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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجنازةChapters on Funeral Prayer
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي هَوْلِ الْقَبْرِ وَفِتْنَتِهِ وَالسُّؤَالِ فِيهِ وَشِدَّتِهِChapter on what is reported regarding the terror of the grave, its trial, questioning, and its severity
Hadith 3297
اُردوEn
Under this chapter, the following sub-chapters and hadiths have been mentioned.
عَنْ هَانِئٍ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ (بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ) قَالَ: كَانَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِذَا وَقَفَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ بَكَى حَتَّى يَبُلَّ لِحْيَتَهُ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: تَذْكُرُ الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ، فَلَا تَبْكِي وَتَبْكِي مِنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((الْقَبْرُ أَوَّلُ مَنَازِلِ الْآخِرَةِ فَإِنْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَيْسَرُ مِنْهُ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ))، قَالَ: وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((وَاللَّهِ! مَا رَأَيْتُ مَنْظَرًا قَطُّ إِلَّا وَالْقَبْرُ أَفْظَعُ مِنْهُ))
Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)'s servant Hani says that when Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) would stand by a grave, he would weep so much that his beard would become wet. Someone said to him: You mention Paradise and Hell as well, but you do not weep as much at that time, and yet you weep so much when you see a grave? He said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The grave is the first stage among the stages of the Hereafter; if a person is successful in it, then the subsequent stages will be easier for him, but if a person does not attain salvation from it, then the subsequent stages will be more difficult for him. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By Allah! Whenever I have seen (the scenes of Allah's punishment), I have found the scene of the grave to be the most terrifying.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The grave is the first stage of the Hereafter, and every inhabitant of the grave comes to know what treatment will be accorded to him in the field of Resurrection. From the next hadith, it is established that Paradise is presented to the dweller of Paradise in the grave, and Hell is presented to the dweller of Hell.
