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How can the two prophetic hadiths be reconciled: "There is no deceased person but his seat will be shown to him morning and evening; if he is one of the people of Paradise, then he is one of the people of Paradise, and if he is one of the people of Hellfire, then he is one of the people of Hellfire," and "Who is your Lord, and who is your Prophet, and what is your religion? So he says: Wait for me, for I will pray Maghrib (after he sees the sun has appeared for setting), and this is in the hadith of the questioning in the grave"?

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The first Hadith in Sahih Muslim: "When a person dies, his deeds come to an end, except for three: an ongoing charity (Sadaqa Jariyah), knowledge from which others benefit, or a righteous child who prays for him." Al-Nawawi indicates that the deceased's deeds cease except for these three because they are from his own earning.

The second Hadith in Sunan Ibn Majah: "When the deceased enters the grave, the sun is represented as if it is setting, so he sits up, wipes his eyes, and says: 'Let me pray.'" This Hadith does not indicate a renewal of good deeds for the deceased in his grave. Rather, it signifies the believer's steadfastness in prayer during his worldly life and his remembrance of it when witnessing the sun drawing near to its setting, without it being established that he actually performed the prayer.

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