Grave Stories

This is some scary stuff!!! :(


Abdul Malik bin Marwan reported that a young man came to him, weeping bitterly, and said: "leader of the believers, I have committed a grave sin. Is there repentance for me?" He replied: "Whatever your sin may be, repent to Allah Most High, for He accepts repentance from His servants and forgives them their evil deeds." The man said: "I used to open up graves, and I have seen strange things." Abdul malik said: "What have you seen?"

***the shortened version***
Every time the man opens a grave, he sees something strange and wants to leave, but a voice calls to him from the grave asking him if he wants to know why this odd thing is occuring.


Grave 1: He found the face of a dead person turned away from the Qiblah.
Why: The person used to neglect the prayer

Grave 2: The occupant had turned into a pig, with heavy chains on it's neck.
Why: The person used to drink while they were alive, and died without repentance.

Grave 3: The occupant was tied to the ground with cords of fire and their tongue was hanging out.
Why: The person did not protect their clothes from urine and used to carry tales among the people.

Grave 4: The occupant was burning in fire.
Why: They abandoned the prayer

Grave 5: The grave was wide, to the limit of the digger's sight. It was also full of bright light and the body was sleeping comfortably on a bed, clothed in fine garments and light was spreading from him.
Why: He was a young man that was observant of his duties toward Allah (SWT) and diligent in worship.

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Another Story

Muhammad bin Yusuf Faryabi said: "Once I went to visit Abi Sinan together with some friends. We went into his house and sat with him for a while. Then he stood up and said: 'Let us go and pay our condolences to our neighbour whose brother has passed away.' So we stood up and went with him to the neighbour's house, and we found him weeping bitterly and lamenting or his broher. We offered words of solace and condolence , but he would accept none of them. We said: 'Do you not know that everyone must die?' He said: 'Yes, but I am weeping for the punishment which my brother is going through morning and evening." We said to him: 'Has Allah informed you about the Unseen?' He said: 'No. But when I buried him and smoothed the earth on his grave and the people left, I sat by his grave. A voice came from his grave, (saying): "Oh, the punishment which is upon me! I used to pray and I used to fast!" (At that,) I became very agitated and opened the grave to see what was happening. I saw that the grave was full of fire, and there was a ring of fire around his neck. Full of pity for him, I stretched out my hand to take off this ring, but my fingers and hand got burned.' Then he showed us his hand, which was burned. He continued: 'I then covered his gave with earth and left. So how can I help weeping and mourning for him?' We asked: 'What was it your brother did (wrong) in this world?' He replied: 'He never paid any Zakat from his property.' (Thereupon) we recited: 'Let not those who are miserly with what Allah (SWT) has given them of His (SWT) bounty suppose that it is better for them. On the contrary, it is worse for them. The things with which they were so miserly will be bound around their necks on the Day of Resurrection' (Ale 'Imran 3:180) and we said to him: ' Your brother's punishment has been hastened on before the Day of Resurrection.'