Why is the torment of the grave hidden from man⁉️
✒Sheikh 'Uthaimeen رحمه الله
Question: Is the torment of the grave one of the matters of the unseen or of the seen world? What is the reason why it is made one of the matters of the unseen?
Answer: The torment of the grave is one of the matters of the unseen. How many people in these graves are being tormented but we do not realize it, and how many of their neighbours are being blessed with a door opened for them to Paradise, but we do not realize it!
What is beneath the graves is known ONLY to the Knower of the Unseen. The torment of the grave is one of the matters of the unseen, and were it not for the revelation that came to the Prophet, ﷺ, we would not know anything about it. Hence when the Jewish woman entered upon ‘Aaishah (رضي الله عنها) and told her that the dead are tormented in the grave, she was alarmed, until the Prophet, ﷺ, came and she told him, and he confirmed that.
But Allaah سبحانه و تعالى may cause whomsoever He wills of His slaves to see that, as He caused His Prophet, ﷺ, to see the two men who were being punished, one for going about spreading malicious gossip, and the other for not taking precautions to protect himself from urine. The reasons why this is one of the matters of the unseen are as follows:
