Souls During Ramadhan

I read this in a facebook note from one of the friends' friend. It was in Malay but basically this is how it is. Was cited to her during one of the gathering we called it Usrah right before Ramadhan. It talked about SOULS.

As Ramadhan started 8 days ago,  all souls gather in Luh Mahfuz to seek approval from Allah to go down to Earth. Some are permitted, some are not. Those who are allowed to go back to the Earth are those who have done good deeds throughout their lives when they were alive or those who have been blessed by prayers from either their children or relatives and friends. Those who are not allowed are those who have sinned when they were alive and have not receive any prayers from those who are still alive ever since. 

When they reach Earth first thing they do is to visit their own graves, to see their bodies. Then, these souls will then pay a visit to the homes of their families – their children’s, to houses of those who receive their wasiat or will and to the houses where the occupants extend prayers for them. All in the hope that those they visited will continue to pray for them in the after-world. These visits will continue until the start of Aidil Fitri which marks the end of Ramadhan. 

Usually we chanted the Takbir Hari Raya or praises to Allah as from the eve of the festival. At the start of Aidil Fitri, the souls will bid good-bye to their own bodies and to those they have visited and bring along with them all those prayers they have received throughout the holy month. 

The hadith said he is being cut-off from everything except three – prayers from the children, beneficial knowledge they acquired when they were alive and good deeds they have done.


Now as I type this, you will be missing your late members in your family.


Al-Fatihah for them and to those who have departed before this moment. Al-Fatihah. “Setinggi mana kasih sayangku, Allah lebih berhak menyayangimu. Damailah engkau di sana, dibawah rahmat dan kasih-sayangNya. Sesungguhnya aku akan menyusulmu dikemudian hari. Al-Fatihah buat semua muslimin dan muslimat yang telah pergi.”

Till then we shall kemaskan kubur before Ramadhan. Why? Those souls akan tersenyum tengok kubur mereka bukan macam dalam hutan belantara. Itulah yang terbaik. Wallahualam!