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. Suddenly, the mule shied and it was close that you (peace be upon him) would fall. According to the narrator of the hadith, Jarir, there were, in his doubt, 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 Allah’s protection from the punishment of the Fire.” We said: We seek Allah’s protection from the punishment of the Fire. The Prophet (peace be upon him) then said: “Seek Allah’s protection from the punishment of the grave.” We said: We seek Allah’s protection from the punishment of the grave. The Prophet (peace be upon him) then said: “Seek Allah’s protection from the apparent and hidden trials.” We said: We seek Allah’s protection from the apparent and hidden trials. The Prophet (peace be upon him) then said: “Seek Allah’s protection from the trial of Dajjal.” We said: We seek Allah’s protection from the trial of Dajjal.