QUESTION ❓
Assalamu
Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
A woman asks:
“I heard that there are people who die before their appointed time is supposedly complete, and that they can return to this world and continue living somewhere without people knowing who they really are. Is there anything like this in Islam?”
ANSWER ❗️
Wa
Alaikumussalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
There is no
authentic Islamic teaching that a person who has genuinely died can
secretly return to this worldly life, take up life somewhere else and continue
living without people knowing his identity.
In Islam, when a
person's appointed time of death arrives, that decree cannot be postponed.
Allah says:
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ
لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
Wa likulli
ummatin ajal, fa-idhā jā'a ajaluhum lā yasta'khirūna sāʿatan wa lā yastaqdimūn.
“For every
nation is an appointed term. When their time comes, they cannot delay it for a
moment, nor can they advance it.”
— Qur’an 7:34
Therefore, the
idea that someone dies before his “real time” has arrived and subsequently
returns to complete the remainder of his worldly life is not an Islamic
doctrine.
What Happens After Death?
Allah describes a
barrier between this worldly life and the resurrection:
وَمِن وَرَائِهِم بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
Wa min
warā’ihim barzakhun ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.
“And
behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected.”
— Qur’an 23:100
This is known as Barzakh—the
state between death and resurrection.
The verse comes
immediately after mentioning a person who asks to be returned to the world so
that he can do righteous deeds. Allah makes clear that there is a barrier
preventing such a return.
This is strong
evidence against the idea that ordinary deceased people return to continue
their worldly lives.
But Doesn't the Qur'an Mention People Being Brought Back to
Life?
Yes. Allah has
demonstrated His absolute power by bringing the dead back to life in certain
extraordinary circumstances.
For example, Allah
says concerning the man killed among the Children of Israel:
فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْيِي
اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَىٰ
Fa-qulnā
iḍribūhu bibaʿḍihā, kadhālika yuḥyī Allāhu al-mawtā.
“So We
said, ‘Strike him with part of it.’ Thus Allah brings the dead to life.”
— Qur’an 2:73
Allah also
mentions the miracle of Prophet ʿĪsā (Jesus), peace be upon him, who was
able—by Allah's permission—to bring the dead back to life:
وَأُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ
Wa uḥyī
al-mawtā bi-idhni Allāh.
“And I
give life to the dead by Allah's permission.”
— Qur’an 3:49
These are miracles
granted by Allah, not evidence that deceased people ordinarily return
to worldly life.
What About Reincarnation?
The idea that a
person dies and then returns to the world by being born again as another person
is commonly known as reincarnation.
This is not the
Islamic understanding of human existence.
Islam teaches that
a person has one worldly life, followed by death, Barzakh, resurrection and the
Hereafter.
Allah says:
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ ثُمَّ
إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تُبْعَثُونَ
Thumma
innakum baʿda dhālika lamayyitūn. Thumma innakum yawma al-qiyāmati tubʿathūn.
“Then,
after that, you will surely die. Then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will
surely be resurrected.”
— Qur’an 23:15–16
This is the
pattern presented in the Qur'an: worldly life → death → resurrection,
not repeated worldly lives.
What If Someone Claims That a Dead Person Came Back?
Stories about
people who supposedly died and later appeared somewhere else should not
automatically be accepted as evidence of returning from the dead.
There may be many
explanations for such stories, including mistaken identity, misinformation,
misunderstanding about whether the person actually died, or stories that have
been exaggerated over time.
A claim concerning
the unseen should not be accepted merely because people repeat it.
Allah says:
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ
Wa lā
taqfu mā laysa laka bihi ʿilm.
“And do
not pursue that of which you have no knowledge.”
— Qur’an 17:36
Conclusion
A person who
genuinely dies does not ordinarily return to this world to continue
living secretly in another place. Islam teaches that after death a
person enters Barzakh and remains there until the Day of
Resurrection.
Allah can bring
the dead back to life as a miracle, as demonstrated in the Qur'an, but this
does not establish a general rule that dead people return to worldly life.
Therefore, claims
that people die before their supposed time and then secretly return to live
elsewhere should not be presented as an Islamic belief without authentic
evidence.
Wallāhu
Taʿālā Aʿlam — And Allah knows best.
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