Amina Inloes's response to I often experience a strange feeling, like a heavy heart or restlessness, the night before a close person passes away or when a serious issue or conflict is imminent at home. What could this sensation indicate?

I often experience a strange feeling, like a heavy heart or restlessness, the night before a close person passes away or when a serious issue or conflict is imminent at home. What could this sensation indicate?

I often experience a strange feeling, like a heavy heart or restlessness, the night before a close person passes away or when a serious issue or conflict is imminent at home. What could this sensation indicate?

Amina Inloes, Amina Inloes is originally from the US and has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'a hadith. She is the program leader for the MA Islamic Studies program at the... Answered 6 months ago

It is not unusual for people to have a sense that something bad is about to happen, especially if it involves someone they are close to. It indicates that there is more to ourselves and the universe than what is measurable through material means.

It is narrated from Jabir:

I sighed in the presence of Abu Ja'far (Imam al-Baqir (A)) said, "Son of Allah's Messenger, sometimes I feel afflicted for no apparent reason or I am overcome with a condition of grief such that my family and friends see it on my face."

"Indeed, Jabir," he replied.

"Why is that, O son of Allah's Messenger?" I asked.

"What will you do knowing it?" he asked.

"I would love to know," I replied.

"O Jabir," he then said, "Allah created the believers from the earth of Paradise and brought about their souls from the breeze of Paradise. Believers are thus full brothers; so, when one soul amongst this group of souls is afflicted in any place, the rest are depressed, for they are one."

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