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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجنازةChapters on Funeral Prayer
فَصْلٌ ثَانٍ فِي عَذَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فِي الْقَبْرِSecond section on the punishment of the people of ignorance in the grave
Hadith 3319
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فِي حَائِطٍ مِنْ حِيطَانِ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي أَقْبُرٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ فَحَادَتْ بِهِ، وَكَادَتْ أَنْ تُلْقِيَهُ، فَقَالَ: ((مَنْ يَعْرِفُ هَذِهِ الْأَقْبُرَ؟))، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! قَوْمٌ هَلَكُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟ فَقَالَ: ((لَوْلَا أَنْ لَّا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُّسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ))، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَنَا: ((تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ))، قُلْنَا: نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ((تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ))، فَقُلْنَا: نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ((تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ))، فَقُلْنَا: نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ((تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ))، فَقُلْنَا: نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a garden in Madinah, where there were also some graves. The mule on which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was riding suddenly became startled and was about to throw him off. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Who knows about the people of these graves? A man said: O Messenger of Allah! These people died in the period of ignorance before Islam. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If I were not afraid that you would stop burying your dead, I would have prayed to Allah that He let you hear the sounds of the punishment of the grave. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us: Seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of Hell. We said: We seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of Hell. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Seek refuge with Allah from the trial of the False Messiah (Dajjal). We said: We seek refuge with Allah from the trial of the False Messiah. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave. We said: We seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave as well. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Seek refuge with Allah from the trials of life and death. We said: We seek refuge with Allah from the trials of life and death.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The subject of these ahadith is also the same as that of the previous ahadith. It has already been clarified that the punishment of the grave is a reality, but what its form and nature are, only Allah Ta'ala knows. These ahadith also clarify the issue that the era before you (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was not a period of interruption (fatrah) in the sense of ignorance (jahiliyyah), but rather, due to the previous prophets, it was a period of hardship. This is the reason why the disobedient who died in that era are being punished in the grave.
