Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: A Jewish woman came to me and began talking with me about the punishment of the grave. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, I told him what the woman had said, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me no reply. Afterwards he said: "O Aishah, seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave, for if anyone were to be saved from it, Sa'd bin Mu'adh would have been saved from it; but it did nothing more to him than squeeze him." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This was mentioned in a long hadith concerning the punishment of the grave.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Ibn Lahi'ah, and he has been criticised.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 4256