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Islamic view of death. 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 ...
Funerals and funeral prayers in Islam (Arabic: جنازة, romanized: Janāzah) follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom. In all cases, however, sharia (Islamic religious law ) calls for burial of the body as soon as possible, preceded by a simple ritual involving bathing and ...
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".
Azrael (/ ˈ æ z r i. ə l,-r eɪ-/; Hebrew: עֲזַרְאֵל, romanized: ʿǍzarʾēl, 'God has helped'; [2] Arabic: عزرائيل, romanized: ʿAzrāʾīl or ʿIzrāʾīl) is the canonical angel of death in Islam, [3] and appears in the apocryphal text Apocalypse of Peter.
Capital punishment in Islam is traditionally regulated by the Islamic law ( sharīʿa ), which derived from the Quran, ḥadīth literature, and sunnah (accounts of the sayings and living habits attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his lifetime). [ 1] [not specific enough to verify][ 2][not specific enough to verify] Crimes ...
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 the Day of Last Judgment, the natural or temporal world will come to an end, the dead will be resurrected from their graves, and God will pronounce judgment on their deeds, [5] [6] consigning them for eternity to either ...
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un ( Arabic: إِنَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ, ʾinnā li-llāhi wa-ʾinnā ʾilayhi rājiʿūna ), also known as Istirja (Arabic: إِسْتِرْجَاع, ʾIstirjāʿ ), is an Arabic phrase, mentioned in the second surah of the Quran, [1] and meaning ...
v. t. e. As-Sirāt ( Arabic: الصراط) is, according to Islam, the bridge over which every person must pass on the Yawm al-Qiyamah ( lit. ' Day of Resurrection ') in order to enter Jannah ( lit. 'Paradise' ). It is mentioned in the Quran, and is described in the Hadith. [2] As-Sirāt is said to be thinner than a strand of hair and as sharp ...