Volume 2, Book 23, Number 448:
Narrated Anas bin Malik,:
A funeral procession passed and the people praised the deceased. The Prophet said, “It has been af –
firmed to him.” Then another funeral procession passed and the people spoke badly of the deceased.
The Prophet said, “It has been affirmed to him”. ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab asked (Allah’s Apostle
(p.b.u.h) ), “What has been affirmed?” He replied, “You praised this, so Paradise has been affirmed to
him; and you spoke badly of this, so Hell has been affirmed to him. You people are Allah’s witnesses
on earth.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 449:
Narrated Abu Al-Aswad:
I came to Medina when an epidemic had broken out. While I was sitting with ‘Umar bin Al-Khat –
tab a funeral procession passed by and the people praised the deceased. ‘Umar said, “It has been af –
firmed to him.” And another funeral procession passed by and the people praised the deceased.
‘Umar said, “It has been affirmed to him.” A third (funeral procession) passed by and the people spoke
badly of the deceased. He said, “It has been affirmed to him.” I (Abu Al-Aswad) asked, “O chief of the
believers! What has been affirmed?” He replied, “I said the same as the Prophet had said, that is: if
four persons testify the piety of a Muslim, Allah will grant him Paradise.” We asked, “If three persons
testify his piety?” He (the Prophet) replied, “Even three.” Then we asked, “If two?” He replied, “Even
two.” We did not ask him regarding one witness.
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 450:
Narrated Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “When a faithful believer is made to sit in his grave, then (the angels)
come to him and he testifies that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is
Allah’s Apostle. And that corresponds to Allah’s statement: Allah will keep firm those who believe
with the word that stands firm . . . (14.27).
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 451:
Narrated Shu’ba:
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Same as above and added, “Allah will keep firm those who believe . . . (14.27) was revealed con –
cerning the punishment of the grave.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 452:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The Prophet looked at the people of the well (the well in which the bodies of the pagans killed in
the Battle of Badr were thrown) and said, “Have you found true what your Lord promised you?”
Somebody said to him, “You are addressing dead people.” He replied, “You do not hear better than
they but they cannot reply.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 453:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet said, “They now realize that what I used to tell them was the truth. “And Allah said,
‘Verily! You cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. benefit them, and similarly the disbelievers) nor can
you make the deaf hear. (27.80).
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 454:
Narrated Masruq:
‘Aisha said that a Jewess came to her and mentioned the punishment in the grave, saying to her,
“May Allah protect you from the punishment of the grave.” ‘Aisha then asked Allah’s Apostle about
the punishment of the grave. He said, “Yes, (there is) punishment in the grave.” ‘Aisha added, “After
that I never saw Allah’s Apostle but seeking refuge with Allah from the punishment in the grave in
every prayer he prayed.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 455:
Narrated Asma’ bint Abi Bakr:
Allah’s Apostle once stood up delivering a sermon and mentioned the trial which people will face
in the grave. When he mentioned that, the Muslims started shouting loudly.