ذِكْرُ نَفْيِ دُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ عَنْ زَائِرَةِ الْقُبُورِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ فَاضِلَةً خَيِّرَةً

"while we were traveling with the Messenger of Allah, he saw a woman, and did not think that he knew her. When she was halfway to him, he stopped until she reached him, and it was Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah. He said to her: 'What brought you out of your house, O Fatimah?' She said: 'I came to the people of this deceased one to pray for mercy for them, and to offer my condolences to them.' He said: 'Perhaps you went with them to Al-Kuda?" She said: 'Allah forbid that I should go there. I heard what you said about that.' He said: If you had gone there with them, you would never have seen Paradise until the grandfather of your father saw it."'  

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ بَصُرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ لاَ تَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ عَرَفَهَا فَلَمَّا تَوَسَّطَ الطَّرِيقَ وَقَفَ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا مَا أَخْرَجَكِ مِنْ بَيْتِكِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ قَالَتْ أَتَيْتُ أَهْلَ هَذَا الْمَيِّتِ فَتَرَحَّمْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَعَزَّيْتُهُمْ بِمَيِّتِهِمْ قَالَ لَعَلَّكِ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى قَالَتْ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ بَلَغْتُهَا وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ تَذْكُرُ فِي ذَلِكَ مَا تَذْكُرُ فَقَالَ لَهَا لَوْ بَلَغْتِهَا مَعَهُمْ مَا رَأَيْتِ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَرَاهَا جَدُّ أَبِيكِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ رَبِيعَةُ ضَعِيفٌ  

We buried a deceased person in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When we had finished, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned and we also returned with him. When he approached his door, he stopped, and we saw a woman coming towards him. He (the narrator) said: I think he recognized her. When she went away, we came to know that she was Fatimah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her: What brought you out of your house, Fatimah? She replied: I came to the people of this house, Messenger of Allah, and I showed pity and expressed my condolences to them for their deceased relation. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: You might have gone to the graveyard with them. She replied: I seek refuge in Allah! I heard you referring to what you mentioned. He said: If you had gone to the graveyard...He then mentioned severe words about it. I then asked Rabi'ah (a narrator of this tradition) about al-kuda (stony land). He replied: I think it means the graves.  

قَبَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعْنِي مَيِّتًا فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَانْصَرَفْنَا مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا حَاذَى بَابَهُ وَقَفَ فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِامْرَأَةٍ مُقْبِلَةٍ قَالَ أَظُنُّهُ عَرَفَهَا فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَتْ إِذَا هِيَ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا السَّلاَمُ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَخْرَجَكِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ مِنْ بَيْتِكِ فَقَالَتْ أَتَيْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَهْلَ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ فَرَحَّمْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ مَيِّتَهُمْ أَوْ عَزَّيْتُهُمْ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَعَلَّكِ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى قَالَتْ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ تَذْكُرُ فِيهَا مَا تَذْكُرُ قَالَ لَوْ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى فَذَكَرَ تَشْدِيدًا فِي ذَلِكَ فَسَأَلْتُ رَبِيعَةَ عَنِ الْكُدَى فَقَالَ الْقُبُورُ فِيمَا أَحْسِبُ  

"while we were traveling with the Messenger of Allah, he saw a woman, and did not think that he knew her. When she was halfway to him, he stopped until she reached him, and it was Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah. He said to her: 'What brought you out of your house, O Fatimah?' She said: 'I came to the people of this deceased one to pray for mercy for them, and to offer my condolences to them.' He said: 'Perhaps you went with them to Al-Kuda?" She said: 'Allah forbid that I should go there. I heard what you said about that.' He said: If you had gone there with them, you would never have seen Paradise until the grandfather of your father saw it."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1880)   

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ بَصُرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ لَا نَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ عَرَفَهَا فَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهْنَا الطَّرِيقَ وَقَفَ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا أَخْرَجَكِ مِنْ بَيْتِكِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ؟ قَالَتْ أَتَيْتُ أَهْلَ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ فَرَحَّمْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ مَيِّتَهُمْ وَعَزَّيْتُهُمْ فَقَالَ لَعَلَّكِ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى؟ قَالَتْ مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ بَلَغْتُهَا مَعَهُمْ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ تَذْكُرُ فِي ذَلِكَ مَا تَذْكُرُ قَالَ لَوْ بَلَغْتِهَا مَعَهُمْ مَا رَأَيْتِ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَرَاهَا جَدُّ أَبِيكِ  

[Machine] We buried a man with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . When we returned and approached his door, we found him with a woman whom we did not think he knew. He said, "O Fatimah, where did you come from?" She replied, "I came from the family of the deceased, I showed them sympathy for their dead and offered them condolences." He asked, "Did you reach the graves with them?" She said, "May Allah forbid me from reaching the graves with them, but I heard you mentioning something about them." He said, "If you had reached the graves with them, you would not have seen Paradise until your grandfather sees it." The graves are called "al-Kuda." This narration was reported by Haywah bin Shurayh al-Hadrami from Rabee'ah bin Seef.  

قَبَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا وَحَاذَيْنَا بَابَهُ إِذْ هُوَ بِامْرَأَةٍ لَا نَظُنُّهُ عَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ «يَا فَاطِمَةُ مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتِ؟» قَالَتْ جِئْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَيِّتِ رَحِمْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ مَيِّتَهُمْ وَعَزَّيْتُهُمْ قَالَ «فَلَعَلَّكِ بَلَغْتَ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى؟» قَالَتْ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ أَبْلَغَ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ تَذْكُرُ فِيهِ مَا تَذْكُرُ قَالَ «لَوْ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى مَا رَأَيْتِ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَرَى جَدُّ أَبِيكِ» وَالْكُدَى الْمَقَابِرُ رَوَاهُ حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ سَيْفٍ  

[Machine] We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to a man's grave, and when we returned and approached his house, we saw a woman whom we did not think he recognized. He said, "O Fatimah, where did you come from?" She said, "I came from the family of this deceased. I showed them condolences and comforted them." He said, "Perhaps you have reached the graves with them?" She said, "May Allah forbid me from reaching the graves with them. But I heard you mention from them what you mentioned." He said, "If you had reached the graves with them, you would not have seen paradise until your grandfather sees it." And the graves are the cemeteries.  

قَبَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا وَحَاذَيْنَا بَابَهُ إِذَا هُوَ بِامْرَأَةٍ مُقْبِلَةٍ لَا نَظُنُّهُ عَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ «يَا فَاطِمَةُ مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتِ؟» قَالَتْ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَهْلِ هَذَا الْمَيِّتِ رَحِمْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ مَيِّتَهُمْ وَعَزَّيْتُهُمْ قَالَ «فَلَعَلَّكِ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى» قَالَتْ مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أَبْلُغَ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ تَذْكُرُ مِنْهُمْ مَا تَذْكُرُ قَالَ «لَوْ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى مَا رَأَيْتِ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَرَاهَا جَدُّ أَبِيكِ» وَالْكُدَى الْمَقَابِرُ  

"while we were traveling with the Messenger of Allah, he saw a woman, and did not think that he knew her. When she was halfway to him, he stopped until she reached him, and it was Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah. He said to her: 'What brought you out of your house, O Fatimah?' She said: 'I came to the people of this deceased one to pray for mercy for them, and to offer my condolences to them.' He said: 'Perhaps you went with them to Al-Kuda?" She said: 'Allah forbid that I should go there. I heard what you said about that.' He said: If you had gone there with them, you would never have seen Paradise until the grandfather of your father saw it."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1880)  

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ بَصَرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ لَا نَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ عَرِفَهَا فَلَمَّا تَوَسَّطَ الطَّرِيقَ وَقَفَ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهَا «مَا أَخْرَجَكِ مِنْ بَيْتِكِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ؟» قَالَتْ أَتَيْتُ أَهْلَ هَذَا الْمَيِّتِ فَتَرَحَّمْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَعَزَّيْتُهُمْ لِمَيِّتِهِمْ فَقَالَ «لَعَلَّكِ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى» قَالَتْ مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ بَلَغْتُهَا وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ تَذْكُرُ فِي ذَلِكَ مَا تَذْكُرُ فَقَالَ «لَوْ بَلَغْتِهَا مَعَهُمْ مَا رَأَيْتِ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَرَاهَا جَدُّ أَبِيكِ»  

[Machine] We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to bury a man. When we returned and reached his door, there was a woman facing us whom we didn't think he knew. He said, "O Fatimah, where did you come from?" She said, "I came from the people of this household. I visited them in their time of bereavement and consoled them." He said, "Did you tell them about the hardship?" She said, "May Allah forbid that I convey to them the hardship. However, I heard you mention in it what you mentioned." He said, "If you had conveyed the hardship, you would not have seen the gate of Paradise until your father saw it, and the graves are the hardship."  

قَبَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا وَحَاذَيْنَا بَابَهُ إِذَا هُوَ بِامْرَأَةٍ مُقْبِلَةٍ لَا نَظُنُّهُ عَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ يَا فَاطِمَةُ مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتِ؟ قَالَتْ جِئْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ رَحِمْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ مَيِّتَهُمْ وَعَزَّيْتُهُمْ قَالَ فَلَعَلَّكِ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى؟ قَالَتْ مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أَبْلُغَ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ تَذْكُرُ فِيهِ مَا تَذْكُرُ قَالَ لَوْ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى مَا رَأَيْتِ بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرَاهَا جَدُّ أَبِيكِ وَالْكُدَى الْمَقَابِرُ