Sahih Muslim Hadith 2154

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[2154] 26 – (932) It was narrated from Hishâm that his father said: "It was mentioned in the presence of 'Aiah that Ibn 'Umar attributed to the Prophet ij (the words): 'The deceased is tormented in his gave because of his family's crying (for him).' She said: 'He was mistaken; rather the Messenger of Allah jW said: "He is being tormented because of his faults or sins, while his family are crying for him." This is like his saying: "The Messenger of Allah ji stood over the well of Al-Qalib on the Day of Badr, in which the slain idolators of Badr were, and said what he said to them: 'They hear what I am saying.' He was mistaken, rather he said: 'They realize that what I used to say to them is true.' Then she recited: "Verily, you cannot make the dead to hear."['] "But you cannot make hear those who are in graves …..121 He said: Meaning, when they had taken their places in Hell.