قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
Qaalooo 'a-izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa 'izaaman 'a-innaa lamab 'oosoon
They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

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They the ancients said ‘What when we are dead and have become dust and bones shall we then be raised? No! the two hamzas in each of the two instances are either pronounced fully or with the second one not pronounced but with an alif inserted between the two hamzas in both readings.

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Sahih Muslim #7232Abu Huraira reported so many ahadith from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and amongst these one was this that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Sahih
There is a bone in the human being which the earth would never consume and it is from this that new bodies would be reconstituted (on the Day of Resurrection). They said: Allah's Messenger, which bone is that? Thereupon he said: It is the spinal bone.
Sunan Ibn Majah #4004It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Da'if
“There is no part of man that will not disintegrate, apart from a single bone at the base of the coccyx, from which he will be recreated on the Day of Resurrection.”
Sahih al-Bukhari #4608Narrated Abu Huraira:Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Between the two blowing of the trumpet there will be forty." The people said, "O Abu Huraira! Forty days?" I refused to reply. They said, "Forty years?" I refused to reply and added: Everything of the human body will decay except the coccyx bone (of the tail) and from that bone Allah will reconstruct the whole body.
Sahih al-Bukhari #3333Narrated Rabi` bin Hirash:Sahih
`Uqba said to Hudhaifa, "Won't you narrate to us what you heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ?" Hudhaifa said, "I heard him saying, 'Death approached a man and when he had no hope of surviving, he said to his family, 'When I die, gather for me much wood and build a fire (to burn me),. When the fire has eaten my flesh and reached my bones, take the bones and grind them and scatter the resulting powder in the sea on a hot (or windy) day.' (That was done.) But Allah collected his particles and asked (him), 'Why did you do so?' He replied, 'For fear of You.' So Allah forgave him." Narrated `Abdu Malik: As above, saying, "On a windy day."
Sunan Ibn Majah #1350It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Hasan
“Breaking the bones of the deceased is like breaking his bones when he is alive.”

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