Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 460 – Volume 2, Book 23

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Volume 2, Book 23, Number 460:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet once passed by two graves and said, "They (the deceased persons in those graves) are
being tortured not for a great thing to avoid." And then added, "Yes, (they are being punished for a
big sin), for one of them used to go about with calumnies while the other never saved himself from
being soiled with his urine." (Ibn Abbas added): Then he took a green leaf of a date-palm) and split it
into two pieces and fixed one piece on each grave and said, "May their punishment be abated till
these (two pieces) get dry."
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