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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by two graves and said

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The Shaykh : It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with mass transmission that a person is punished in his grave, to the extent that one day he passed by two graves in Madinah and said:
"Indeed they are being punished." إنهما ليعذبان
"Indeed they are being punished." إنهما ليعذبان
. Who is the source of this report? Who? And he is the most truthful of creation. He confirmed the report with two confirmers: "inna" and the lam
They are being punished but they are not being punished for anything major. إنهما ليعذبان وما يعذبان في كبير
Sunan Ibn Majah 349Sahih (Darussalam)
, meaning in a matter that is difficult for them, but it is easy
One of them used not to take care to avoid getting urine on his body or clothes أما أحدهما فكان لا يستبرئ من البول
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2069Sahih (Darussalam)
: he urinates and the urine falls on his body and on his garment, and he does not care, or he urinates and does not perform istinja' (cleaning).
and the other used to walk about spreading malicious gossip. وأما الآخر فكان يمشي بالنميمة
Sunan Ibn Majah 347Sahih (Darussalam)
, meaning causing corruption among people. He comes to a person and says, "Oh so-and-so, this man is speaking ill of you and saying things about you," and he says things about you, and thus enmity arises between this one and that one. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) informed that he is
The beater of false tales would never enter heaven. لا يدخل الجنة قتات
Sahih Muslim 105b
, meaning a talebearer. Then he took a fresh branch and split it in two. He placed one on each grave. The Companions were amazed. It is not the custom of the Messenger (may the prayer and peace of Allah be upon him) that when a dead person is buried, he places a branch on him. They said, "What did you do, O Messenger of Allah?" He said:
It is hoped that their punishment may be abated till those two pieces of the leaf get dried. لعله يخفف عنهما ما لم ييبسا
Sahih al-Bukhari 6052
. The Companions were reassured by this, believed in it, and accepted it as true. There is no doubt in this. And this is a punishment established by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding a specific person. So how can someone come and say there is no punishment in the grave? May Allah help us. If it were not for the fact that a person is not declared a disbeliever except under heavy conditions, we would say this person is a disbeliever. But declaring a specific person a disbeliever is not easy; it requires conditions. Listen.
Source alathar.net

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