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Hadith 897
Hadith #
897
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
3
Section
88
Part
The Book on Dying People
Chapter
Interrogations in the Grave - Who Is Interrogated and Who Is Not
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
12. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn abu Hamzah from abu Basir who has said the following
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that when a believing person is taken out of his home, the angels escort him to his grave in a crowded manner until they arrive on his grave. The earth then says to him, ‘You are most welcome. By Allah, I loved that people like you walk on me. You will see what I will do for you.’ His grave will be opened up for him as far as his eyes can see, and then the two angels of grave, the dweller therein, Munkar and Nakir, enter into his grave, send his soul in him up to his loin, make him rise to sit upright and ask him, ‘Who is your Lord?’ He then replies, ‘Allah is my Lord.’ They then ask, ‘What is your religion?’ He replies, ‘Islam is my religion.’ They then ask, ‘Who is your prophet?’ He then replies, ‘Muhammad is my prophet.’ They then ask, ‘Who is your Imam?’ He then replies, ‘So and so is my Imam.’ Then someone calls from the heaven, ‘My servant has told the truth. Furnish his grave from the furnishing of paradise and open for his grave a door to paradise, dress him from the dresses of paradise until he will come to Us; what is with Us for him is better.’ Then it is said to him, ‘Rest to sleep like a newly wedded person, rest sleeping without dreams.’ The Imam then said, ‘If he is an unbeliever, the angels escort him to his grave while they all condemn him until they arrive on his grave; and the earth says, “You are not welcome at all. By Allah, I hated that people like you walk on me. However, you will see what I will do to you today.” The grave then presses him with a huge force until his sides join each other. The Imam then said, ‘Then the angels of the grave, the dwellers of the grave, Munkar and Nakir, enter his grave.’ Abu Basir then asked, ‘May Allah keep my soul in your service, do they (the angels) come to the believer and the unbeliever with the same shape and form?’ The Imam replied, ‘No, they do not do so.’ The Imam then said, ‘They then make him sit upright and send his soul in him up to his loin and ask him, “Who is your Lord?” He will hesitate and say, “I heard people say (so and so).” They will say, “May you never know.” They then will ask, “What is your religion?” He will hesitate. They will say, “May you never know.” They will ask, “Who is your prophet?” He will say, “I heard people say (so and so).” They will say, “May you never know.” They then will ask him about the Imam of his time? The Imam then said, ‘Someone from the heaven then calls saying, “My servant has lied. Furnish his grave with the furnishing of fire, dress him with the dress of fire, open for him a door to fire until he comes before Us and what is with Us for him is much worse.” They then strike him with a war-club three times and each strike sets his grave on fire. The force of each strike can turn the mountains of Makkah into ashes? The Imam then said, ‘Allah then allows serpents to bite him repeatedly and Satan to make him suffer sadness? The Imam also said, ‘All creatures of Allah except man and Jinn hear his punishment. He can hear the sound of their shoes walking and the sound of their fingers being cracked and this is what Allah has mentioned in His book, “Allah keeps the believers steadfast upon the firmly established word in this world and in the next life and Allah causes to mislead the unjust and He does as He wills?”” (14:26)
12ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ
إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا أُخْرِجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ شَيَّعَتْهُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ إِلَى قَبْرِهِ يَزْدَحِمُونَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَى بِهِ إِلَى قَبْرِهِ قَالَتْ لَهُ الأرْضُ مَرْحَباً بِكَ وَأَهْلاً أَمَا وَالله لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ عَلَيَّ مِثْلُكَ لَتَرَيَنَّ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِكَ فَتَوَسَّعُ لَهُ مَدَّ بَصَرِهِ وَيَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ فِي قَبْرِهِ مَلَكَا الْقَبْرِ وَهُمَا قَعِيدَا الْقَبْرِ مُنْكَرٌ وَنَكِيرٌ فَيُلْقِيَانِ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ إِلَى حَقْوَيْهِ فَيُقْعِدَانِهِ وَيَسْأَلاَنِهِ فَيَقُولاَنِ لَهُ مَنْ رَبُّكَ فَيَقُولُ الله فَيَقُولاَنِ مَا دِينُكَ فَيَقُولُ الإِسْلاَمُ فَيَقُولاَنِ وَمَنْ نَبِيُّكَ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَيَقُولاَنِ وَمَنْ إِمَامُكَ فَيَقُولُ فُلاَنٌ قَالَ فَيُنَادِي مُنَادٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي افْرُشُوا لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَافْتَحُوا لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ بَاباً إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَأَلْبِسُوهُ مِنْ ثِيَابِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَنَا وَمَا عِنْدَنَا خَيْرٌ لَهُ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ لَهُ نَمْ نَوْمَةَ عَرُوسٍ نَمْ نَوْمَةً لاَ حُلُمَ فِيهَا قَالَ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَافِراً خَرَجَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ تُشَيِّعُهُ إِلَى قَبْرِهِ تَلْعَنُونَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَى بِهِ إِلَى قَبْرِهِ قَالَتْ لَهُ الأرْضُ لاَ مَرْحَباً بِكَ وَلاَ أَهْلاً أَمَا وَالله لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أُبْغِضُ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ عَلَيَّ مِثْلُكَ لاَ جَرَمَ لَتَرَيَنَّ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِكَ الْيَوْمَ فَتَضِيقُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى تَلْتَقِيَ جَوَانِحُهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكَا الْقَبْرِ وَهُمَا قَعِيدَا الْقَبْرِ مُنْكَرٌ وَنَكِيرٌ قَالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَدْخُلاَنِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ وَالْكَافِرِ فِي صُورَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَقَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَيُقْعِدَانِهِ وَيُلْقِيَانِ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ إِلَى حَقْوَيْهِ فَيَقُولاَنِ لَهُ مَنْ رَبُّكَ فَيَتَلَجْلَجُ وَيَقُولُ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ فَيَقُولاَنِ لَهُ لاَ دَرَيْتَ وَيَقُولاَنِ لَهُ مَا دِينُكَ فَيَتَلَجْلَجُ فَيَقُولاَنِ لَهُ لاَ دَرَيْتَ وَيَقُولاَنِ لَهُ مَنْ نَبِيُّكَ فَيَقُولُ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ فَيَقُولاَنِ لَهُ لاَ دَرَيْتَ وَيُسْأَلُ عَنْ إِمَامِ زَمَانِهِ قَالَ فَيُنَادِي مُنَادٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ كَذَبَ عَبْدِي افْرُشُوا لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَأَلْبِسُوهُ مِنْ ثِيَابِ النَّارِ وَافْتَحُوا لَهُ بَاباً إِلَى النَّارِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَنَا وَمَا عِنْدَنَا شَرٌّ لَهُ فَيَضْرِبَانِهِ بِمِرْزَبَةٍ ثَلاَثَ ضَرَبَاتٍ لَيْسَ مِنْهَا ضَرْبَةٌ إِلاَّ يَتَطَايَرُ قَبْرُهُ نَاراً لَوْ ضُرِبَ بِتِلْكَ الْمِرْزَبَةِ جِبَالُ تِهَامَةَ لَكَانَتْ رَمِيماً وَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) وَيُسَلِّطُ الله عَلَيْهِ فِي قَبْرِهِ الْحَيَّاتِ تَنْهَشُهُ نَهْشاً وَالشَّيْطَانَ يَغُمُّهُ غَمّاً قَالَ وَيَسْمَعُ عَذَابَهُ مَنْ خَلَقَ الله إِلاَّ الْجِنَّ وَالإِنْسَ قَالَ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ نِعَالِهِمْ وَنَقْضَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُثَبِّتُ الله الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَفِي الآخِرَةِ وَيُضِلُّ الله الظَّالِمِينَ وَيَفْعَلُ الله ما يَشاءُ.
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