سلسله احاديث صحيحه
Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah
المرض والجنائز والقبورBook of Illness, Funerals, and Graves
Questioning by Munkar and Nakir after burial
Hadith 1710
- " إذا قبر الميت أو قال أحدكم أتاه ملكان أسودان أزرقان، يقال لأحدهما: المنكر والآخر: النكير، فيقولان: ما كنت تقول في هذا الرجل؟ فيقول: ما كان يقول هو: عبد الله ورسوله أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمد عبده ورسوله، فيقولان: قد كنا نعلم أنك تقول هذا، ثم يفسح له في قبره سبعون ذراعا في سبعين، ثم ينور له فيه، ثم يقال له نم، فيقول: أرجع إلى أهلي فأخبرهم؟ فيقولان: نم كنومة العروس الذي لا يوقظه إلا أحب أهله إليه، حتى يبعثه الله من مضجعه ذلك. وإن كان منافقا قال: سمعت الناس يقولون، فقلت: مثله، لا أدري، فيقولان: قد كنا نعلم أنك تقول ذلك، فيقال للأرض التئمي عليه، فتلتئم عليه، فتختلف أضلاعه، فلا يزال فيها معذبا حتى يبعثه الله من مضجعه ذلك ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When the deceased is buried, two angels with black faces and blue eyes come to him. One is called 'Munkar' and the other 'Nakir.' They ask him: What did you use to say about this man (Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)? He replies as he used to say (in the world): He is the servant and Messenger of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is His servant and Messenger. Upon hearing this answer, the angels say: We knew you would say this. Then his grave is expanded and illuminated seventy cubits square, and it is said to him: Sleep. He says: (If you let me go) I want to return to my family and inform them of the reality (and the good outcome). But they say: Sleep like the sleep of a bride, whom only her most beloved awakens. Allah, the Exalted, will raise such a person from his resting place. If the buried person is a hypocrite, then in response to the angels' question, he says: I used to say something like people said, but now I do not know. The angels say: We knew you would say this. So the earth is commanded to constrict upon him, and it becomes so tight that his ribs interlock with each other. Such a person will remain in this torment until Allah, the Exalted, raises him from that place."
