Volume 1, Book 4, Number 184:
Narrated Asma’ bint Abu Bakr:
I came to ‘Aisha the wife of the Prophet during the solar eclipse. The people were standing and of –
fering the prayer and she was also praying. I asked her, “What is wrong with the people?” She
beckoned with her hand towards the sky and said, “Subhan Allah.” I asked her, “Is there a sign?” She
pointed out, “Yes.” So I, too, stood for the prayer till I fell unconscious and later on I poured water on
my head. After the prayer, Allah’s Apostle praised and glorified Allah and said, “Just now I have seen
something which I never saw before at this place of mine, including Paradise and Hell. I have been
inspired (and have understood) that you will be put to trials in your graves and these trials will be
like the trials of Ad-Dajjal, or nearly like it (the sub narrator is not sure of what Asma’ said). Angels
will come to every one of you and ask, ‘What do you know about this man?’ A believer will reply, ‘He
is Muhammad, Allah’s Apostle , and he came to us with self-evident truth and guidance. So we ac –
cepted his teaching, believed and followed him.’ Then the angels will say to him to sleep in peace as
they have come to know that he was a believer. On the other hand a hypocrite or a doubtful person
will reply, ‘I do not know but heard the people saying something and so I said the same.’ “