Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was riding his mule in a garden of Banu Najjar, when suddenly the mule shied and it was close that the Prophet (peace be upon him) would fall. According to the doubt of the narrator of the hadith, Jariri, there were four, or five, or six graves there. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Who knows the people of these graves?” A man said: I know. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: “When did these people die?” He said: In the state of shirk (polytheism). (Upon hearing this) the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “The (human) ummah is tested in their graves, and if I did not fear that you would stop burying (your dead), I would have prayed to Allah that He make you hear the punishment of the grave that I hear.” Sayyiduna Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) turned towards us and said: “Seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave.” We said: We seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave. The Prophet (peace be upon him) again said: “Seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave.” We said: We seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave. The Prophet (peace be upon him) then said: “Seek refuge with Allah from the apparent and hidden trials.” We said: We seek refuge with Allah from the apparent and hidden trials. The Prophet (peace be upon him) then said: “Seek refuge with Allah from the trial of Dajjal.” We said: We seek refuge with Allah from the trial of Dajjal.