Sunan Abi Dawud · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
باب فِي ذِكْرِ الْمِيزَانِ
Chapter: The Scale.
5 hadith · references 4750–4754
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Abu Dawud · 4750إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا سُئِلَ فِي الْقَبْرِ ، فَشَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ :يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذAl-Bara bin Azib reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When a Muslim is questioned in the grave he testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger. That is verified by Allah’s words5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4751أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ نَخْلًا لِبَنِي النَّجَّارِ ، فَسَمِعَ صَوْتًا ، فَفَزِعَ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ أَصْحَابُ هَذِهِ الْقُبُورِ ؟ , قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، نَاسٌ مَاتُوا فِي Anas bin Malik said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the garden of the palm trees of Banu al-Najjar. He heard a voice and was terrified. He asked: Who are the people buried in these graves? The people replied: Messenger5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4752حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، أخبرنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، نَحْوَهُ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ ، إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نThe tradition mentioned above has also transmitted by Abd al-Wahhab through a different chain of narrators in a similar manner. This version has: When a man is placed in his grave and his friends leaves him, he hears the2 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4753خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي جَنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ ، فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الْقَبْرِ ، وَلَمَّا يُلْحَدْ ، فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، Narrated Al-Bara ibn Azib: We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ accompanying the bier of a man of the Ansar. When we reached his grave, it was not yet dug. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down and we also sat down a8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4754حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، أخبرنا الْأَعْمَشُ ، أخبرنا الْمِنْهَالُ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُمَرَ زَاذَانَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Al-Bara (b. Azib) from the prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators is a similar way.6 narrators