Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27229

Abu Salamah told us, Yahya bin Khalaf told us, Bishr bin Al-Mufaddal told us, on the authority of Abdul Rahman bin Ishaq, on the authority of Sa’id bin Abi Sa’id. Al-Maqbari, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, said: The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “When the dead person is buried - or one of you says, two black and blue angels come to him.” One of them is called Al-Munkar and the other is Al-Nakir. They say, “What did you say about this man?” He says, “What he used to say. He is the servant of God and His Messenger, I bear witness.” That there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger. They say, “We knew that you said this.” Then he is given room for it. His grave is seventy cubits by seventy, then it will be illuminated for him, then he will be told, “Sleep.” He will say, “Go back to my family and tell them,” and they will say, “Sleep.” Like the sleep of a bride, which is only awakened by the most beloved of his family, until God raises him from that resting place. And if he is a hypocrite, he said I heard people saying that, so I said something like that, I don’t know. They say, “We knew that you said that.” Then it is said to the earth, “Follow it.” Then it will gather around him, and his ribs will fall apart therein, and he will continue to be tormented therein until God raises him from that resting place.” And in the chapter On the authority of Ali, Zayd bin Thabit, Ibn Abbas, Al-Baraa bin Azib, Abu Ayyub, Anas, Jabir, Aisha, and Abu Saeed, all of them narrated On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, regarding the torment of the grave. Abu Issa said the hadith of Abu Hurairah is a good and strange hadith.