Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Death in Islam is the termination of worldly life and the beginning of afterlife. Death is seen as the separation of the soul from the human body, and its transfer from this world to the afterlife. [1][2] Islamic tradition discusses what happens before, during, and after death, although what exactly happens is not clear and different schools of ...
Common Islamic burial rituals. Burial rituals should normally take place as soon as possible and include: [5] Collective bathing of the dead body, [6] except in extraordinary circumstances, as in the battle of Uhud. [7] Enshrouding the dead body in a white cotton or linen cloth. [8] Funeral prayer (صلاة الجنازة).
Da'i al-Mutlaq. al-Dawla. v. t. e. Istishhad (Arabic: اِسْتِشْهَادٌ, romanized: istišhād) is the Arabic word for "martyrdom", "death of a martyr", or "heroic death". [1][2] Martyrs are given the honorific shaheed. [3] The word derives from the root shahida (Arabic: شهد), meaning "to witness". Traditionally martyrdom has an ...
Based in least in part on the verse "Before them is a Partition till the Day they are raised up." (Q.23:100) [6] Some scholars believe that good Muslims will have a heavenly experience during this time, and sinners will experience suffering; [6] [9] [10] while some Shia scholars believe there is no experience of physical pain or pleasure in ...
Jannah. A Kashmiri depiction of Jannah, 1808. In Islam, Jannah (Arabic: جَنَّةٍ, romanized: janna, pl. جَنّٰت jannāt, lit. 'garden') [1] is the final and permanent abode of the righteous. [2] According to one count, the word appears 147 times in the Qur'an. [3] Belief in the afterlife is one of the six articles of faith in Sunni ...
Signs of the coming of Judgement Day. In Islam, the day of judgement (or Arabic: یوم الدین, romanized: Yawm ad-din, lit. 'Day of Judgement') is the time when all human beings are raised from the dead to be judged by Allah as to whether they shall spend eternity in Jannah (Paradise) or in Jahannam (Hellfire). Belief in the existence of ...
Akhirah. al-Ākhirah (Arabic: الآخرة, derived from Akhir which means last, ultimate, end or close) [1][2] is an Arabic term for "the Hereafter ". [3][4] In Islamic eschatology, on Judgment Day, the natural or temporal world (dunya) will come to an end, the dead will be resurrected from their graves, and God will pronounce judgment on ...
Ṣalāt al-Janāzah (Arabic: صلاة الجنازة) is the name of the special prayer that accompanies an Islamic funeral.It is performed in congregation to seek pardon for the deceased and all dead Muslims, [1] and is a collective obligation (farḍ al-kifāya) upon all able-bodied Muslims; if some Muslims take the responsibility of conducting the prayer, then the obligation is fulfilled ...