BorealFAREWELL POSTINGSTalking to the Dead and the UndeadNovember 27, 2024 When I visit Lucette’s gravesite and talk to her, I can only imagine her hearing me. The same when I imagine her listening to my ramblings in the middle of the night. When a believer visits the grave of a dearly departed they don’t have to pretend. Muhammad first mentioned that the ostensibly lifeless, like the modern-day zombies of movies and television, have excellent hearing after he was seen shouting at the enemy dead being dumped into a well following the Muslim victory at the famous Battle of Badr, the most talked about battle in the Koran (see Chapter “Battle of Badr,” Jihad in the Koran, Boreal Books). Narrated Ibn Shihab: These were the battles of Allah's Apostle (which he fought), and while mentioning (the Badr battle) he said, while the corpses of the pagans were being thrown into the well, Allah's Apostle said (to them), "Have you found what your Lord promised true?" Abdullah said, "Some of the Prophet's companions said, "O Allah's Apostle! You are addressing dead people.'" Allah's Apostle replied, "You do not hear what I am saying, better than they." Bukhari 59.360 . |