Ticket to the States of the Dead and the Matters of the Hereafter by Imam Al-Qurtubi
Ticket to the States of the Dead and the Matters of the Hereafter by Imam Al-Qurtubi
“Al-Tadhkira bi-Ahwal al-Mawta wa Umur al-Akhira (A Reminder of the States of the Dead and the Matters of the Hereafter)” is a book written by al-Khazraji Shams al-Din al-Qurtubi, also known as Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Farh al-Ansari (d. 671 AH). The book centers on the states of the dead and everything related to the Hereafter, and the author arranged its topics in an orderly and logical manner, dividing the book into four units
About the author of the book Al-Tadhkira: A Reminder of the States of the Dead and the Matters of the Hereafter
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Farh, widely known as “al-Qurtubi,” with the kunya Abu Abdullah, was born in the city of Cordoba in al-Andalus. He studied the Noble Qur’an and the rules of the Arabic language, and went on to study jurisprudence, the Qur’anic readings, rhetoric, the sciences of the Qur’an and more, and he also learned poetry
He later moved to Egypt and settled in Minyat Bani Khasib (Minya) until his death on 9 Shawwal 671 AH. Al-Qurtubi was one of the leading Qur’an commentators, jurists and hadith scholars, and he was a pious, ascetic and devout man
About the book Al-Tadhkira: A Reminder of the States of the Dead and the Matters of the Hereafter
“Al-Tadhkira bi-Ahwal al-Mawta wa Umur al-Akhira (A Reminder of the States of the Dead and the Matters of the Hereafter)” is a book written by al-Khazraji Shams al-Din al-Qurtubi, also known as Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Farh al-Ansari (d. 671 AH). The book centers on the states of the dead and everything related to the Hereafter, and the author arranged its topics in an orderly and logical manner, dividing the book into four units
1- The first unit: covers death and what precedes it, then the grave, its punishment and its bliss, and what saves one from it, up to the blowing of the Trumpet for the resurrection
2- The second unit: discusses the resurrection, the raising of the dead and the blowing of the Trumpet, the gathering, the standing and its terrors, and what saves one from them
3- The third unit: deals with the entry of the people of Paradise into Paradise and the everlasting bliss Allah has prepared for them, and the entry of the people of the Fire into the Fire and the painful punishment prepared for them
4- The fourth unit: discusses the trials, the great battles and the signs of the Hour
Key topics of the book Al-Tadhkira: A Reminder of the States of the Dead and the Matters of the Hereafter :-
Chapter on what has come concerning the punishment of the disbeliever in his grave / Chapter on where people will be / Chapter on the reward of one who loses a child / Chapter on the signs of the great battles / Chapter on the portents of the Hour and its signs / What occurred in the hadith regarding the stranger