"إِنَّ هذه الأُمةَ تُبْتَلى في قبورِها فَإِذا أُدخِلَ المؤْمنُ قَبْرَهُ، وتولَّى عنه أَصحابُهُ جاءَهُ مَلَكٌ شديدُ الانتهارِ، فيقولُ لَهُ: ما كنت تقول في هذا الرَّجُلِ ؟ فيقولُ المؤْمن: أَقولَ: إِنَّهُ رسولُ اللَّه وعبدُهُ، فيقوُلُ له الْمَلَكُ: انْظُرْ إِلى مَقْعَدِكَ الذى كانَ لَكَ في النَّارِ، قد أَنْجَاكَ اللَّه منه وَأَبْدَلَكَ بمقعدكَ الذى ترى من النار (هذا) الذى ترى من الجنةِ فَيَقُولُ المؤْمنُ: دعونى أُبَشِّرُ أَهْلِى؛ فَيُقَالُ له: اسْكُنْ، وأمَّا المنَافِقُ فَيُقْعَدُ إِذا تَوَلَّى عنه أَهْلُهُ. فيقالُ له: ما كنتَ تقولُ في هذا الرَّجُلِ؟ فَيَقُولُ: لا أَدرى، أَقولُ ما يَقُولُ النَّاسُ، فَيُقَالُ له؛ لا دريتَ، هذا مَقْعَدُكَ الذى كانَ لَكَ في الجنَّةِ، قد أُبدِلتَ منهُ مَقْعَدَكَ من النَّارِ، يُبْعَثُ كُلُّ عَبْدٍ في الْقَبْرِ على مَا مَات؛ المؤْمِنُ على إِيمانه، والمنافِقُ عَلى نِفاقِهِ" .
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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, SuyūṭīThe Prophet ﷺ said, "When a human being is laid in his grave and his companions return and he even hears their foot steps, two angels come to him and make him sit and ask him: What did you use to say about this man, Muhammad ? He will say: I testify that he is Allah's slave and His Apostle. Then it will be said to him, 'Look at your place in the Hell-Fire. Allah has given you a place in Paradise instead of it.' " The Prophet ﷺ added, "The dead person will see both his places. But a non-believer or a hypocrite will say to the angels, 'I do not know, but I used to say what the people used to say! It will be said to him, 'Neither did you know nor did you take the guidance (by reciting the Qur'an).' Then he will be hit with an iron hammer between his two ears, and he will cry and that cry will be heard by whatever approaches him except human beings and jinns."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَبْدُ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَتُوُلِّيَ وَذَهَبَ أَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نِعَالِهِمْ أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ فَأَقْعَدَاهُ فَيَقُولاَنِ 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 الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَيَرَاهُمَا جَمِيعًا وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ أَوِ الْمُنَافِقُ فَيَقُولُ لاَ أَدْرِي كُنْتُ أَقُولُ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فَيُقَالُ لاَ دَرَيْتَ وَلاَ تَلَيْتَ ثُمَّ يُضْرَبُ بِمِطْرَقَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ضَرْبَةً بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ فَيَصِيحُ صَيْحَةً يَسْمَعُهَا مَنْ يَلِيهِ إِلاَّ الثَّقَلَيْنِ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When (Allah's) slave is put in his grave and his companions return and he even hears their footsteps, two angels come to him and make him sit and ask, 'What did you use to say about this man (i.e. Muhammad)?' The faithful Believer will say, 'I testify that he is Allah's slave and His Apostle.' Then they will say to him, 'Look at your place in the Hell Fire; Allah has given you a place in Paradise instead of it.' So he will see both his places." (Qatada said, "We were informed that his grave would be made spacious." Then Qatada went back to the narration of Anas who said;) Whereas a hypocrite or a non-believer will be asked, "What did you use to say about this man." He will reply, "I do not know; but I used to say what the people used to say." So they will say to him, "Neither did you know nor did you take the guidance (by reciting the Qur'an)." Then he will be hit with iron hammers once, that he will send such a cry as everything near to him will hear, except Jinns and human beings. (See Hadith No. 422).
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نِعَالِهِمْ أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ فَيُقْعِدَانِهِ فَيَقُولاَنِ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي الرَّجُلِ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ فَيَقُولُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَقْعَدِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مَقْعَدًا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَرَاهُمَا جَمِيعًا قَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَذُكِرَ لَنَا أَنَّهُ يُفْسَحُ فِي قَبْرِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ أَنَسٍ قَالَ وَأَمَّا الْمُنَافِقُ وَالْكَافِرُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَقُولُ لاَ أَدْرِي كُنْتُ أَقُولُ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فَيُقَالُ لاَ دَرَيْتَ وَلاَ تَلَيْتَ وَيُضْرَبُ بِمَطَارِقَ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ضَرْبَةً فَيَصِيحُ صَيْحَةً يَسْمَعُهَا مَنْ يَلِيهِ غَيْرَ الثَّقَلَيْنِ
"When a person is put in his grave and his companions leave him, he hears the sound of their sandals. Two angels come to him, making him sit up, and say to him: 'What did you say about this man (Muhammad)?' As for the believer, he says: 'I bear witness that he says: 'I bear witness that he is the slave of Allah and His Messenger.' It is said to him: 'Look at your place in hell; Allah has replaced it for you with a place better than it.''' The Messenger of Allah said: "Then he sees them both." As for the disbeliever or the hypocrite, it is said to him: 'What did you say about this man?' He says: 'I do not know; I used to say what the people said.' It is said to him: 'You did not understand and you did not follow those who had understanding.' Then he is dealt a blow between his ears and the man utters a scream which everything near him hears, except for the two races.'''
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نِعَالِهِمْ أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ فَيُقْعِدَانِهِ فَيَقُولاَنِ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ فَيَقُولُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَقْعَدِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مَقْعَدًا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَيَرَاهُمَا جَمِيعًا وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ أَوِ الْمُنَافِقُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَقُولُ لاَ أَدْرِي كُنْتُ أَقُولُ كَمَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ لاَ دَرَيْتَ وَلاَ تَلَيْتَ ثُمَّ يُضْرَبُ ضَرْبَةً بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ فَيَصِيحُ صَيْحَةً يَسْمَعُهَا مَنْ يَلِيهِ غَيْرُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ
[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Verily, this Ummah (nation) is tested in their graves. So when a believer is buried and his companions turn away from him, a severe angel of reproof comes to him and asks him, 'What used you to say about this man?' The believer replies, 'I say that he is the Messenger of Allah and His servant.' Then the angel says to him, 'Look at your seat that you used to have in the Hellfire, but Allah has saved you from it and replaced it with the seat that you see from paradise.' So he sees both of them. Then the believer says, 'Leave me, let me give glad tidings to my family.' Then it will be said to him, 'Be silent.' As for the hypocrite, when his family turns away from him, it will be said to him, 'What used you to say about this man?' He will say, 'I do not know, I used to say what the people used to say.' Then it will be said to him, 'You do not know.' This is your seat that you used to have from paradise, and it has been changed with your seat from the Hellfire." Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Then I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Every servant will be resurrected in the grave according to the way he died, either as a believer on his faith, or as a hypocrite on his hypocrisy.'"
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ تُبْتَلَى فِي قُبُورِهَا فَإِذَا أُدْخِلَ الْمُؤْمِنُ قَبْرَهُ وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ جَاءَ مَلَكٌ شَدِيدُ الِانْتِهَارِ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟ فَيَقُولُ الْمُؤْمِنُ أَقُولُ إِنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ وَعَبْدُهُ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ الْمَلَكُ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَقْعَدِكَ الَّذِي كَانَ لَكَ فِي النَّارِ قَدْ أَنْجَاكَ اللهُ مِنْهُ وَأَبْدَلَكَ بِمَقْعَدِكَ الَّذِي تَرَى مِنَ النَّارِ مَقْعَدَكَ الَّذِي تَرَى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَرَاهُمَا كِلَاهُمَا فَيَقُولُ الْمُؤْمِنُ دَعُونِي أُبَشِّرْ أَهْلِي فَيُقَالَ لَهُ اسْكُنْ وَأَمَّا الْمُنَافِقُ فَيُقْعَدُ إِذَا تَوَلَّى عَنْهُ أَهْلُهُ فَيُقَالَ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟ فَيَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي أَقُولُ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فَيُقَالَ لَهُ لَا دَرَيْتَ هَذَا مَقْعَدُكَ الَّذِي كَانَ لَكَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ قَدْ أُبْدِلْتَ مَكَانَهُ مَقْعَدَكَ مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَسَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ يُبْعَثُ كُلُّ عَبْدٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ عَلَى مَا مَاتَ الْمُؤْمِنُ عَلَى إِيمَانِهِ وَالْمُنَافِقُ عَلَى نِفَاقِهِ
"When a person is put in his grave and his companions leave him, he hears the sound of their sandals. Two angels come to him, making him sit up, and say to him: 'What did you say about this man (Muhammad)?' As for the believer, he says: 'I bear witness that he says: 'I bear witness that he is the slave of Allah and His Messenger.' It is said to him: 'Look at your place in hell; Allah has replaced it for you with a place better than it.''' The Messenger of Allah said: "Then he sees them both." As for the disbeliever or the hypocrite, it is said to him: 'What did you say about this man?' He says: 'I do not know; I used to say what the people said.' It is said to him: 'You did not understand and you did not follow those who had understanding.' Then he is dealt a blow between his ears and the man utters a scream which everything near him hears, except for the two races.''' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2051)
أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نِعَالِهِمْ أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ فَيُقْعِدَانِهِ فَيَقُولَانِ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ فَيَقُولُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَرَسُولُهُ فَيُقَالُ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَقْعَدِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ فَقَدْ أَبْدَلَكَ اللهُ بِهِ مَقْعَدًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَرَاهُمَا جَمِيعًا قَالَ رَوْحٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَذَكَرَ لَنَا أَنَّهُ يُفْسَحُ لَهُ فِيقَبْرِهِ سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَيُمْلَأُ عَلَيْهِ خُضْرًا إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ وَالْمُنَافِقُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟ فَيَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي كُنْتُ أَقُولُ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ لَا دَرَيْتَ وَلَا تَلَيْتَ ثُمَّ يُضْرَبُ بِمِطْرَاقٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ضَرْبَةً بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ فَيَصِيحُ صَيْحَةً فَيَسْمَعُهَا مَنْ يَلِيهِ غَيْرُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَضِيقُ عَلَيْهِ قَبْرُهُ حَتَّى تَخْتَلِفَ أَضْلَاعُهُ
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الْمُسْلِمُ وَالْكَافِرُ بَعْدَ إِجَابَتِهِمَا مُنْكَرًا، وَنَكِيرًا عَمَّا يَسْأَلَانِهِ عَنْهُ
"When a person is put in his grave and his companions leave him, he hears the sound of their sandals. Two angels come to him, making him sit up, and say to him: 'What did you say about this man (Muhammad)?' As for the believer, he says: 'I bear witness that he says: 'I bear witness that he is the slave of Allah and His Messenger.' It is said to him: 'Look at your place in hell; Allah has replaced it for you with a place better than it.''' The Messenger of Allah said: "Then he sees them both." As for the disbeliever or the hypocrite, it is said to him: 'What did you say about this man?' He says: 'I do not know; I used to say what the people said.' It is said to him: 'You did not understand and you did not follow those who had understanding.' Then he is dealt a blow between his ears and the man utters a scream which everything near him hears, except for the two races.''' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2051)
أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَتَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نِعَالِهِمْ أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ فَيُقْعِدَانِهِ فَيَقُولَانِ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟ فِي مُحَمَّدٍ فَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ فَيَقُولُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَقْعَدِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكَ اللَّهُ مَقْعَدًا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَذُكِرَ لَنَا أَنَّهُ يَفْسَخُ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَيُمْلَأُ عَلَيْهِ خَضِرًا إِلَى يَوْمِ يَبْعَثُونَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ «وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ وَالْمُنَافِقُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟ فَيَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي كُنْتُ أَقُولُ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فَيُقَالُ لَا دَرَيْتَ وَلَا تَلَيْتَ ثُمَّ يُضْرَبُ بِمِطْرَاقٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ضَرْبَةً بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ فَيَصِيحُ صَيْحَةً يَسْمَعُهَا مَنْ عَلَيْهَا غَيْرَ الثَّقَلَيْنِ»
"When a person is put in his grave and his companions leave him, he hears the sound of their sandals. Two angels come to him, making him sit up, and say to him: 'What did you say about this man (Muhammad)?' As for the believer, he says: 'I bear witness that he says: 'I bear witness that he is the slave of Allah and His Messenger.' It is said to him: 'Look at your place in hell; Allah has replaced it for you with a place better than it.''' The Messenger of Allah said: "Then he sees them both." As for the disbeliever or the hypocrite, it is said to him: 'What did you say about this man?' He says: 'I do not know; I used to say what the people said.' It is said to him: 'You did not understand and you did not follow those who had understanding.' Then he is dealt a blow between his ears and the man utters a scream which everything near him hears, except for the two races.''' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2051)
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نِعَالِهِمْ أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ فَيُقْعِدَانِهِ» فَيَقُولَانِ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ مُحَمَّدٍ؟ ﷺ فَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ فَيَقُولُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَرَسُولُهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَقْعَدِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَرَاهُمَا وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ أَوِ الْمُنَافِقُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟ فَيَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي كُنْتُ أَقُولُ كَمَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ لَا دَرَيْتَ وَلَا تَلَيْتَ ثُمَّ يُضْرَبُ ضَرْبَةً بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ فَيَصِيحُ صَيْحَةً فَيَسْمَعُهُ مَنْ يلِيهِ غَيْرَ الثَّقَلَيْنِ
"إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيُذْنبُ الذَّنْبَ فَيَدْخُلُ به الْجَنَّةَ، قيلَ: كَيفَ؟ قال: يَكُونُ نُصْبَ عَينَيه تَائِبًا قَارًا، حتَّى يَدْخُلَ بهِ الْجَنَّةَ .
ابن مبارك عن الحسن مرسلًا.
2072 - " إن العبد إذا وُضع في قبره وَتَوَلَّى عنه أصحابه حتى إنه يسمع قرع نعالهم أتاه ملكان فيقعدانه، فيقولان له: ما كنت تقول في هذا الرجل؟ لمحمد. فأما المؤمن فيقول: أشهد أنه عبد الله ورسوله فيقال: انظر إلى مقعدك من النار، قد أبدلك الله به مقعدًا من الجنة، فيراهما جميعًا ويفسح له في قبره سبعون ذراعًا، ويملأ عليه خضرًا إلى يوم يبعثون، وأما الكافر أو المنافق فيقال له: ما كنت تقول في هذا الرجل؟ فيقول: لا أدرى كنت أقول ما يقول الناس فيقال له: لا دريت ولا تليت ثم يضرب بمطراق من حديد ضربة بين أذنيه فيصيح صيحة يسمعها من يليه غير الثقلين، ويضيق عليه قبره حتى تختلف أضلاعه".
حم، ق، د، ن عن أنس، ورمز السيوطي له بصحته.