How many nights have you lost sleep over the horrors inflicted by cowards in power? How much rest has been stolen from the innocent, burned and broken by the hands of human devils? And how many times have you wished—just once—that it was the tyrants who were tormented instead?
The martyrs have a message for us. Their souls have ascended beyond the ruins of this world, flying free in Jannah, comforted by divine justice. The oppressors, no matter how untouchable they seem, are already trapped in the torment of the Barzakh, their agony only beginning.
Justice is inevitable. The martyrs are at peace, but our struggle continues.
NOTE: All depictions of Barzakh are purely conceptual and only vocals were used in the making of the soundtrack.
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References:
- “May the eye of the coward never rest.”
فلا نامت أعين الجبناء
These were the words of Khalid (ra) on his deathbed. [Ibn al-Jawzi, Sifat as-Safwah]
- «صفة الصفوة» (1/ 252):
- «فلا نامت اعين الجبناء»
- «سير أعلام النبلاء» (1/ 382):
- «فَلَا نَامَتْ أَعْيُنُ الجُبَنَاءِ.»
- «البداية والنهاية» (10/ 131):
- «فلا نامت أعين الجبناء.»
- Abbad ibn Bishr (ra) woke up and said: I saw a dream last night where the heavens opened up and then my soul ascended and then they shut behind it. [Tabaqat Ibn Sa’d 3:441]
«الطبقات الكبرى – ط دار صادر» (3/ 441):
«سمعت عباد بن بشر يقول: يا أبا سعيد رأيت الليلة كأن السماء قد فرجت لي ثم أطبقت علي فهي إن شاء الله الشهادة،»
- As for Tufayl ibn Amr (ra) he had a far more vivid dream. He said last night that I was beheaded. And that a bird flew out from my mouth, to a woman, and entered into her womb. Then my son was chasing me and looking for me but he couldn’t catch up to me. He said the way I interpreted it is that I’m going to be beheaded in the battle field, and he said and as for the bird fa roo7ee it is my soul, wal mar’atul arD udfanu feeha and the woman is the earth as I will be buried in it. And my son who is with me in this battle will not be martyred and will wonder what happened to me. [Adh-Dhahabi, Siyar A’lam al-Nubala’]
«الاستيعاب في معرفة الأصحاب» (2/ 762):
«فقتل الطفيل شهيدا يوم اليمامة»
«سير أعلام النبلاء» (1/ 346):
«وَأَمَّا الطَّائِرُ: فَرُوْحِي.»
«البداية والنهاية» (4/ 246):
«ثم سار مع المسلمين إلى اليمامة ومعه ابنه عمرو بن الطفيل فرأى رؤيا»
- The Prophet ﷺ said that when the souls of the martyrs of Uhud transitioned, many of them with mutilated corpses: Allah placed their souls in the bodies of green birds which go down to the rivers of Paradise, eat its fruit, and nestle in chandeliers of gold hanging from the the Throne of Allah. [Sahih Muslim 1887; Abu Dawud 2520, Ahmad 2388]
- So Allah said, “I shall tell them about you Myself.” And that’s when Allah sent down the verse: walaa ta7sabannalatheena qutilu fee sabeeilillahi amwaata bal a7yaaun 3inda rabbihim yurzaqoon. [Abu Dawud 2520 → Hasan, Muqbil: Sahih li ghairihi]
- Remember when Aasiya was being tortured until she was martyred and she asked rabbibnilee 3indaka baytan fil jannah – My Lord build for me with you a house in paradise. [Surah at-Tahreem (66):11]
- Notice, before the house, before the reward, she first asked to be with Allah. And now, she is with Him. And Allah says wal shuhadaa 3inda rabbihim — “The martyrs are with their Lord.” [Surah al-Hadeed (57):19]
- Its narrated from abdullah ibn amr ibn al as (ra) that he said the souls of the believers are in green birds roaming through kal zaairi yata3aroofoona feeha. Like visitors they recognize one another and get to know one another as they eat from the fruits of the trees of paradise [Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah #36684].
«مصنف ابن أبي شيبة» (19/ 144 ت الشثري):
«36684 – حدثنا عيسى بن يونس عن ثور عن خالد بن معدان عن عبد اللَّه بن (عمرو) قال: الجنة مطوية (معلقة) بقرون الشمس، تنشر في كل عام مرة وأرواح المؤمنين في (جوف) طير (خضر) كالزرازير، يتعارفون (و) يرزقون من ثمر الجنة.»
«حلية الأولياء وطبقات الأصفياء – ط السعادة» (1/ 290):
«يزيد عن خالد بن معدان عن [عبد الله بن] عمرو. قال: الجنة مطوية معلقة بقرون الشمس، تنشر فى كل عام مرة، وأرواح المؤمنين فى جوف طير خضر كالزرازير يتعارفون ويرزقون من ثمر الجنة.»
«مجموع الفتاوى» (4/ 224):
«وقد روي عن عبد الله بن عمرو أنه قال: أرواح المؤمنين في أجواف طير خضر كالزرازير يتعارفون فيها ويرزقون من ثمرها»
«أهوال القبور وأحوال أهلها إلى النشور» (ص109):
«وقد روى عن عبد الله بن عمرو قال: أرواح المؤمنين في حواصل طير خضر كازرازير ثم تعود يتعارفون فيها ويرزقون من ثمارها.».»
- The Prophet (s) said: “The shaheed feels no more pain at the time of death than one of you feels from a small sting. [Jami’ at-Tirmidhi #1668, sahih]
- The Prophet (s) said, “The flashing of swords over their heads was a sufficient test for them.” [Sunan an-Nasa’i #2052, sahih]
1 – يا رسولَ اللَّهِ ! ما بالُ المؤمنينَ يُفتَنونَ في قبورِهِم إلَّا الشَّهيدَ ؟ ! قالَ : كفَى ببارقةِ السُّيوفِ علَى رأسِهِ فتنةً
- Allah delays the punishment of the oppressor, but once He seizes them, He does not let them go. [Sahih al-Bukhari #4686; Sahih Muslim #2583]
- Allah says in Surah Ghafir: “The Fire, they are exposed to it morning and evening. And the when the Hour appears, it will be said, ‘Make the people of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment.’” [Qur’an, 40:46]
- Abu Huraira would wake up each morning saying, ‘The night has gone, and the day has come, and the people of Pharaoh are being presented to the Fire.’ And when the evening came, he would say, ‘The day has gone and the night has come, and the people of Pharaoh are being presented to the Fire.’ [Adh-Dhahabi, Siyar A’lam an-Nubala’, 2:611]
«سير أعلام النبلاء» (2/ 611): كَانَتْ لأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ صَيْحَتَانِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ: أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ وَآخِرَهُ، يَقُوْلُ: ذَهَبَ اللَّيْلُ وَجَاءَ النَّهَارُ، وَعُرِضَ آلُ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَى النَّارِ، فَلَا يَسْمَعُهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَاّ اسْتَعَاذَ بِاللهِ مِنَ النَّارِ (2)» (2) أخرجه ابن عساكر 19 / 122 / 2.
«البداية والنهاية» (11/ 379): «ذهب الليل وجاء النهار»
- The Prophet (s) said, “The arrogant and the tyrants will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection as tiny little insects and the people will trample upon them due to their disgrace before Allah Almighty.” [Ibn Abi al-Dunya, al-Tawadu’ wal-Khumool]
Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-‘Iraqi
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُحْشَرُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ الْجَبَّارُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي صُوَرِ الذَّرِّ يَطَؤُهُمُ النَّاسُ لِهَوَانِهِمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
- Imagine this: the Prophet (saw) said: The shuhadaa will have crowns on their head (like the jabbar would wear unjustly in the world)
- The Prophet (saw) said that while these tyrants are being tortured they’re actually asking Allah to delay the day of judgment because they know the full experience of hell that awaits them is even worse.
The hadith of al-Bara refers to “al-Abd al-Fajir”
فيقولُ ربِّ لا تُقمِ الساعةَ
- The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, Allah“Al-Jabbār will take His skies and earths in His hand,” and he (s) proceeded to open and close his own hand, “then He will say, ‘I am al-Jabbār (the Compeller)! I am al-Malik (the King)! Where are the jabbār(s) (tyrants) and where are the arrogant now? And while the Prophet (saw) was saying it he was saying it with such passion that his pulpit was shaking and some of the sahaba thought he would fall.
That’s real anger. [Sahih al-Bukhari #7412; Sahih Muslim #2788]
Ibn Majah 198 (includes ). The asl of the hadith is in Bukhari and Muslim
- إنَّ رسولَ اللهِ قَرَأَ : وما قَدَرُوا اللهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ والْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ وَ السَّمَوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ قال فَبَسَطَ رسولُ اللهِ يَدَيْه قال فيقول اللهُ تبارَكَ وتعالَى : أنَاْ الجبارُ أنَاْ المَلِكُ أَيْنَ الجبارونَ أَيْنَ المُتكبرونَ أنَاْ كذا أنَاْ كذا فرَجَفَ المِنْبَرُ برسولِ اللهِ حتى قُلْنا لَيَخِرَّنَّ به
- الراوي : عبدالله بن عمر | المحدث : الألباني | المصدر : تخريج كتاب السنة
- الصفحة أو الرقم : 546 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم
- التخريج : أخرجه أحمد (5414) باختلاف يسير. وأصله في صحيح البخاري (7412)، ومسلم (2788)
- Think of the hairdresser of the daughter of Firawn who was thrown into a pit of fire, yet the Prophet (saw) smelled her scent in the highest heavens on the night of al-Israa wal-Mi’raj. [Musnad Ahmad, 2821]
