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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنِ الشَّيْءِ الَّذِي يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ تَوَقِّيهِ حَذَرَ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ فِي الْعُقْبَى بِهِ

ibnhibban:3129al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Abū Maʿshar > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by two graves and said, "Verily, these two are being punished, but not for something major. One of them is being punished for backbiting, and the other for not protecting himself from urine." Then he called for a palm stalk, broke it in half, and placed a piece on each grave, saying, "Perhaps their punishment will be lessened as long as these stalks do not dry up."  

ابن حبّان:٣١٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِقَبْرَيْنِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي غَيْرِ كَبِيرٍ فِي النَّمِيمَةِ وَالْبَوْلِ» ثُمَّ دَعَا بِجَرِيدَةٍ فَكَسَرَهَا فَوَصَلَهَا عَلَيْهِمَا وَقَالَ «عَسَى أَنْ يُخَفَّفَ عَنْهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَيْبَسَا»  


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ahmad:17560Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Jubayrah > Yaʿlá b. Siyābah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by a grave and said, "Indeed, the owner of this grave is being punished in a lesser form of torment." Then he called for a leaf and placed it on the grave, saying, "Perhaps it will alleviate his punishment as long as it remains moist."  

أحمد:١٧٥٦٠حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي جُبَيْرَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ سِيَابَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِقَبْرٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ صَاحِبَ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ يُعَذَّبُ فِي غَيْرِ كَبِيرٍ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِجَرِيدَةٍ فَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى قَبْرِهِ فَقَالَ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يُخَفَّفَ عَنْهُ مَا دَامَتْ رَطْبَةً