Riyad as-Salihin — Hadith #46471

On the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with them both, that the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, passed by two graves and said: “They are being tormented, but they are not being tormented for a major matter! Indeed, it is a major one: As for one of them, he used to go about gossiping, and as for the other, he was not covering himself with his urine ((Agreed upon, and this is the wording of one of Al-Bukhari’s narrations)). The scholars said: The meaning of “And they are not tormented for a reason.” “Kabir” means big according to their claim, and it was said: “Kabir” left it on them