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Questions of [[Nakir]] and [[Munkar]] are among the most important events of the first night in grave. They enter the grave after the angel Ruman. One of them stands at the right side of the person and the other at his left side and ask him questions. If the person is a [[disbeliever]] or a sinner, he meets those angels having scary faces and they will punish him. His grave will be then filled with fire and thus they will be called Nakir and Munkar. If the person is a [[believer]], he will be able to answer questions with the help of the friends of [[God]] and the two angels will meet him with kind and beautiful faces and will give him the good news of entering the [[paradise]] and his grave will be expanded with [[blessings]] of God. That is when the two angels are called Bashir and Mubashshir. | Questions of [[Nakir]] and [[Munkar]] are among the most important events of the first night in grave. They enter the grave after the angel Ruman. One of them stands at the right side of the person and the other at his left side and ask him questions. If the person is a [[disbeliever]] or a sinner, he meets those angels having scary faces and they will punish him. His grave will be then filled with fire and thus they will be called Nakir and Munkar. If the person is a [[believer]], he will be able to answer questions with the help of the friends of [[God]] and the two angels will meet him with kind and beautiful faces and will give him the good news of entering the [[paradise]] and his grave will be expanded with [[blessings]] of God. That is when the two angels are called Bashir and Mubashshir. | ||
According to hadiths, in this night, the [[faith]] of the person will be questioned and that if he believes in God and His Prophet (a) and about whom he took as his leader and Imam in the world. In other hadiths, more questions are mentioned. | According to [[hadiths]], in this night, the [[faith]] of the person will be questioned and that if he believes in God and His [[Prophet (a)]] and about whom he took as his leader and [[Imam]] in the world. In other hadiths, more questions are mentioned. | ||
According to some hadiths, questions and answers of the first night in grave are general and include all human beings. Some scholars have excluded two groups of people from being questioned: people such as Prophets (a) and Imams (a), and those who do not have the requirements for answering such as kids and mentally ill people. | According to some hadiths, questions and answers of the first night in grave are general and include all human beings. Some scholars have excluded two groups of people from being questioned: people such as Prophets (a) and Imams (a), and those who do not have the requirements for answering such as kids and mentally ill people. [['Allama Majlisi]] mentioned that there are no clear hadiths in this regard and believed that it is better not to give opinion about it. | ||
According to some other hadiths, questions and answers in the grave are for mere believers or disbelievers. Thus, in his Hayat ma ba’d al-mawt, | According to some other hadiths, questions and answers in the grave are for mere believers or disbelievers. Thus, in his Hayat ma ba’d al-mawt, [['Allama Tabataba'i]] did not consider questions and answers in the grave for common people. | ||
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Factors for Easy Passage of the First Night in Grave == | Factors for Easy Passage of the First Night in Grave == | ||
It is recommended that relatives of the deceased person do not leave him after burial and through dictation, help him answer the questions of Nakir and Munkar. In addition to the actions, acts of charity, prayers and the fasting the deceased person has performed, some actions such as gifted prayers and Laylat al-dafn prayer performed by his relatives are influential in relieving him from or decreasing difficulties of the grave for him. | It is recommended that relatives of the deceased person do not leave him after burial and through dictation, help him answer the questions of Nakir and Munkar. In addition to the actions, acts of [[charity]], [[prayers]] and the [[fasting]] the deceased person has performed, some actions such as gifted prayers and Laylat al-dafn prayer performed by his relatives are influential in relieving him from or decreasing difficulties of the grave for him. | ||
== Those without Grave == | == Those without Grave == | ||