Sunan an-Nasa'i 2058

Chapter: The Punishment of The Grave

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 2058

أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَمِعَ صَوْتًا مِنْ قَبْرٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَتَى مَاتَ هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا مَاتَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ‏.‏ فَسُرَّ بِذَلِكَ وَقَالَ ‏

"‏ لَوْلاَ أَنْ لاَ تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ ‏"

It was narrated from Anas that the Prophet heard a sound from a grave and said:

"When died this man die?" They said: "he died during the Jahiliyyah." So he was delighted and said: "Were it not that you would not bury one another, I would have prayed to Allah to make you hear the torment of the grave."

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 2058), Muslim (No. 2868) and Ahmad (No. 11569, 11653, 11680, 12095, 12329, 12343, 12607, 13383).

Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan al-Nasa'i

قَوْله ( فَسُرَّ بِذَلِكَ ) عَلَى بِنَاء الْمَفْعُول مِنْ السُّرُور وَالْمُرَاد أُزِيلَ عَنْهُ مَا لَحِقَهُ مِنْ الْغَمِّ وَالْحُزْن بِاحْتِمَالِ أَنْ يَكُون الْمَيِّت مُؤْمِنًا مُعَذَّبًا فِي الْقَبْر وَيَحْتَمِل أَنْ يُقَال لِجَوَازِ السُّرُور بِعَذَابِ عَدُوّ اللَّه مِنْ حَيْثِيَّة عَدَاوَتِهِ مَعَ اللَّه تَعَالَى ( أَنْ لَا تَدَافَنُوا ) أَيْ لَوْلَا خَشْيَةُ أَنْ يُفْضِي سَمَاعُكُمْ إِلَى تَرْكِ أَنْ يَدْفِنَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا ( أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ ) مِنْ الْإِسْمَاع ( عَذَاب الْقَبْر ) أَيْ الصَّوْت الَّذِي هُوَ أَثَرُهُ وَإِلَّا فَالْعَذَاب لَا يُسْمَعُ وَاَللَّه تَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ.…

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 2058
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	Authentic chainIsnaad Sahih	The chain only	No. 2058
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 2058

Other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2868

If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the dead (in the grave), I would have certainly supplicated Allah that He should make you listen the torment of the grave.

لَوْلاَ أَنْ لاَ تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ ‏"

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

Not graded Musnad Ahmad 11569