Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27162

Qutaibah told us, Abbad bin Abbad Al-Muhallabi told us, on the authority of Muhammad bin Amr, on the authority of Yahya bin Abdul Rahman, on the authority of Ibn Umar, on the authority of The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “The dead person is tortured because his family weeps over him.” Aisha, may God have mercy on him, said, “He was not lying, but it was an illusion.” The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to a man who died as a Jew: “The dead person will be tortured, and his family will weep over him.” He said, and in the chapter on the authority of Ibn Abbas, Qardha bin Kaab, Abu Hurairah, Ibn Masoud, and Usama bin Zaid. Abu Issa said the hadith of Aisha is a hadith. Hasan Sahih, and it was narrated through more than one authority on the authority of Aisha. The people of knowledge have taken this view and interpreted this verse (Shall you not visit One bearer of burden is the burden of another) and this is the opinion of Al-Shafi’i.