Hadith 3811

Chapter 9

باب 9

(9) باب الْمَيِّتُ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ

(9) Chapter: The deceased is tormented because of his family's crying for him (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْمَيِّتُ يُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهِ بِمَا نِيحَ عَلَيْهِ " .

Umar reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:
The dead is punished in the grave because of wailing on it. (ES)

Reference (ES): Sahih Muslim 927 b (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 11, Hadith 21 (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 2016 (ES)