Page 49: Chapter 6: Detailed Exposition of the Punishment and Bliss of the Grave

From the hadith of Abu Bakrah, and in his narration: "And as for the other, he is being punished for backbiting (al-ghaybah)."

Al-Khallal and others recorded it from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (ﷺ), and in some of its narrations: "And as for the other, he used to defame people with his tongue and walk among them spreading malicious gossip (namimah)."

Al-Tabarani recorded it from the hadith of 'A'ishah, Anas ibn Malik, and Ibn 'Umar.

Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili and others recorded it from the hadith of Jabir, and in his narration: "As for one of them, he used to backbite people."

Al-Athram recorded it from the hadith of Abu Umamah, and in his narration, they said, "O Prophet of Allah, until when will they be punished?" He replied, "It is an unseen matter that none knows except Allah. Were it not for the wavering of your hearts and your excessive talking, you would surely hear what I hear."

And it has been narrated through other routes as well.

Al-Nasa'i recorded from the hadith of 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: "A Jewish woman entered upon me and said, 'Verily, the punishment of the grave is due to urine.' I said, 'You have lied.' She said, 'Indeed, it would be cut away from the skin and clothes.' She said: Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out for his prayer while our voices were raised, so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, 'What is this?' I informed him of what she had said, whereupon he said, 'She spoke the truth.'"

Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud, al-Nasa'i, and Ibn Majah recorded from the hadith of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasanah that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "Did you not know what befell the companion of the Children of Israel? Whenever urine touched them, they would cut off whatever the urine had touched, but he forbade them, so he was punished in his grave."

Imam Ahmad and Ibn Majah recorded from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (ﷺ) that he said: "Most of the punishment of the grave is from urine." And it has also been narrated as a mawquf statement of Abu Hurayrah.

Al-Bazzar and al-Hakim recorded from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) from the Prophet (ﷺ) that he said: "Indeed, the generality of the punishment..."