صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الجنة وصفة نعيمها وأهلهاThe Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants
باب عَرْضِ مَقْعَدِ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ أَوِ النَّارِ عَلَيْهِ وَإِثْبَاتِ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَالتَّعَوُّذِ مِنْهُ:Chapter: The Deceased Is Shown His Place In Paradise Or The Fire; And Confirmation Of The Torment In The Grave - We Seek Refuge With Allah From That
Hadith 2867
This hadith is listed as number 7213 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ ، قَالَ ابْنُ أَيُّوبَ : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ ، قَالَ : وَأَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ وَلَمْ أَشْهَدْهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَكِنْ حَدَّثَنِيهِ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ، قَالَ : بَيْنَمَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَائِطٍ لِبَنِي النَّجَّارِ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ لَهُ ، وَنَحْنُ مَعَهُ إِذْ حَادَتْ بِهِ ، فَكَادَتْ تُلْقِيهِ وَإِذَا أَقْبُرٌ سِتَّةٌ أَوْ خَمْسَةٌ أَوْ أَرْبَعَةٌ ، قَالَ : كَذَا كَانَ ، يَقُولُ : الْجُرَيْرِيُّ ، فَقَالَ : " مَنْ يَعْرِفُ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الْأَقْبُرِ ؟ " ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : أَنَا قَالَ : فَمَتَى مَاتَ هَؤُلَاءِ ؟ ، قَالَ : مَاتُوا فِي الْإِشْرَاكِ ؟ ، فَقَالَ : " إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ تُبْتَلَى فِي قُبُورِهَا ، فَلَوْلَا أَنْ لَا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ الَّذِي أَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ ، فَقَالَ : " تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ " ، قَالُوا : نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ ، فَقَالَ : " تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ " ، قَالُوا : نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ ، قَالَ : " تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ " ، قَالُوا : نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ ، قَالَ : " تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ " ، قَالُوا : نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ " .
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported: I did not hear this hadith from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) directly but it was Zaid bin Thabit who narrated it from him. As Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) was going along with us towards the dwellings of Bani an-Najjar, riding upon his pony, it shied and he was about to fall. He found four, five or six graves there. He said: Who amongst you knows about those lying in the graves? A person said: It is I. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: In what state did they die? He said: They died as polytheists. He said: These people are passing through the ordeal in the graves. If it were not the reason that you would stop burying (your dead) in the graves on listening to the torment in the grave which I am listening to, I would have certainly made you hear that. Then turning his face towards us, he said: Seek refuge with Allah from the torment of Hell. They said: We seek refuge with Allah from the torment of Hell. He said: Seek refuge with Allah from the torment of the grave. They said: We seek refuge with Allali from the torment of the grave. He said: Seek refuge with Allah from turmoil, its visible and invisible (aspects), and they said: We seek refuge with Allah from turmoil and its visible and invisible aspects and he said: Seek refuge with Allah from the turmoil of the Dajjal, and they said We seek refuge with Allah from the turmoil of the Dajjal.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: It is understood from the ahadith that Allah Ta'ala has concealed the torment of Barzakh from jinn and mankind; they have absolutely no awareness of it. However, other creatures besides them have some perception and sense of it. In the garden of Banu Najjar, those whose graves were there were being punished. The mule upon which you (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) were riding sensed this and was affected by it, but your companions and associates had no awareness of it, while you (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) were hearing that torment. Therefore, you said to your companions, "If Allah Ta'ala were to unveil to you the condition of the torment of the grave as He has unveiled it to me, and if He were to let you hear the screams and cries of the dead, then there is a danger that you would become so terrified of death that you would not even be able to bury them. That is why I do not supplicate to Allah that He let you hear it as well. The reality is that whatever happens to the dead after death—if all of us were to see or hear it, we would not be able to carry out any work, and the system of the world would be thrown into chaos. After this, the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) directed attention to those things from which we should be concerned to seek protection: that He grant us refuge from the torment of Hell, the torment of the grave, and from every kind of apparent and hidden, open and concealed tribulation."
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 7213
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Takhrij al-Hadith:
[صحيح مسلم 7213]
Fiqh al-Hadith:
➊ The punishment of the grave takes place on this very earth, and the animals near the grave hear it.
➋ The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is not the knower of the unseen (‘alim al-ghayb); rather, this is an exclusive attribute of Allah alone.
➌ If ordinary people were to witness the punishment of the grave, the ignorant would flee in terror from burying the deceased, and even the people of knowledge would keep away from the dead of the common folk.
➍ The punishment of the grave is part of belief in the unseen (iman bil-ghayb).
➎ The grave refers to the earthly pit.
[صحيح مسلم 7213]
Fiqh al-Hadith:
➊ The punishment of the grave takes place on this very earth, and the animals near the grave hear it.
➋ The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is not the knower of the unseen (‘alim al-ghayb); rather, this is an exclusive attribute of Allah alone.
➌ If ordinary people were to witness the punishment of the grave, the ignorant would flee in terror from burying the deceased, and even the people of knowledge would keep away from the dead of the common folk.
➍ The punishment of the grave is part of belief in the unseen (iman bil-ghayb).
➎ The grave refers to the earthly pit.
Source: Adwa al-Masabih fi Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih, Page: 129
