পৃষ্ঠা 13: প্রথম অধ্যায়: কবরে প্রবেশের মুহূর্ত ও ফেরেশতাদ্বয়ের প্রশ্নোত্তরের বিবরণ

... al-Ansari, who said: "I was among those who buried Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas, and he had been martyred on the Day of al-Yamamah. When we placed him inside the grave, we heard him saying: 'Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr is al-Siddiq (the Truthful), 'Umar is the martyr, and 'Uthman is the merciful.' We looked at him, and behold, he was dead."

It was transmitted by Abu 'Abdullah ibn Mujliz from Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah al-Asamm from Shababah ibn Sawwar ibn Muhammad. Ibn Abi al-Dunya also transmitted it in the book 'Man 'Asha Ba'd al-Mawt' (Those Who Lived After Death) from Khalaf al-Bazzar from Khalid al-Tahhan from Husayn with the same narration, and its wording states: 'Indeed, a man from among those slain by Musaylimah spoke and said: Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr is al-Siddiq, and 'Uthman is the gentle and merciful.'

Ibn Abi al-Dunya also transmitted it through the chain of Yazid ibn Tarif, who said: "My brother died, and when they placed him in the niche (al-lahd) and the people departed, I placed my head upon his grave. I then heard a faint voice that I recognized as my brother's voice, saying: 'Allah.' The other one said to him: 'What is your religion?' He replied: 'Islam.'"

And through the chain of al-'Ala ibn 'Abd al-Karim, who said: "A man died, and he had a brother with weak eyesight. His brother said: 'We buried him, and when the people departed, I placed my head upon the grave. Suddenly, I heard a voice from inside the grave saying: 'Who is your Lord, and who is your Prophet?' Then I heard the voice of my brother saying: 'Allah is my Lord, and Muhammad (ﷺ) is my Prophet.' The other said: 'What is your religion?' He replied: 'Islam.'"

And he transmitted it in 'Kitab al-Qubur' with another wording, which states: "He said: Suddenly, I heard a voice from inside the grave saying: 'Who is your Lord, and who is your Prophet?' Then I heard my brother and recognized him and recognized his voice; he said: 'Allah is my Lord, and Muhammad is my Prophet.' Then something resembling an arrow ascended from inside the grave towards my ear, whereupon my skin shuddered and I turned away."

Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Bara al-'Abdi said in the book 'al-Rawdah': Al-Fadl ibn Sahl al-A'raj narrated to me, saying: Ahmad ibn Nasr said: A man narrated to me, tracing it back to al-Dahhak, who said: "A brother of mine passed away and was buried before I could catch up with his funeral. So I came to his grave and listened closely at it, and behold, he was saying: 'My Lord is Allah, and Islam is my religion.'"

And we have narrated through the chain of Mizdad ibn Jamil, who said: Abu al-Mughirah said: "I have never seen the like of al-Mu'afa ibn 'Imran after he was buried; I heard him being prompted in his grave with: 'There is no god but Allah', whereupon al-Mu'afa said: 'There is no god but Allah.'"

Ibn Abi al-Dunya transmitted in 'Kitab al-Qubur' from the hadith of Marthad ibn Hawshab, who said: "I was sitting in the presence of Yusuf ibn 'Amr, and beside him was a man whose half face looked as though it were an iron sheet, and he said: ..."