Abu Sa‘id Khudri (رضي الله عنه) is reported to have said: One day when the Holy Prophet ( Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ) cam¢ to the mosque, some people were grinning with delight.
Rasulullahﷺ said: Had they “O, the offspring of remembered death (which brings pleasures to an end) they would have refrained from indulging in things that excite laughter. The grave of everyone makes this announcement daily, “‘I am a place of solitude, I am a lodging of wilderness, I am dwelling place of worms’. When a believer is buried, the grave says “I welcome your suspicious arrival. I am pleased to meet you. Of all the men who passed by me, I liked you most. You have come to me today. I will show you how I shall treat you.”
After that, the grave expands to such an extent that the dead body finds open space as far as his eyes can see, and a window opening towards paradise, sending out the breeze and sweet fragrance. When a wicked or a disbeliever dies, the grave says, ‘“‘Your arrival is evil. I am displeased to meet you. Of all the men who passed by me, I disliked -you most. You have come to me today. I will show you how I treat you.” After saying so, the grave he comes narrow to such an extent that his bones and ribs on one side pierce into those of the other side. The Holy Prophet ( Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ) demonstrated it by putting and pressing the fingers of one hand into those of the other hand. Then seventy serpents begin to bite him, which are so venomous that if one of them were to sting the earth, it would not grow grass till the Last Day.
All these serpents will continue to " sting him till the Last Day. After that, the Holy Prophet ( Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ) remarked, ‘‘Grave is either one of the gardens of paradise or is one of the pits of hell.” Saiyiduna Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar (رضي الله عنه) is reported to have said that a man asked the Holy Prophet (Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ) to tell him who was the wisest and the most cautious of all men. The latter told: It was the man who always remembered death in the world and who always made preparations for death. Such are the people who are honored not only in this world but also in the life Hereafter.
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