Message from beyond the grave

Question

A Buddhist woman died recently, and at the funeral, the monks gave her a message that her dead mother was trying to communicate with her, and they told her something that only she and her mother knew. Did these monks get this information by contacting the companion jinn of that woman?

Answer

This matter might have been communicated by way of the Jinn or it could merely be form of sophisticated charlatanry. We can be sure that it was not a communication from the woman herself, because we know from the Qur’ân and Sunnah what a person experiences after death and that we cannot hear it. 

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

When the servant is put into his grave and all his fellows turn away to leave him, he will hear the sound of their footsteps. Two angels will approach him and ask him: "Who is your Lord, what is your religion, who is your prophet?" 

The believer will answer: "My Lord is Allah, my religion is Islam and my Prophet is Muhammad." 

Then they will ask him: "How did you know that?" 

He will reply: "I have read Allah’s book and believed in it." 

A caller from the heavens will say: "My servant is correct. Lay him a bed from Paradise and cover him with it and open for him a door to Paradise." 

He will feel and smell the scent of Paradise and will see into it as far as his eyes can see. 

The soul of the unbeliever will come back to his body in his grave. The two angels will come to him and ask him: "Who is your Lord?" 

He will reply: "Oh, I do not know." 

They will ask him: "What is your religion?" 

He will reply: "Oh, I do not know." 

They will ask him: "Who is that man who was sent to you?" 

He will reply: "Oh, I do not know." 

A caller from the heavens will say: "My servant did not answer correctly. Lay him a mat of Hell, cover him with it and open for him a door to Hell." 

He will feel the heat of Hell. His grave will be narrowed for him until his ribs converge on each other. A blind and deaf man will be assigned to hit him with a steel bar that could turn a mountain into dust. He will hit him with it once then the unbeliever will shout with a loud voice that could be heard by everything save for humans and Jinn. He will turn into dust. Then his soul will return back to him again. [Sunan Abî Dawûd (4738)]

We know from this hadîth and others that the soul will be returned to the body when it is placed into the grave and that the person will be questioned and then experience either a pleasant time or a time of punishment therein.

And Allah knows best.

-islamtoday.net