سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب السنةModel Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
باب فِي ذِكْرِ الْمِيزَانِChapter: The Scale.
Hadith 4752
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، أخبرنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، نَحْوَهُ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ ، إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نِعَالِهِمْ فَيَأْتِيهِ مَلَكَانِ ، فَيَقُولَانِ لَهُ : فَذَكَرَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْأَوَّلِ ، قَالَ فِيهِ : وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ ، وَالْمُنَافِقُ ، فَيَقُولانِ لَهُ : زَادَ الْمُنَافِقَ ، وَقَالَ : يَسْمَعُهَا مَنْ وَلِيَهُ غَيْرُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ .
The tradition mentioned above has also transmitted by Abd al-Wahhab through a different chain of narrators in a similar manner. This version has: When a man is placed in his grave and his friends leaves him, he hears the beat of his sandals. Then two angles come and speak to him. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition nearly similar to the previous one. It goes: As for the infidel and hypocrite they say to them. This version adds the word “hypocrite”. And he said: those who are near him will hear (his shout) with the exception of men and jinn.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
There is no contradiction in the aforementioned ahadith; the apparent difference that is seen is due to the varying conditions of different individuals. For the righteous servant, only one angel comes and deals gently, while for another, two angels come. Sometimes these angels arrive before the people have left, and both ask questions so that the gravity and severity of the questioning in the grave and the trial therein may be manifested.
There is no contradiction in the aforementioned ahadith; the apparent difference that is seen is due to the varying conditions of different individuals. For the righteous servant, only one angel comes and deals gently, while for another, two angels come. Sometimes these angels arrive before the people have left, and both ask questions so that the gravity and severity of the questioning in the grave and the trial therein may be manifested.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4752
