Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh

 

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

 

All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

 

It is wrong to say that people can get to Jannah without accounting.  Even the actual martyrs who die fighting in legitimate jihad cannot be excused in regards to the debts they owe others.  The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “A martyr will be forgiven (all of his sins) except the debts he owes others.”) (Muslim)

 

As for the other types of martyrs you are referring to, they are not of the same level as the martyrs who die in Jihad.  The only privilege they will enjoy is that they will be compensated for their suffering thanks to the Infinite Mercy of Allah.

 

A believer may be permitted to intercede on behalf of his family members who died in faith after they have served their time in hell.

 

As for Hafiz, if he has been a pious person, he also falls in the same category. There is no guarantee for him to be sent directly to paradise because of memorizing the Qur’an; how can it be when the Prophet (peace be upon him) told his beloved daughter Fatimah: O Fatimah, you ought to work to save yourself from Hellfire; I cannot help you.” If the Prophet cannot keep his daughter Fatimah from hellfire,  how can we say that a Hafiz can save himself or his family from hellfire?

 

If memorizing the Quran was enough to save someone from hellfire, then the Prophet would have told Fathimah and others: Memorize the Quran so that you can protect yourself and your families from hellfire.

 

The Prophet said, “Quran is a witness for you or against you.” In other words, if a person has learned the Quran and acts accordingly, it will give testimony on his behalf; if however, he learned it and yet did not practice its lessons, the Quran will testify against him.

 

The Quran criticizes the People of the Book who learned the Torah but did not observe its laws and compared them to donkeys carrying books on their backs in other words, those who learn the scripture whether Torah or the Quran without acting upon their teachings.

 

So if a hafiz who did not practice the lesson of the Quran cannot save himself how can he be expected to save others?

 

Feeding the poor and helping the needy are indeed virtuous acts which bring people to paradise as long as such actions are done by those who cherish faith in Allah and do those works to please Him.

 

Building a mosque also comes in the same category mentioned above.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.