Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

Once the Prophet (ﷺ) went out after sunset and heard a dreadful voice, and said, “The Jews are being
punished in their graves.”

Aisha narrated that she made a
will to `Abdullah bin Zubair, “Do not bury me with them (the Prophet (ﷺ) and his two companions) but
bury me with my companions (wives of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ) in Al-Baqi as I would not like to be
looked upon as better than I really am (by being buried near the Prophet).”

(From the daughter of Khalid bin Sa id bin Al-`Asi) who said that she had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) seeking
refuge with Allah from the punishment in the grave.

I saw `Umar bin Al-Khattab (when he was stabbed) saying, “O `Abdullah bin `Umar! Go to the
mother of the believers Aisha and say, `Umar bin Al-Khattab sends his greetings to you,’ and request
her to allow me to be buried with my companions.” (So, Ibn `Umar conveyed the message to `Aisha.)
She said, “I had the idea of having this place for myself but today I prefer him (`Umar) to myself (and
allow him to be buried there).” When `Abdullah bin `Umar returned, `Umar asked him, “What (news)
do you have?” He replied, “O chief of the believers! She has allowed you (to be buried there).” On
that `Umar said, “Nothing was more important to me than to be buried in that (sacred) place. So, when
I expire, carry me there and pay my greetings to her (`Aisha ) and say, `Umar bin Al-Khattab asks
permission; and if she gives permission, then bury me (there) and if she does not, then take me to the
graveyard of the Muslims. I do not think any person has more right for the caliphate than those with
whom Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) was always pleased till his death. And whoever is chosen by the
people after me will be the caliph, and you people must listen to him and obey him,” and then he
mentioned the name of `Uthman, `Ali, Talha, Az-Zubair, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf and Sa`d bin Abi
Waqqas.
By this time a young man from Ansar came and said, “O chief of the believers! Be happy with Allah’s
glad tidings. The grade which you have in Islam is known to you, then you became the caliph and you
ruled with justice and then you have been awarded martyrdom after all this.” `Umar replied, “O son of
my brother! Would that all that privileges will counterbalance (my short comings), so that I neither
lose nor gain anything. I recommend my successor to be good to the early emigrants and realize their
rights and to protect their honor and sacred things. And I also recommend him to be good to the Ansar
who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the Faith. He should accept the good of the
righteous among them and should excuse their wrongdoers. I recommend him to abide by the rules
and regulations concerning the Dhimmis (protectees) of Allah and His Apostle, to fulfill their
contracts completely and fight for them and not to tax (overburden) them beyond their capabilities.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to invoke (Allah): “Allahumma ini a`udhu bika min ‘adhabi-l-Qabr, wa min
‘adhabi-nnar, wa min fitnati-l-mahya wa-lmamat, wa min fitnati-l-masih ad-dajjal. (O Allah! I seek
refuge with you from the punishment in the grave and from the punishment in the Hell fire and from
the afflictions of life and death, and the afflictions of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal.”

The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “Don’t abuse the dead, because they have reached the result of what they
forwarded.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves, and those two persons (in the graves) were being tortured. He
said, “They are being tortured not for a great thing (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from
being soiled with his urine, while the other went about committing slander (to make enmity between
friends). He then took a green leaf of a date-palm tree split it into two pieces and fixed one on each
grave. The people said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Why have you done so?” He replied, “I hope that their
punishment may be lessened till they (the leaf) become dry.”

” We were accompanying a funeral procession in Baqi-I-Gharqad. The Prophet (ﷺ) came to us and sat and
we sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand then he bent his head and started scraping the
ground with it. He then said, “There is none among you, and not a created soul, but has place either in
Paradise or in Hell assigned for him and it is also determined for him whether he will be among the
blessed or wretched.” A man said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Should we not depend on what has been
written for us and leave the deeds as whoever amongst us is blessed will do the deeds of a blessed
person and whoever amongst us will be wretched, will do the deeds of a wretched person?” The
Prophet said, “The good deeds are made easy for the blessed, and bad deeds are made easy for the
wretched.” Then he recited the Verses:– “As for him who gives (in charity) and is Allah-fearing And
believes in the Best reward from Allah. ” (92.5-6)

The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “Whoever intentionally swears falsely by a religion other than Islam, then
he is what he has said, (e.g. if he says, ‘If such thing is not true then I am a Jew,’ he is really a Jew).
And whoever commits suicide with piece of iron will be punished with the same piece of iron in the
Hell Fire.” Narrated Jundab the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A man was inflicted with wounds and he committed
suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has caused death on himself hurriedly, so I forbid Paradise for
him.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who commits suicide by throttling shall keep on throttling himself in the Hell
Fire (forever) and he who commits suicide by stabbing himself shall keep on stabbing himself in the
Hell-Fire.”