سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي زِيَارَةِ قُبُورِ الْمُشْرِكِينَChapter: What was narrated concerning visiting the graves of the idolaters
Hadith 1573
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ ، وَكَانَ وَكَانَ فَأَيْنَ هُوَ ؟ ، قَالَ : " فِي النَّارِ " ، قَالَ : فَكَأَنَّهُ وَجَدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَأَيْنَ أَبُوكَ ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " حَيْثُمَا مَرَرْتَ بِقَبْرِ كَافِرٍ ، فَبَشِّرْهُ بِالنَّارِ " ، قَالَ : فَأَسْلَمَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ بَعْدُ ، وَقَالَ : لَقَدْ كَلَّفَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَعَبًا ، مَا مَرَرْتُ بِقَبْرِ كَافِرٍ ، إِلَّا بَشَّرْتُهُ بِالنَّارِ .
´It was narrated from Salim that his father said:` “A Bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, my father used to uphold the ties of kinship, and so and so forth, where is he?’ He said: ‘In the Fire.’ It was as if he found that difficult to bear. Then he said: ‘O Messenger of Allah. Where is your father?’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whenever you pass by the grave of an idolater, give him the tidings of Hell-fire.’ The Bedouin later became Muslim, and he said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave me a difficult task. I never passed the grave of an idolater but I gave him the tidings of Hell-fire.’”
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abu Yahya Nurpuri
Benefits and Issues
Its chain of narration is "weak."
Imam Zuhri is a "mudallis" and is narrating with the expression "‘an" (from). Nowhere is there a clear statement of hearing (sama‘).
However, a narration of the same meaning is also found in Sahih Muslim (203), but in that narration, there is no mention of commanding the Bedouin to give the glad tidings of Hell to every polytheist's grave he passes by.
Its chain of narration is "weak."
Imam Zuhri is a "mudallis" and is narrating with the expression "‘an" (from). Nowhere is there a clear statement of hearing (sama‘).
However, a narration of the same meaning is also found in Sahih Muslim (203), but in that narration, there is no mention of commanding the Bedouin to give the glad tidings of Hell to every polytheist's grave he passes by.
Source: Monthly Magazine al-Sunnah Jhelum, Issues 46-48, Page: 38
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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Our Shaykh has declared the mentioned narration to be weak.
Whereas other researchers have declared it to be authentic.
See: (al-Sahihah by al-Albani, no. 18, and Sunan Ibn Majah by Dr. Bashar Awwad, hadith: 1572)
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No matter how great the good deeds are, without accepting Islam, they cannot become a means of salvation from Hellfire.
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Even with certainty in the Prophethood of the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), until one formally accepts Islam and pledges to obey the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and act upon the commands of the Shari‘ah, there is no salvation—just as Pharaoh was certain that Musa (alayhis salam) was truthful.
But without faith and obedience, this certainty did not benefit him.
That is why Musa (alayhis salam) said:
﴿لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ بَصَآئِرَ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًا﴾ (Bani Isra’il: 102)
“You know well that these (miracles and signs) have been sent down only by the Lord of the heavens and the earth as clear proofs (for reflection). And O Pharaoh! I certainly think you are doomed.”
In the same way, Abu Talib also acknowledged that Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was truthful in his religion, but he did not accept it.
Therefore, even the kinship of the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) could not save him from Hellfire.
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If such a question is asked, the explicit answer to which would be contrary to wisdom, then the questioner can be directed towards something better in an appropriate manner.
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The command to give glad tidings of Hellfire to every polytheist was a psychological remedy.
The shock he felt upon hearing about his father being in Hell was treated by clarifying that this ruling is not only for your father, but for every disbeliever.
A caller (da‘i) and scholar should take people’s psychology into consideration,
but should not declare the truth as falsehood or falsehood as truth.
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Our Shaykh has declared the mentioned narration to be weak.
Whereas other researchers have declared it to be authentic.
See: (al-Sahihah by al-Albani, no. 18, and Sunan Ibn Majah by Dr. Bashar Awwad, hadith: 1572)
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No matter how great the good deeds are, without accepting Islam, they cannot become a means of salvation from Hellfire.
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Even with certainty in the Prophethood of the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), until one formally accepts Islam and pledges to obey the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and act upon the commands of the Shari‘ah, there is no salvation—just as Pharaoh was certain that Musa (alayhis salam) was truthful.
But without faith and obedience, this certainty did not benefit him.
That is why Musa (alayhis salam) said:
﴿لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ بَصَآئِرَ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًا﴾ (Bani Isra’il: 102)
“You know well that these (miracles and signs) have been sent down only by the Lord of the heavens and the earth as clear proofs (for reflection). And O Pharaoh! I certainly think you are doomed.”
In the same way, Abu Talib also acknowledged that Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was truthful in his religion, but he did not accept it.
Therefore, even the kinship of the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) could not save him from Hellfire.
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If such a question is asked, the explicit answer to which would be contrary to wisdom, then the questioner can be directed towards something better in an appropriate manner.
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The command to give glad tidings of Hellfire to every polytheist was a psychological remedy.
The shock he felt upon hearing about his father being in Hell was treated by clarifying that this ruling is not only for your father, but for every disbeliever.
A caller (da‘i) and scholar should take people’s psychology into consideration,
but should not declare the truth as falsehood or falsehood as truth.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1573
