مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الجنائز
Book of Funerals
بَابٌ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ ، وَيُوَسَّعُ لَهُ فِي حُفْرَتِهِ .

Questioning in the grave

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وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - قَالَ : شَهِدْنَا جِنَازَةً مَعَ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ دَفْنِهَا وَانْصَرَفَ النَّاسُ قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّهُ الْآنَ يَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ نِعَالِكُمْ أَتَاهُ مُنْكَرٌ وَنَكِيرٌ أَعْيُنُهُمَا مِثْلُ قُدُورِ النُّحَاسِ وَأَنْيَابُهُمَا مِثْلُ صَيَاصِي الْبَقَرِ وَأَصْوَاتُهُمَا مِثْلُ الرَّعْدِ ، فَيُجْلِسَانِهِ فَيَسْأَلَانِهِ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ وَمَنْ كَانَ نَبِيُّهُ . فَإِنْ كَانَ مِمَّنْ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ قَالَ : كُنْتُ أَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ وَنَبِيِّي مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاءَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ وَاتَّبَعْنَاهُ ، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ : ( يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ ) ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ : عَلَى الْيَقِينِ حَيِيتَ ، وَعَلَيْهِ مِتَّ ، وَعَلَيْهِ تُبْعَثُ . ثُمَّ يُفْتَحُ لَهُ بَابٌ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ ، وَيُوَسَّعُ لَهُ فِي حُفْرَتِهِ .
وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّكِّ قَالَ : " لَا أَدْرِي ، سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ شَيْئًا فَقُلْتُهُ ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ : عَلَى الشَّكِّ حَيِيتَ ، وَعَلَيْهِ مِتَّ ، وَعَلَيْهِ تُبْعَثُ ، ثُمَّ يُفْتَحُ لَهُ بَابٌ إِلَى النَّارِ ، وَيُسَلَّطُ عَلَيْهِ عَقَارِبُ ، وَتَنَانِينُ لَوْ نَفَخَ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَا نَبَتَتْ شَيْئًا تَنْهَشُهُ ، وَتُؤْمَرُ الْأَرْضُ فَتَضُمُّهُ حَتَّى تَخْتَلِفَ أَضْلَاعُهُ " .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ وَقَالَ : تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ، قُلْتُ : وَفِيهِ كَلَامٌ .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We attended a funeral with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When he had finished burying the deceased and the people had gone back, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "At this moment he (the deceased) can hear even the sound of your sandals. Munkar and Nakir will come to him. Their eyes will be like brass cauldrons, their teeth will protrude like the horns of cattle, and their voices will be like thunder. The two angels will make him sit up and ask him whom he used to worship and who his Prophet was. If he is one who used to worship Allah, he will say: 'I used to worship Allah Almighty, and my Prophet is Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), who brought us clear proofs; we believed in him and followed him.' This is what is meant by the saying of Allah Almighty: 'Allah keeps firm those who believe with the firm word in this world and in the Hereafter.' Then it will be said to the deceased: 'You lived upon certainty, upon it you died, and upon it you will be raised.' Then a door to Paradise will be opened for him, and his grave will be made spacious for him. If the deceased is one of the people of doubt, he will say: 'I do not know. I heard the people saying something, so I said it too.' It will be said to him: 'You lived upon doubt, upon it you died, and upon it you will be raised again.' Then a door to Hell will be opened for him, and scorpions and serpents will be set upon him; if one of them were to blow upon the world, nothing would ever grow where it blew. They will tear at him, and the earth will be commanded and will squeeze him until his ribs interlock."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and said: Ibn Lahi'ah is alone in narrating it. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: he has been criticised.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 4276
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسناده ضعیف
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِذَا دُفِنَ الْمَيِّتُ سَمِعَ خَفْقَ نِعَالِهِمْ إِذَا وَلَّوْا عَنْهُ مُنْصَرِفِينَ " .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ ، وَرِجَالُهُ ثِقَاتٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the deceased is buried, he hears even the sound of the people's sandals as they leave him and go back."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 4277
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسنادہ صحیح۔
Hadith Takhrij «اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (11135) ، أخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 10135»
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ : إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِتَصْدِيقِ ذَلِكَ ، إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا مَاتَ جَلَسَ فِي قَبْرِهِ ، فَيُقَالُ : مَنْ رَبُّكَ ؟ مَا دِينُكَ ؟ مَنْ نَبِيُّكَ ؟ [ فَيُثَبِّتُهُ اللَّهُ ] فَيَقُولُ : رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ ، وَدِينِي الْإِسْلَامُ ، وَنَبِيِّي مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . فَيُوَسَّعُ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ ، وَيُفَرَّجُ لَهُ فِيهِ . ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : ( يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ وَيُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ ) .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When I narrate a hadith to you, I will tell you (a verse of the Qur'an) confirming it. When the believer dies, he sits up in his grave and is asked: "Who is your Lord? What is your religion? Who is your Prophet?" Allah Almighty keeps him firm, and he says: "My Lord is Allah Almighty, my religion is Islam, and my Prophet is Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then his grave is made spacious for him, and room is made for him in it. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse: "Allah keeps firm those who believe with the firm word in the life of this world and in the Hereafter, and Allah sends the wrongdoers astray."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its chain is hasan (good).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 4278
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسنادہ حسن۔
Hadith Takhrij «اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (9145) ، أخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 9145»
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ نِعَالِهِمْ إِذَا وَلَّوْا عَنْهُ - يَعْنِي مُدْبِرِينَ - " .
رَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The deceased hears even the sound of the people's sandals as they leave him and go back."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 4279
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسنادہ حسن۔
Hadith Takhrij «اخرجه الامام البزار فى المسند (873)»
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - قَالَ : اسْمُ الْمَلَكَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَأْتِيَانِ فِي الْقَبْرِ مُنْكَرٌ وَنَكِيرٌ ، وَكَانَ اسْمُ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ - وَهُمَا فِي السَّمَاءِ - عَزَرًا وَعَزِيزًا . .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The two angels who come in the grave are named Munkar and Nakir. When Harut and Marut were in the heaven, their names were Azra and Aziz.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 4280
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسنادہ حسن۔
Hadith Takhrij «اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الاوسط (2724)»