Pearls from the Prophet
THE FIRST STATION IN THE HEREAFTER
Hāni the freed slave of
‘Uthmān said:
“When
‘Uthmān used to stand by a grave he would cry until his beard became wet (from the tears). It was said to him: ‘The
Paradise and the Fire were mentioned and you did not cry, yet you cry because
of this? So he said: ‘Indeed the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: ‘Indeed the
grave is the first station from the stations of the Hereafter. So if one is
saved from it, then what comes after it is easier than it. And if one is not
saved from it, then what comes after it is worse than it.’ And the Messenger of
Allāh (ﷺ) said: ‘I have never seen any sight except that the grave is
more horrific than it.”
At-Tirmidhi (2308) Shākir’s edition, al-Albāni declared it ‘Hasan’ in ‘Sahīh at-Targhīb wa
at-Tarhīb’ (3550)
Translated by Abu Tasneem Mousuf (may Allāh preserve him)
