Then a man will come to him. His face will be
handsome, and his clothes will be handsome, and his smell will be sweet. Then he shall say
unto him: I bring you glade tidings of that which will make you happy [Rejoice with a
pleasure of Allah and delights that endure]. This is the day that you were promised
(46:16). Then he will say [and may Allah give you glad tiding] "who are you?, for
your face is the face of someone who comes with good news". He shall reply: "I
am your good deeds, [by Allah, I did not know of you but that you were quick to the
obedience of Allah and slow to His desoobedience, so may Allah reward you good]".
Then he shall say: "My Lord bring the hour so that I might return to my family and my
wealth" [it will be said to him "be tranquil"].
He (Mohammed, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: {
And the disbelieving [transgressor/wicked] servant}, if he is leaving this life and
journeying to the hereafter then angels will descend upon him, their faces will be black,
they have with them a coarse woolen fabric (sackcloth)[ made of fire]. Then they will sit
within eye-shot of him. Then the angel of death will come and sit at his head and will say
"O you wicked soul; come out to a anger from your Lord and a fury (from Him)".
So it will be distributed (spread out) throughout his body, then it will be ripped away as
a skewer/spit is ripped out of damp cotton [and in its way out it will tear and cut the
nerves and blood vessels] [and then he will be cursed by all the angels between the earth
and the sky and by all the angels in the sky, and the gates of heaven are closed. There is
no gate in the heaven but its people supplicate that the wicked soul shall not be ascended
to their side], then he will take it (the soul), not leaving it in his hand for longer
than a blink of an eye until they have placed it in that sackcloth. And there will emanate
from it a stench like that of the most evil smelling corpse on the face of the earth. Then
they shall ascend with it, and they shall not pass with it by a group of angels but they
will say: What is this wicked soul?. Then they shall say to them (he is) "such"
the son of "such" choosing the most hated of the names he used to be called in
this life. Until they reach the lowest heaven(sky), then they shall ask permission to
enter, and they shall not be granted entry. Then the Messenger of Allah (salla Allahu
alaihi wa sallam) recited "The doors of the sky are not opened to them, nor shall
they enter heaven until the camel passes through the eye of the needle" (7:40).
Then Allah, exalted and high, shall say: "write
the book of my servant in Sijjeen (2)(83:7) in the lowest earth". [Then will be said
"return my slave to the earth, for I promised them I have created them from it, and
into it I shall return them, and from it I shall extract (resurrect) them a second time
(20:55)"]. Then his soul shall be taken away [from the sky] with a mighty hurl [until
it is cast into his body]. Then he (the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) read:
"and those who associate partners with Allah, They are as one who falls from the sky
then is snatched by the birds or is cast by the wind into a very low place (22:31)".
Then his soul will be returned into his body, [he (the prophet) said : verily he will hear
the footsteps of his friends who buried him when they leave him]. Then two harsh severe
and fearsome angels shall come and [terrify him and] sit him up and shall ask him:
"Who is your Lord?". He shall reply "Huh?, Huh (this is an expression of
sorrow), I don't know". Then they shall ask him: "What is your religion?".
He shall answer them: "Huh?, Huh?, I don't know". Then they shall ask him
"Who is this man who was sent among you?". He will reply "Huh?, Huh?, I
don't know [I heard people saying that!]". He (the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa
sallam) said "And then will be said to him don't ever know and don't ever
recite!"].
Punishment of the Grave; The Hadeeth of al-Baraa bin Aazib
