Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihe wasallam) said:
When a man dies and his relatives are busy in funeral, there stands an extremely
handsome man by his head. When the dead body is shrouded, that man gets in
between the shroud and the chest of the deceased.
When after the burial, the people return home, 2 angels, Munkar and
Nakeer(names of two special Angels), come in the grave and try to separate
this handsome man so that they may be able to interrogate the dead man in
privacy about his faith. But the handsome man says, 'He is my companion, he
is my friend. I will not leave him alone in any case. If you are appointed
for interrogation, do your job. I cannot leave him until I get him admitted
into place Paradise '.
Thereafter he turns to his dead companion and says,
'I am the Qur'an, which you used to read, sometimes in a loud voice and
sometimes in a low voice. Do not worry. After the interrogation of Munkar
and Nakeer, you will have no grief.'
When the interrogation is over, the handsome man arranges for him from
Al-Mala'ul A'laa (the angels in Heaven) silk bedding filled with musk.
Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihe wasallam) said:
On the Day of Judgment, before Allah, no other Intercessor will
have a greater status than the Qur'an, neither a Prophet nor an angel.