Death and the grave

عَنْ أَنَسِ بْن مَالِكٍ رضى الله عنه، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «العَبْدُ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ، وَتَوَلَّى وَذَهَبَ أَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نِعَالِهِمْ، أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ، فَأَقْعَدَاهُ، فَيَقُولانِ لَهُ: مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ؟ فَيَقُولُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَيُقَالُ: انْظُرْ إِلَى مَقْعَدِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ أَبْدَلَكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مَقْعَدًا مِنَ الجَنَّةِ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: فَيَرَاهُمَا جَمِيعًا، وَأَمَّا الكَافِرُ - أَوِ المُنَافِقُ - فَيَقُولُ: لا أَدْرِي، كُنْتُ أَقُولُ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ، فَيُقَالُ: لا دَرَيْتَ وَلا تَلَيْتَ، ثُمَّ يُضْرَبُ بِمِطْرَقَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ضَرْبَةً بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ، فَيَصِيحُ صَيْحَةً يَسْمَعُهَا مَنْ يَلِيهِ إِلَّا الثَّقَلَيْنِ».

تحميل الملف الصوتي

Anas ibn Mālik narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

When a man is laid in his grave, and his friends turn away, he hears the noise of their shoes. Two angels come to him and sit him up. They ask him: ‘What did you say about this man, Muhammad?’ He said: “As for the believer, he will say: I bear witness that he is God’s servant and Messenger”. He will be told: “Look at your place in Hell. God has replaced it for you with a seat in Heaven”. The Prophet said: “He will see both”. As for the unbeliever, or the hypocrite, he will say: I do not know. I said what other people said. He will be told: May you have never known or said. He will then be hit by an iron hammer in between his ears. He shall send out a cry which will be heard by those close to him, but not by humans or jinn.

Related by al-Bukhari, 1338; Muslim, 2870.

Abu Ḥamzah Anas ibn Mālik

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Abu Ḥamzah Anas ibn Mālik ibn al-Naḍr of the Anṣār was a distinguished scholar, mufti, excellent reciter of the Qur’an and a leading scholar of Hadith. He was the chronicler of Islam. He was the servant of God’s Messenger and his household. Anas was the last of the Prophet’s companions to die in Basrah. He was only ten years of age when the Prophet migrated to Madinah, and he was 20 when the Prophet (peace be upon him) passed away. He remained very close to the Prophet from his early days in Madinah to the end of his blessed life. Anas took part in several military expeditions with the Prophet, and he took part in the pledge given to the Prophet (peace be upon him) known as ‘the pledge under the tree’. He reported a wealth of knowledge from the Prophet. God’s Messenger prayed to God to give him plenty of wealth and offspring. His date trees used to give fruit twice a year. He died in Year 93 AH 712 CE.