Chapters On Zuhd
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2308
إِنَّ الْقَبْرَ أَوَّلُ مَنَازِلِ الآخِرَةِ فَإِنْ نَجَا مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَيْسَرُ مِنْهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ
inna al-qabra awwalu manāzili al-ākhirah fa-in najā minhu famā baʿdah aysaru minhu wa-in lam yanju minhu famā baʿdah ashaddu minhu
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Hani' the freed slave of 'Uthman said:When 'Uthman would stop at a grave he would cry until his beard was soaked (in tears). It was said to him: 'The Paradise and the Fire were mentioned and you did not cry, yet you cry because of this?' So he said: 'Indeed the Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed the grave is the first stage among the stages of the Hereafter. So if one is saved from it, then what comes after it is easier than it. And if one is not saved from it, then what comes after it is worse than it." And the Messenger of Allah said: "I have not seen any sight except that the grave is more horrible than it
Source
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī · 2308
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