintPaul became the pillar of Christianity and
was the greatest recipient of Lord's grace.
Monk: You are right. May Lord Christ may do the same for Isabella and
shealso joins our fold !
Mirano: Well, now we should go from hers and prepare for the prayer in
the same large room. (To the monk See, after three hours of the night
you should bring Isabellato our room and also depute a nun to be with
us to keep a watch over Isabella.
Monk: Very well. Isabella will be brought to you at the appointed time.
Mirano: Can you or any other monk also take the trouble of remaining
with us for the night ?
Monk: Most surely. But you know that all the night we are engaged in
prayer and remembranceof God.
Mirano: Well, just as you like, and there is no needeither. But at the
time of the morning talk as arranged, you will be with us.
Monk: In the morning not only myself but othermonks also will listen
to your talk.
Mertha: If Lord Jesus wills, the object will be gained during the
night and there will be no need of any talk.
Mertha said this in a tonethat, except the monk, allothers understood
its implication.
Thereafter Mertha, Hanana and Mirano along with the monk came out of
the underground chamber and reached the large room of the monastery.
The monk locked the underground chamber. After dinner and toilet
Mirano, Mertha and Hanana took another round of the monastery and
talked to monks and nuns who began preparations for the night vigil.
These girls returned to their room. The purpose of the roundof the
monastery and talk to monks and nuns was to find out a nun who was the
greatest devotee and they found out a nun of this type and also the
time of the night when she used to engage herself in prayer.Now three
hours of the night were about to pass and these girls were talking
quietly. At last thedoor of the large room opened and the same chief
monk entered when the girls stood up to pay him respect as he was
chief of the monks. The monk informed the girls that Isabella was
being taken out of the underground chamber and brought to them as
arranged and soon a nunwould also be sent to them.
Mirano: Please send here the nun who is most devoted to prayer in the
night and is also saintly. Is there any such nun in the monastery?
Monk: All the nuns that are here are devotees and practise all kinds
of austerities for the sake ofLord Jesus, but there is one among them
whose name is Arkia who is the most pious devotee, recipient of Divine
revelations and performer of miracles . About her family it is enough
to say that she is a Princess of France and has given up her riches
and royalty for the sake of Virgin Mary.
Mirano: So our object is gained. We needed such a nun who could
influence Isabella with her spirituality. Does she also perform
miracles?
Monk: Her miracles are known far and wide. Have you never heard about
it ? You may just take this that she drinks the cup of poison and is
not at all affected. Once avery dangerous and poisonous snake
enteredthe monastery and fell at the feet of Arkia. This I saw myself.
Mirano: God's name be glorified! The work is done. Now, you please go
and send Isabella to us.

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Good deeds appear in the form of a man in the grave

How sound is this hadeeth?
"When a person dies, whilst his relatives are busy with his funeral
rites, a very handsome man stands at the head of the deceased and when
the body is shrouded, that man comes in between the shroud and chest
of the deceased, and after the burial, the people go back to their
homes and the two angels Munkar and Nakeer come to the grave and they
try to separate this handsome man from the deceased so that they will
be able to question the deceased about his faith.But the good-looking
man says: 'He is my friend, he is my friend, and I will never leave
him without interveningunder any circumstances. If you areappointed to
question him, then do as you are commanded, but as for me, I can never
leave him until I admit him to Paradise.' Then the handsome man turns
to the deceased and says tohim: 'I am the Qur'aan that you used to
recite ina loud voice sometimes and in a low voice sometimes. Do not
worry. After the questioning of Munkar and Nakeer, there will be no
sorrow after this day.' When the questioning ends, the handsome man
and the angels prepare a bed of silk filled with musk for the deceased
in Paradise.".
Praise be to Allaah.
What is narrated in the saheeh Sunnah about one's good deeds takinga
physical form and appearing in the form ofa handsome man in the grave,
including the deed of reciting the HolyQur'aan, is as follows:
1-
It was narrated from al-Bara' ibn 'Aazib (may Allaah be pleased with
him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said:
"When the believing slave is about to depart this world and enter the
Hereafter, there come down to him from heaven angels with white faces
like the sun, and they sit around him as far as the eye can see. They
bring with them shrouds from Paradise and perfumes from Paradise…"
until he said,describing the state of the believer in the grave:
"Then a voice calls out from heaven, 'My slave has spoken the truth,
so prepare for him a bed from Paradise and clothehim from Paradise,
and open for him a gate to Paradise.' Then there comes to him some of
itsfragrance, and his grave is made wide, as far as he can see. Then
there comes to him a man with a handsome face and handsome clothes,
and a good fragrance, who says, 'Receive the glad tidings that will
bring you joy this day.' He says, 'Who are you? Your face is a face
whichbrings glad tidings.' He says, 'I am your righteous deeds.' He
says, 'O Lord, hasten the Hour so that I may returnto my family and my
wealth.'"
Narrated by Ahmad (4/362); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Ahkaam
al-Janaa'iz (156).
2-
It was narrated that Buraydah (may Allaah bepleased with him) said: I
heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say:
"The Qur'aan will meet its companion on the Day of Resurrection when
his grave is opened for him, in the form of a pale man. It will say to
him, 'Do you recognize me?' He will say: 'I do not recognize you.' It
will say: 'I am your companion the Qur'aan, who kept you thirsty on
hot days and kept you awake at night.Every merchant benefits from his
business and today you will benefit from your good deeds.' He will be
given dominion in his right hand and eternity in his left, and there
will be placed on his head a crown of dignity, and hisparents will be
clothed with priceless garments the like of which have never been seen
in this world. They will say: 'Why have we been clothed with this?' It
will be said: 'Because your son used to recite Qur'aan.' Then it will
be said to him: 'Recite and ascend in the degrees of Paradise,' and he
will continue to ascend so long as he recites, either at a fast pace
or a slow pace ."
Narrated by Ahmad in al-Musnad (394) and Ibn Maajah in al-Sunan
(3781); classed as hasan by al-Busayri in al-Zawaa'id and by
al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah (2829).
Al-Suyooti said in his commentary on the hadeeth (2/1242):
"In the form of a pale man". Al-Suyooti said: This is the one whose
colour has changed. It is as if he comes in this form so as to
resemble his companion in this world, or to draw attention to the fact
thatjust as his colour changed in this world because of staying up at
night to read Qur'aan, the Qur'aan will appear in a similar form
becauseof its striving on the Day of Resurrection until its companion
attains the ultimate goal in the Hereafter. End quote.
I have not found anything in the saheeh Sunnah to suggest that aman's
righteous deeds will appear in the form of a man in the grave except
in these two hadeeths.
As for the hadeeth whichyou quoted, it is not narrated in any of the
reliable books of Sunnah, and we have not found it with any isnaad,
saheeh (sound) or da'eef (weak). Rather it is something that appears
in some chat rooms or on some sites with no proof. Perhaps some
ignorant person wrote it himself then attributed it to the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), to encouragethe people to
respect theQur'aan and pay attention to it, but these people do not
know thattelling lies about the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) is one of the worst of sins that doom a person to the
Fire of Hell, and the good intention does not remove the burden of sin
for those who tell liesand fabricate ahaadeethas if the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said them. The Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Telling lies about me is not
like telling lies about anyoneelse. Whoever tells a lie about me
deliberately, let him take his place in Hell." Narrated by al-Bukhaari
(1291) and Muslim (4).
And Allaah knows best.

Images of the blessings of the grave

Who are pious what happens to them in theirgrave?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The evidence indicates that the believer will be blessed in his grave
untilthe Hour begins, then hewill move by the grace and mercy of
Allaah to the blessings that will never cease or come to an end, which
is the blessing of Paradise. MayAllaah make us among its people.
These are some of the images of the blessings which are bestowed upon
the believer in his grave:
1- His grave is furnished from Paradise for him
2- He is clothed in garments from Paradise.
3- A gate to Paradise isopened for him, and its breezes come to
him, and he smells its fragrance and he feels delight in what he can
see of its blessings.
4- His grave is made wide and spacious for him.
5- He is given the glad tidings of Allaah's pleasure and Paradise.
Hence he longs for the Hour to begin.
It was narrated that al-Bara' ibn 'Aazib said: "We went out with the
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) for
the funeral of a man from among the Ansaar. We came to the grave and
when (the deceased) was placed in the lahd, the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) sat down andwe sat around
him, as if there were birds on our heads (i.e., quiet and still). In
his hand he had a stick with which he was scratching the ground. Then
he raised his head and said, "Seek refuge with Allaah from the torment
of the grave", two or three times. Then he said, "When the believing
slave is about to depart this world and enter the Hereafter, there
come down to him from heaven angels with white faces like the sun, and
they sit around him as far as the eye can see. They bring with them
shrouds from Paradise and perfumes from Paradise. Then the Angelof
Death comes and sits by his head, and he says,'O good soul, come forth
to forgiveness from Allaah and His pleasure.' Then it comes out easily
like a drop of water from the mouth of a waterskin. When he seizes it,
they do not leave it in his hand for an instant before they take it
and put it in that shroud with that perfume, and there comes from it a
fragrance like the finest musk on the face of the earth. Then they
ascend and they do not pass by any group of angels but they say, 'Who
is this good soul?' and they say,'It is So and so the son ofSo and so,
calling him bythe best names by whichhe was known in this world, until
they reach the lowest heaven. They ask for it to be opened to them and
it is opened,and (the soul) is welcomed and accompanied to the
nextheaven by those who are closest to Allaah, until they reach the
seventh heaven. Then Allaah says: 'Record the book of My slave in
'Illiyoon in the seventh heaven, and return him to the earth, for from
it I created them, to it I will return them and from it Iwill bring
them forth once again.' So his soul is returned to his body and there
come to him two angels who make him sit up and they say to him, 'Who
is your Lord?' He says, 'Allaah.' They say, 'What is your religion?'
He says, 'My religion is Islam.' They say, 'Who is this man who was
sent among you?' He says, 'He is the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him).' They say, 'What did you do?' He
says, 'I read the Book of Allaah and I believed in it.' Then a voice
calls out from heaven, 'My slave has spoken the truth, so prepare for
him a bed from Paradise and clothehim from Paradise, and open for him
a gate to Paradise.' Then there comes to him some of itsfragrance, and
his grave is made wide, as far as he can see. Then there comes to him
a man with a handsome face and handsome clothes, and a good fragrance,
who says, 'Receive the glad tidings that will bring you joy this day.'
He says, 'Who are you? Your face is a face whichbrings glad tidings.'
He says, 'I am your righteous deeds.' He says, 'O Lord, hasten the
Hour so that I may returnto my family and my wealth.'…"
Narrated by Ahmad, 17803; Abu Dawood, 4753. Classed as saheeh by
al-Albaani in Ahkaam al-Janaa'iz, p. 156
6- He will be happy when he sees what would have been his place in
Hell, which Allaah has replaced for him with a place in Paradise.
Ahmad (10577) narrated that Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri said: I attended a
funeral with the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him). TheMessenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: "O people, this ummah will be tested in their graves.
When a man is buried and his friends leave him, an angel with a hammer
in his hand comes and sits by him and asks, 'What do you say about
this man?' If he is a believer, he says, 'I bear witness that there is
no god but Allaah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.' He
says, 'You have spoken the truth.' Then a door to Hell is opened for
him and he says, 'This would have been your place if you had
disbelieved in your Lord, but because you believed, this is
yourplace.' Then a door to Paradise is opened for him and he wants to
go there, but the angel says to him, 'Calm down,' andhis grave is made
wide and spacious for him. But if he is a kaafir or a hypocrite, (the
angel) says to him, 'What do you say about this man?'He says, 'I do
not know, Iheard the people saying something.' The angel says, 'You
did not know and you did not follow those who knew and you were not
guided.' Then a door to Paradise is opened for him and he says, 'This
would havebeen your position if you had believed in yourLord. But
because you disbelieved, Allaah has replaced it for you with this.'
Then a gate to Hell is opened for him, and he strikes him a blow with
the hammer which is heard by all of Allaah's creation apart from the
two races (of mankind and the jinn)." Some of the people said, "O
Messenger of Allaah, there is no one who would have an angel standing
by him holding a hammer but he would dumbfounded." The Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allaah will
keep firm those who believe, with the word that stands firm."
[Ibraaheem14:27 – interpretation of the meaning]
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in his commentary on Kitaab al-Sunnah
by Ibn Abi 'Aasim, 865
7- He will sleep the sleep of a bridegroom
8- His grave will be illuminated for him
It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When the deceased (or he
said: any one of you) is buried, two black and blue angels, one of
whom is called Munkar and the other Nakeer come to him. They say,
'What did you say about this man?' And he says what he used to say,
thathe is the slave of Allaah and His Messenger, 'I bear witness that
there is no god but Allaah and that Muhammad is His slave and
Messenger.' They say, 'We knew that you would say this.' Then his
grave is expanded, seventy cubits wide, and it is filled with light.
He says, 'Let me go back to my family and tell them.' They say, 'Sleep
like a bridegroom whom no one will wake but his most beloved,' until
Allaah raises him up. But if he was a hypocrite he says, 'I heard the
people saying something and I said likewise, I do not know.' So they
say, 'We knew that you would say that.' Then it is said to the earth,
'Squeeze him,' so it squeezes him until his ribs interlock. And he
will remain like that, being tormented, until Allaah raises him up."
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1071. Classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani
in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 1391.
With regard to his sleep being likened to the sleep of a bridegroom,
that is because he will be so happy and comfortable. Tuhfat
al-Ahwadhi.
These are some of the blessings that the believer will enjoy in his
grave. We ask Allaah to make us among His people.
And Allaah knows best.

What is the language in which people will be addressed in al-Barzakh?

Many languages are spoken world wide. what will be the language to ask
questions by angles in grave that, everybody can reply?.
Praise be to Allaah.
We have found three opinions concerning thisissue.
1 – That they will be questioned in Syriac.
This was the view of al-Balqeeni, as was narrated from him by
hisstudent al-Suyooti in his essay Sharh al-Sudoor fi Ahwaal al-Mawta
wa'l-Quboor – but he didnot give any reliable evidence for that.
2 – That they will be questioned in Arabic.
This was stated by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him).
Evidence of that may be seen in the apparent meaning of the ahaadeeth,
because they describe what will happen in al-Barzakh in Arabic, and
there is no reason why this should not be true, and Allaah will
inspire everyone who is tested in the grave so that he will understand
this language and answer in it.
Ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
With regard to the questioning by the two angels, the apparent meaning
of the saheeh hadeeth is that it will be in Arabic, because it
saysthat they will say to him: "What do you know about this man?" etc.
However it may also be understood as meaning that each person will be
addressed in his own language. End quote.
Al-Imtaa' bi'l-Arba'een al-Mutabaayinatu'l-Samaa' (p. 122).
3 – That he will be questioned in a language that he understands.
This was mentioned by Ibn Hajar as a possibility,as stated above.
This was also stated in fatwas by the Standing Committee, and by
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on them).
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah (3/450): When a person dies
and is buried, two angels come to him and ask him about his Lord, his
Prophet and his religion in a language that he understands. Endquote.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
One of the scholars said: He will be questioned in Syriac.
Subhaan-Allaah! Syriac is the language of the Christians. It seems –
and Allaah knows best – that this idea was taken from the Christians,
so that they could boast and say, Our language is the language of
questioning in the gravefor everyone who dies.
What appears to be the case is that he will be questioned in whatever
language he understands. If he is an Arab then he will be questioned
in Arabic andif he is a non-Arab then he will be questioned in his own
language. End quote.
Sharh al-'Aqeedah al-Safaareeniyyah (p. 435), Dar al-Watan.
In our opinion it is better to refrain from commenting on that because
there is no saheeh text on this issue,and concerning oneself with
these details is something which will not benefit the questioner in
either religious or worldly terms. It is sufficient for him to believe
that he will be questioned in his grave, and to ask Allaah to help him
to obey Him and to inspire him with the right answers, and to make him
steadfast when he is questioned.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked
the following question:
How will the people be addressed on the Day of Resurrection? Will
Allaah address them in Arabic? Is it true that the language of the
people of Hell will be Farsi and that the language of the people of
Paradise will be Arabic?
He (may Allaah have mercy on him) replied:
It is not known which language the people willspeak on that Day or in
which language they will hear the words of the Lord, may He be
glorified and exalted, because Allaah has not told us anything about
that, and neither has His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him). It is not true that Farsi is the language of the people of
Hell or that Arabic is the language of the people of Paradise. We do
not know of any dispute concerning that among the Sahaabah (may Allaah
be pleased with them); rather they all refrained from discussing that,
because discussing such matters is unnecessary talk. But there was a
dispute concerning that among later scholars.
Some people said that they will speak in Arabic, and others said:
Except the people of Hell,who will answer in Farsi,which will be their
language in Hell. Others said: They will be speak in Syriac, because
it is the language of Adam, and from it all other languages stemmed.
Others said: Except the people of Paradise, who will speak Arabic.
None of the proponents of these arguments haveany evidence, whether
based on reason or textual evidence. Rather they are claims that are
devoid of any evidence. Allaah knows best and is Most Wise. End quote.
Majmoo' al-Fataawa (4/300).
And Allaah knows best.

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