Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حُجَيْنُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ الْمَاجِشُونَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُنْكَدِرِ قَالَ كَانَتْ أَسْمَاءُ تُحَدِّثُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ قَالَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْإِنْسَانُ قَبْرَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا أَحَفَّ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ الصَّلَاةُ وَالصِّيَامُ قَالَ فَيَأْتِيهِ الْمَلَكُ مِنْ نَحْوِ الصَّلَاةِ فَتَرُدُّهُ وَمِنْ نَحْوِ الصِّيَامِ فَيَرُدُّهُ قَالَ فَيُنَادِيهِ اجْلِسْ قَالَ فَيَجْلِسُ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ مَاذَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَقُولُ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ أَدْرَكْتَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالَ يَقُولُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ عِشْتَ وَعَلَيْهِ مِتَّ وَعَلَيْهِ تُبْعَثُ قَالَ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَاجِرًا أَوْ كَافِرًا قَالَ جَاءَ الْمَلَكُ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ شَيْءٌ يَرُدُّهُ قَالَ فَأَجْلَسَهُ قَالَ يَقُولُ اجْلِسْ مَاذَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ قَالَ أَيُّ رَجُلٍ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ شَيْئًا فَقُلْتُهُ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ الْمَلَكُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ عِشْتَ وَعَلَيْهِ مِتَّ وَعَلَيْهِ تُبْعَثُ قَالَ وَتُسَلَّطُ عَلَيْهِ دَابَّةٌ فِي قَبْرِهِ مَعَهَا سَوْطٌ تَمْرَتُهُ جَمْرَةٌ مِثْلُ غَرْبِ الْبَعِيرِ تَضْرِبُهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ صَمَّاءُ لَا تَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهُ فَتَرْحَمَهُ.
English Translation
Hujayn b. al-Muthanna told us: Abd al-Aziz — meaning Ibn Abi Salamah al-Majishun — told us, from Muhammad — meaning Ibn al-Munkadir — who said: Asma' used to relate from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), she said: He said, 'When a person enters his grave, if he was a believer, his deeds — the prayer and the fasting — surround him.' He said: 'So the angel comes to him from the direction of the prayer, and it repels him; and from the direction of the fasting, and it repels him.' He said: 'Then he calls to him, "Sit up." He said: So he sits up, and he says to him, "What do you say about this man?"' — meaning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) — 'he said: whoever says "Muhammad," he says: "I bear witness that he is the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him."' He said: 'He says, "And what do you know? Did you witness him? You bear witness that he is the Messenger of God?"' He said: 'He says: "On that you lived, and on that you died, and on that you will be resurrected."' He said: 'But if he was wicked or an unbeliever' — he said: 'the angel comes, and there is nothing between him and him to repel him.' He said: 'So he makes him sit up.' He said: 'He says, "Sit up — what do you say about this man?"' He said: 'Which man?' He said: 'Muhammad.' He said: 'He says, "By God, I do not know; I heard the people saying something, so I said it."' He said: 'Then the angel says to him, "On that you lived, and on that you died, and on that you will be resurrected."' He said: 'And a beast is set upon him in his grave, with it a whip whose lash is a live coal like the wooden peg of a camel-saddle, striking him as long as God wills — deaf, not hearing his voice, so that it might show him mercy.'