Skip to content
Assabile

Sahih al-BukhariFunerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

Sahih al-Bukhari 1373

Chapter: The punishment in the grave

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 1373

Narrator:Asmā bint Abu Bakr

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ تَقُولُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَطِيبًا

فَذَكَرَ فِتْنَةَ الْقَبْرِ الَّتِي يَفْتَتِنُ فِيهَا الْمَرْءُ، فَلَمَّا ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ ضَجَّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ ضَجَّةً‏.‏

Narrated Asma' bint Abi Bakr:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) once stood up delivering a sermon and mentioned the trial which people will face in the grave. When he mentioned that, the Muslims started shouting loudly.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 1373).

Copy
Copy:
Report an error

Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

أَوْرَدَهُ مُخْتَصَرًا جِدًّا بِلَفْظِ " قَامَ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَطِيبًا فَذَكَرَ فِتْنَة الْقَبْر الَّتِي يُفْتَتَن فِيهَا الْمَرْء , فَلَمَّا ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ ضَجَّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ ضَجَّة " وَهُوَ مُخْتَصَر , وَقَدْ سَاقَهُ النَّسَائِيُّ وَالْإِسْمَاعِيلِيّ مِنْ الْوَجْه الَّذِي أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْهُ الْبُخَارِيّ فَزَادَ بَعْد قَوْله ضَجَّة " حَالَتْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْن أَنْ أَفْهَمَ آخِر كَلَام رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَلَمَّا سَكَتَ ضَجِيجُهُمْ قُلْت لِرَجُلٍ قَرِيب مِنِّي : أَيْ بَارَكَ اللَّه فِيك , مَاذَا قَالَ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي آخِر كَلَامه ؟ قَالَ قَالَ : قَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّكُمْ تُفْتَنُونَ فِي الْقُب…

Read more

Scholars’ grades

Grade taken from the status of the collection (Sahih al-Bukhari).

Other versions

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 137

Asma’ daughter of Abu Bakr said, “God’s messenger arose to deliver an address in which he mentioned the trial a man will endure in the grave. On his mentioning that, the Muslims gave a shout of dismay." Bukhari transmitted it thus, but Nasa’i added, “which prevented me from grasping what God's…

عَن أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا تَقول قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَطِيبًا فَذكر فتْنَة الْقَبْر الَّتِي يفتتن فِيهَا الْمَرْءُ فَلَمَّا ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ ضَجَّ…

Narrated by Asmā bint Abu Bakr

On the same subject

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 2062

It has been revealed to me that you will be tested in your graves with a trial close to that of the Anti-Christ

Asmā' bint Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that once the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and mentioned the trial with which a person will be tested in his grave. When he mentioned this, the people made a loud noise in a way that prevented…

"‏ قَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّكُمْ تُفْتَنُونَ فِي الْقُبُورِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ ‏"

Narrated by Asmā bint Abu Bakr + 8 other versions Explained

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6366

They spoke the truth. They are tormented, and their torment can be heard by all animals

‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: There came to me two old women from the old Jewesses of Madīnah and said: "The grave dwellers are tormented in their graves." I did not believe them and I did not deem it proper to believe them. They went away and the Messenger of Allah (may…

صَدَقَتَا، إِنَّهُمْ يُعَذَّبُونَ عَذَابًا تَسْمَعُهُ الْبَهَائِمُ كُلُّهَا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ فِي صَلاَةٍ إِلاَّ تَعَوَّذَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

Narrated by Ā’ishah + 2 other versions Explained

Authentic Muwatta Malik 450

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from 'Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman from A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that a jewish woman came to beg from her and said, "May Allah give you refuge from the punishment of the grave." So A'isha asked the…

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ يَهُودِيَّةً جَاءَتْ تَسْأَلُهَا فَقَالَتْ أَعَاذَكِ اللَّهُ مِنْ…

Narrated by Ā’ishah + 2 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 903a

May Allah protect you from the torment of the grave! 'A'isha said: Messenger of Allah, would people be tormented in the graves? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: (May there be) protection of Allah! The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mounted one morning on the ride, and the sun eclipsed. 'A'isha said: I came…

إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُكُمْ تُفْتَنُونَ فِي الْقُبُورِ كَفِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ ‏"

Narrated by Ā’ishah + 2 other versions

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 5510

"I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] say: 'Whoever obeys me has obeyed Allah and whoever disobeys me has disobeyed Allah.' And he used to seek refuge from the torment of the grave, the torment of Hell, the trials that may befall the living and the dead, and the tribulation of Al-Masihid-Dajjal."

يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَفِتْنَةِ الأَحْيَاءِ وَالأَمْوَاتِ وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 2 other versions

Saturday, October 10, 2026 29 ربيع الآخر 1448 هـ