What is the authenticity of the punishment of the grave?
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The questioner:
Shaykh, may Allah forgive you. A man passed away, and when he was placed on the washing board, his face turned away from the qiblah until the details of his condition were finished. And when he was placed in the grave, this happened, and I was one of the witnesses to it.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner:
I asked the awliya (close friends of Allah) and said to them, why is this? They said, pray for him, but only for forgiveness. The important thing is that I tried to understand, and they said that he did not pray and was addicted to intoxicants.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah, there is no power and no strength except by Allah. A great terror, we ask Allah
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
This happened to.
The questioner:
I said it myself.
The Shaykh:
It has happened to many people.
The questioner:
I am in the cathedral.
The Shaykh:
He who does not pray is not washed and does not pray.
The questioner:
We did not know, we did not present it.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner:
We started with what came after the burial.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for well-being, we ask Allah for well-being.
The questioner:
There is no power and no strength except by.
The Shaykh:
Many people have read verses in graves. Sometimes the grave is opened after burial for a need, either to lower a bucket or a lever or a scraper. Ibn Rajab (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his book *Awa'al al-Qubur* (The States of the Graves) wonders; some graves are opened, and when the one with the scraper comes to scrape, he finds the neck of the deceased burning with fire, and some, when the grave is opened, find it burning with fire over the whole of its owner. May Allah show you some of the wonders and the proofs of the power of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Then he asks what I ask you: this one is said not to pray, this one is said not to give zakah, this one is said such and such. I myself, for about forty years, or rather for about thirty-five years, a man from the desert told me that they mentioned to me an aunt of mine who was screaming in her grave. I said, I was surprised by this. We went to her after a long period, and he stood at the grave and heard screaming in the same grave, so he mentioned it and asked her companions, and they said that she did not remember.
The questioner:
There is no power or strength except by Allah.
The Shaykh:
He screams for a long time and allows her screaming to be heard in the grave.
The questioner:
There is no power and no strength.
The Shaykh:
And in the authentic collections, from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: I passed by
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And as for the other, he was spreading gossip. This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of. It is from the warnings of the gate. One is being punished because he did not clean himself from urine, he did not clean himself from urine, he was stained with impurities and did not care, and the meaning of being stained with impurity is that his prayer is not valid, we ask Allah for well-being. And the second walks among people with backbiting and talebearing, so-and-so, they said such and such about him, so-and-so, he said such and such about him, so-and-so, he said such and such about him, he stirs up fire among people, we ask Allah for well-being.
The questioner:
There is no power and no strength except by Allah the High.
The Shaykh:
Graves have terrors, graves have many terrors, we ask Allah for well-being.
The questioner:
On power.
The Shaykh:
But Shaykh.
The questioner:
From the fatwas of the Shaykh, issued even in the book, what is its name, of the Shaykh al-Uthaymeen (may Allah reward him with good). *Dhi'aa' Lami'* (A Shining Light).
The Shaykh:
*Al-Dhi'aa' al-Lami'* (The Shining Light).
The questioner:
Yes, he said if a person does not pray, then his awliya (close friends of Allah) must inform the people that he did not pray, and no prayer is performed over him, and he is not buried with the Muslims in their graveyards.
The Shaykh:
Issued, issued.
The questioner:
Correct.
The Shaykh:
All right.
The questioner:
Shaykh, this is happening, why do some people do it?
The Shaykh:
He does not pray, he goes and sits here in a place far from the Muslims.
The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
In a pit far from the graves, his pit is made for him and no one knows about it.
The questioner:
But Shaykh, those who intentionally bury them and deceive people.
The Shaykh:
In reality.
Shaykh, may Allah forgive you. A man passed away, and when he was placed on the washing board, his face turned away from the qiblah until the details of his condition were finished. And when he was placed in the grave, this happened, and I was one of the witnesses to it.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner:
I asked the awliya (close friends of Allah) and said to them, why is this? They said, pray for him, but only for forgiveness. The important thing is that I tried to understand, and they said that he did not pray and was addicted to intoxicants.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah, there is no power and no strength except by Allah. A great terror, we ask Allah
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
This happened to.
The questioner:
I said it myself.
The Shaykh:
It has happened to many people.
The questioner:
I am in the cathedral.
The Shaykh:
He who does not pray is not washed and does not pray.
The questioner:
We did not know, we did not present it.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner:
We started with what came after the burial.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for well-being, we ask Allah for well-being.
The questioner:
There is no power and no strength except by.
The Shaykh:
Many people have read verses in graves. Sometimes the grave is opened after burial for a need, either to lower a bucket or a lever or a scraper. Ibn Rajab (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his book *Awa'al al-Qubur* (The States of the Graves) wonders; some graves are opened, and when the one with the scraper comes to scrape, he finds the neck of the deceased burning with fire, and some, when the grave is opened, find it burning with fire over the whole of its owner. May Allah show you some of the wonders and the proofs of the power of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Then he asks what I ask you: this one is said not to pray, this one is said not to give zakah, this one is said such and such. I myself, for about forty years, or rather for about thirty-five years, a man from the desert told me that they mentioned to me an aunt of mine who was screaming in her grave. I said, I was surprised by this. We went to her after a long period, and he stood at the grave and heard screaming in the same grave, so he mentioned it and asked her companions, and they said that she did not remember.
The questioner:
There is no power or strength except by Allah.
The Shaykh:
He screams for a long time and allows her screaming to be heard in the grave.
The questioner:
There is no power and no strength.
The Shaykh:
And in the authentic collections, from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: I passed by
Over two graves, and behold, they are being punished. He said, and they are not being punished for a great matter. Then he said, yes, it is indeed a great matter. As for one of them, he did not clean himself from urine,
على قبرين فإذا هما يعذبان قال وما يعذبان في كبير ثم قال بلى إنه لكبير، أما أحدهما فكان لا يتنزه من البول،The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And as for the other, he was spreading gossip. This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of. It is from the warnings of the gate. One is being punished because he did not clean himself from urine, he did not clean himself from urine, he was stained with impurities and did not care, and the meaning of being stained with impurity is that his prayer is not valid, we ask Allah for well-being. And the second walks among people with backbiting and talebearing, so-and-so, they said such and such about him, so-and-so, he said such and such about him, so-and-so, he said such and such about him, he stirs up fire among people, we ask Allah for well-being.
The questioner:
There is no power and no strength except by Allah the High.
The Shaykh:
Graves have terrors, graves have many terrors, we ask Allah for well-being.
The questioner:
On power.
The Shaykh:
But Shaykh.
The questioner:
From the fatwas of the Shaykh, issued even in the book, what is its name, of the Shaykh al-Uthaymeen (may Allah reward him with good). *Dhi'aa' Lami'* (A Shining Light).
The Shaykh:
*Al-Dhi'aa' al-Lami'* (The Shining Light).
The questioner:
Yes, he said if a person does not pray, then his awliya (close friends of Allah) must inform the people that he did not pray, and no prayer is performed over him, and he is not buried with the Muslims in their graveyards.
The Shaykh:
Issued, issued.
The questioner:
Correct.
The Shaykh:
All right.
The questioner:
Shaykh, this is happening, why do some people do it?
The Shaykh:
He does not pray, he goes and sits here in a place far from the Muslims.
The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
In a pit far from the graves, his pit is made for him and no one knows about it.
The questioner:
But Shaykh, those who intentionally bury them and deceive people.
The Shaykh:
In reality.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 011 ما صحة عذاب القبر؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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