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Reasons for Punishment in The Grave

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

category: Reward & Punishment

source: Islam-QA.com

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Lying

 

According to the hadeeth of Samurah ibn Jundub (may Allaah be pleased with him), the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

At the end of the hadeeth, he said concerning this one who was being punished: "is the man who goes out of his house in the morning and tells a lie that is so serious that it spreads all over the world". [Narrated by al-Bukhaari]

 

Forsaking the Qur'aan after having learned it, sleeping and missing an obligatory prayer

 

In the hadeeth of Samurah ibn Jundub he said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "… we came across a man who was lying down, with another man standing over him, holding a big rock. He threw the rock at the man's head, smashing it. The rock rolled away, and the one who had thrown it followed it, and picked it up. By the time he came back to the man, his head had been restored to its former state. Then he (the one who had thrown the rock) did the same as he had done before. I said to my two companions, 'Subhaan Allaah! Who are these two persons?' … 'The one whom you saw with his head being smashed with the rock, is the man who studies the Qur'aan then he neither recites it nor acts upon it, and he goes to sleep, neglecting the obligatory prayers.'"

According to another version: "As for the man whom you saw with his head being crushed by a rock, he is a man who learned the Qur'aan then abandoned it and he slept and missed the obligatory prayer." [Narrated by al-Bukhaari]

Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said that this report is clearer than the first one. The apparent meaning of the first one is that he is being punished for not reading Qur'aan at night, whereas the second report indicates that he is punished for sleeping and missing the obligatory prayer. He said: It may be that the punishment is for both, not reading and not acting upon it.

Ibn Hajar said: Ibn Hubayrah said: Abandoning the Qur'aan after learning it is a serious crime, because it may imply that he has seen in it something that made him abandon it, and because he has abandoned the noblest of things, namely the Qur'aan, he should be punished in the noblest part of his body, which is the head. [Fath al-Baari]

 

Consuming riba

 

In the hadeeth of Samurah (may Allaah be pleased with him) it says:

"… So we went on and came to a river – I think he said, red like blood. – In the river there was a man swimming, and on the bank there was a man who had gathered many stones. Whilst the swimmer was swimming, the man who had gathered the stones approached him. The swimmer opened his mouth and the man on the bank threw a stone into it, then the swimmer carried on swimming. Each time he came back, he opened his mouth again, and the man on the bank threw another stone into his mouth. … The man you saw swimming in the river with rocks being thrown into his mouth is the one who consumed riba (usury)."

 

Zina (adultery, unlawful sexual relationships)

 

In the hadeeth of Samurah (may Allaah be pleased with him) it says:

"So we went on, and came to something like a tannoor (a kind of oven, lined with clay, usually used for baking bread). – I think the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, in that oven there was much noise and voices. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) added: - We looked into it and saw naked men and women. A flame of fire was reaching them from underneath, and when it reached them, they cried out loudly. I asked them, 'Who are these?' … The naked men and women whom you saw in a structure that resembled an oven are the adulterers and adulteresses."

 

Enjoining righteousness upon others and forgetting oneself

 

It was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra'), I saw men whose lips were being cut off with scissors of fire. I said: 'Who are these, O Jibreel?' He said: 'These are the khateebs from among your ummah who used to enjoin righteousness on the people and forget themselves, and they used to recite the Book but they did not understand.'" [Narrated by Ahmad, 3/120; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Saheehah]

According to al-Bayhaqi: "On the night on which I was taken on the night Journey, I came to some people whose lips were being cut off with scissors of fire. Every time they were cut off, they were restored. I said: 'O Jibreel who are these?' He said: 'The khateebs of your ummah who said what they did not do, and they recited the Book of Allaah but they did not act upon it.'" [Narrated by al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Eemaan; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami']

 

Breaking the fast in Ramadaan with no excuse

 

It was narrated that Abu Umaamah al-Baahili (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "Whilst I was sleeping, two men came to me and took me by the arms, and they brought me to a mountain and said: 'Climb up.' I said: 'I cannot.' They said: 'We will make it easy for you.' So I climbed up until, when I was at the top of the mountain, I heard loud voices. I said: 'What are these voices?' He said: 'These are the cries of the people of Hell.' Then they took me on, and I saw some people hanging by their heels, with the sides of their mouths torn, and the sides of their mouths were flowing with blood. I said: 'Who are these?' He said: 'They are the ones who broke the fast before it was permissible for them to do so.'" [Narrated by Ibn Hibbaan and al-Haakim; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Saheehah]

 

Stealing from the war booty

 

This is indicated by the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) about the man who stole a garment from the war booty, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the garment that he took from the booty on the day of Khaybar when it had not yet been shared out is burning him with fire." [Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim]

 

Dragging one's garment out of pride

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