Hadith #126

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English Translation

Abd al-Wahhab narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Abi Arubah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه), from the Prophet ﷺ who said: 'When a servant is placed in his grave and his companions depart — he can still hear the sound of their sandals — two angels come to him, sit him up, and ask: "What did you used to say about this man, Muhammad?" The believer says: "I bear witness that he is the servant of Allah and His Messenger." It is said to him: "Look at your seat in the Fire. Allah has exchanged it for you with a seat in Paradise." He sees them both. As for the hypocrite or the disbeliever, he says: "I do not know. I used to say what the people said." It is said: "You neither knew nor followed." He is then struck with an iron hammer between his ears, and he screams a scream heard by everything near him except humans and jinn.'