By Asma Bint Shameem
As for whether the souls can meet or see each other, the ulama say the souls of the righteous believers do meet each other.
Proof:
The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:
“When the believer is dying, the angels of mercy come to him with white silk and say: ‘Come out content and with the pleasure of Allaah upon you to the mercy of Allaah, fragrance and a Lord Who is not angry.’
So it comes out like the best fragrance of musk.
They pass him from one to another until they bring him to the gate of heaven, where they say: ‘How good is this fragrance that has come to you from the earth!’
Then the souls of the believers come to him and they rejoice more over him than any one of you rejoices when his absent loved one comes to him.
They ask him:
‘What happened to So and so, what happened to So and so?’
They say:
‘Let him be, for he was in the hardship of the world. When he says, ‘Did he not come here?’ They say: ‘He was taken to the pit (of Hell).’
When the kaafir is dying, the angels of punishment come to him with sackcloth and say: ‘Come out discontent and subject to divine wrath to the punishment of Allaah. So it comes out like the foulest stench of a corpse.
They bring him to the gates of the earth, where they say: ‘How foul is this stench!’ Then they bring him to the souls of the kuffaar.”
(al-Nasaa’i- saheeh by al-Albaani)
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
“The second issue is whether the souls of the dead meet one another, visit one another and talk to one another.
This is a good question.
The answer is that souls are of two types: those that are punished and those that are blessed.
Those that are punished are too preoccupied with the torment that they are facing to visit and meet one another, but the souls that are blessed are free and are not detained, so they meet one another, visit one another and talk about what they used to do in this world and what happened to the people of this world.
So each soul will be with its friends who did similar good deeds.
The soul of our Prophet Muhammad Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam is with the highest companions.
Allaah says:
“And who so obey Allaah and the Messenger (Muhammad), then they will be in the company of those on whom Allaah has bestowed His Grace, of the Prophets, the Siddeeqoon (those followers of the Prophets who were first and foremost to believe in them, like Abu Bakr As‑Siddeeq), the martyrs, and the righteous. And how excellent these companions are!”
[al-Nisa’ 4:69]
This togetherness is confirmed in this world, in al-Barzakh and in the abode of reward (Paradise), and
“A man will be with those whom he loves” in these three realms…
Allaah says:
“(It will be said to the pious — believers of Islamic Monotheism): ‘O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
28. ‘Come back to your Lord,— well‑pleased (yourself) and well‑pleasing (unto Him)!
29. ‘Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
30. ‘And enter you My Paradise!’”
[al-Fajr 89:27-30]
i.e., enter among them and be one of them.
This is said to the soul at the time of death…
And Allaah has told us that the martyrs are: “are alive, with their Lord, and they have provision” [Aal ‘Imraan 3:169]; they “rejoice for the sake of those who have not yet joined them, but are left behind” [Aal ‘Imraan 3:170] and “They rejoice in a grace and a bounty from Allaah” [Aal ‘Imraan 3:171].
This indicates that they will meet one another in three ways:
(1) they are with their Lord and are given provision, and if they are alive then they meet one another;
(2) they rejoice at the arrival of their brothers and their meeting with them;
(3) the word yastabshiroon (translated as “rejoice”) implies that they pass the good news to one another. “
(Al-Rooh, p. 17, 18)
And Allaah knows best
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