What is the authenticity of the hadith: “Indeed, these graves are darkness for their inhabitants, and Allah illuminates them with my prayer for them,” and what is its meaning?
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The questioner : All right, Shaykh, there is a hadith where the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, says: . I do not know how to explain this hadith?
The Shaykh : The hadith is authentic.
The questioner : It is authentic, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
Another questioner: The explanation, the explanation?
The questioner : The explanation?
The Shaykh : The explanation.
Another questioner: Its meaning.
The questioner : The meaning of the hadith.
The Shaykh : The meaning of the hadith is that the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, for the deceased lightens their burden if they are, for example, deserving of some of the punishment of the grave, or it increases their light upon light.
The questioner : Light upon light.
The Shaykh : In their graves, yes.
Indeed, these graves are darkness for their inhabitants, and Allah illuminates them with my prayer for them
إن هذه القبور ظلمة على أهلها والله ينورها بصلاتي عليهمThe Shaykh : The hadith is authentic.
The questioner : It is authentic, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
Another questioner: The explanation, the explanation?
The questioner : The explanation?
The Shaykh : The explanation.
Another questioner: Its meaning.
The questioner : The meaning of the hadith.
The Shaykh : The meaning of the hadith is that the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, for the deceased lightens their burden if they are, for example, deserving of some of the punishment of the grave, or it increases their light upon light.
The questioner : Light upon light.
The Shaykh : In their graves, yes.