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When the corpse is [[burial|buried]], two angels who are commissioned by God to examine the dead person's beliefs enter his or her grave. In some [[hadith]]s, they are called "the two guardians of the grave". One of the two angels stands at the right side of the dead and the other at his or her left side, and they start interrogating the dead person by asking questions about his or her beliefs. If the person is an unbeliever or a sinner, then the two angels appear to him or her with a frightening face, and when the true character of the dead is revealed, he or she will face a torture by the frightening angels, called Munkar and Nakir, and the grave will be filled with fire. But if the departed is a believer and pious, then the angels will appear to him or her with a beautiful face, and after the interrogation, they give him or her the good news of going to the [[Heaven]] and expand the grave with divine bounties. The angels are, in this case, called "Mubashshir" and "Bashir".