Shaykh Abu Ja’far said, “We believe in resurrection after death.”1

The Prophet of God had said, “O, the sons of Abdul Muttalib, a person who identifies appropriate objectives, never lies to his own family. I swear by God the Almighty, Who sent me as his Messenger in truth that you will certainly die, as you do in sleep, and then you will be definitely revived just as you wake up after sleep, and there is no place other than Paradise or Hell after death. The creation of life and then to repeat it for all (humanity) is identical to the creation of one man for the God.”

God said in the Qur’an,

مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ

“Your creation and then your revival (after death) are very similar to the resurrection of one person” (31:28).

• 1. Maad i.e. major Resurrection - its meaning in Islamic Shariah is that day, when the souls of people would be returned to their original bodies and they would be resurrected in order to answer their deeds, which they had committed in the past life.