The Book on Jana''iz (Funerals)
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1071
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ . فَيَقُولاَنِ قَدْ كُنَّا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ هَذَا . ثُمَّ يُفْسَحُ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فِي سَبْعِينَ ثُمَّ يُنَوَّرُ لَهُ فِيهِ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ لَهُ نَمْ . فَيَقُولُ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَأُخْبِرُهُمْ فَيَقُولاَنِ نَمْ كَنَوْمَةِ الْعَرُوسِ الَّذِي لاَ يُوقِظُهُ إِلاَّ أَحَبُّ أَهْلِهِ إِلَيْهِ . حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ مَضْجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ . وَإِنْ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ فَقُلْتُ مِثْلَهُ لاَ أَدْرِي . فَيَقُولاَنِ قَدْ كُنَّا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ . فَيُقَالُ لِلأَرْضِ الْتَئِمِي عَلَيْهِ . فَتَلْتَئِمُ عَلَيْهِ . فَتَخْتَلِفُ فِيهَا أَضْلاَعُهُ فَلاَ يَزَالُ فِيهَا مُعَذَّبًا حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ مَضْجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ
lā ilaha illā-Llāh wa-anna muḥammadan ʿabduhu warasūluhu . fayaqūlāni qad kunnā naʿlamu annaka taqūlu hadhā . thumma yufsaḥu lah fī qabrihi sabʿūna dhirāʿan fī sabʿīna thumma yunawwaru lah fīhi thumma yuqālu lah nam . fayaqūlu arjiʿu ilā ahlī fa-ukhbiruhum fayaqūlāni nam kanawmah al-ʿarūsi adh-dhī lā yūqiẓuhu illā aḥabbu ahlihi ilayhi . ḥattā yabʿathah Allāh min maḍjaʿihi dhalika . wa-in kāna munāfiqan qāla samiʿtu an-nāsa yaqūlūna faqultu mithlah lā adrī . fayaqūlāni qad kunnā naʿlamu annaka taqūlu dhalika . fayuqālu lilʾarḍi at-taʾimī ʿalayhi . fataltaʾimu ʿalayhi . fatakhtalifu fīhā aḍlāʿuhu falā yazālu fīhā muʿadhaban ḥattā yabʿathah Allāh min maḍjaʿihi dhalika
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Hurairah narrated that:The Messenger of Allah said: "When the deceased - or he said when one of you - is buried, two angels, black and blue (eyed_ come to him. One of them is called Al-Munkar, and the other An-Nakir. They say: 'What did you used to say about this man?' So he says what he was saying (before death) 'He is Allah's slave and His Messenger. I testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger.' So they say: 'We knew that you would say this.' Then his grave is expanded to seventy by seventy cubits, then it is illuminated for him. Then it is said to him: 'Sleep.' So he said: 'Can I return to my family to inform them?' They say: 'Sleep as a newlywed, whom none awakens but the dearest of his family.' Until Allah resurrects him from his resting place.""If he was a hypocrite he would say: 'I heard people saying something, so I said the same; I do not know.' So they said: 'We knew you would say that.' So the earth is told: 'Constrict him.' So it constricts around him, squeezing his ribs together. He continues being punished like that until Allah resurrects him from his resting place
Source
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī · 1071
- Ahmad Muhammad Shakir: Hasan
- Al-Albani: Hasan
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Hasan