Question
Muslims are sinning even at the time of death. The people in Mirpur (Pakistan) hire professional film-makers when someone dies. Recently an old man had died, and his family filmed his entire death all the way to his grave and burial. When the mayyit was picked up to be taken to the qabrastaan, they had a song in the film.
Answer
We are living in an age in which 'muslims' are no longer Muslim. They are born in Muslim homes, they perform a smattering of Muslim rites, they bear Muslim names and they believe themselves to be Muslim while in reality they are kuffaar – rotten kuffaar to the core. Hadhrat Amr Bin Abdullah (radhiyallahu anhu|) said: "There shall dawn an age over the people when they will gather in the musaajid, perform Salaat whilst not a single one of them will be a Mu'min."
There should be no surprise at the humiliation, calamities and hardships which Muslims are suffering in this era worldwide. They are experiencing a mild form of Allah's Punishment. The major Punishment is yet to come.
In the case mentioned by you, the family was dispatching their member to Jahannam right from this earthly abode even before his burial. Kufr and irtidaad are widespread in the Ummah of this age.
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- The Majlis Vol 23 No 06
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