Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جِنَازَةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ تُبْتَلَى فِي قُبُورِهَا فَإِذَا الْإِنْسَانُ دُفِنَ فَتَفَرَّقَ عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ جَاءَهُ مَلَكٌ فِي يَدِهِ مِطْرَاقٌ فَأَقْعَدَهُ قَالَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَإِنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَيَقُولُ صَدَقْتَ ثُمَّ يُفْتَحُ لَهُ بَابٌ إِلَى النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ هَذَا كَانَ مَنْزِلُكَ لَوْ كَفَرْتَ بِرَبِّكَ فَأَمَّا إِذْ آمَنْتَ فَهَذَا مَنْزِلُكَ فَيُفْتَحُ لَهُ بَابٌ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَيُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْهَضَ إِلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ اسْكُنْ وَيُفْسَحُ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَافِرًا أَوْ مُنَافِقًا يَقُولُ لَهُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَقُولَ لَا أَدْرِي سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ شَيْئًا فَيَقُولُ لَا دَرَيْتَ وَلَا تَلَيْتَ وَلَا اهْتَدَيْتَ ثُمَّ يُفْتَحُ لَهُ بَابٌ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ هَذَا مَنْزِلُكَ لَوْ آمَنْتَ بِرَبِّكَ فَأَمَّا إِذْ كَفَرْتَ بِهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَبْدَلَكَ بِهِ هَذَا وَيُفْتَحُ لَهُ بَابٌ إِلَى النَّارِ ثُمَّ يَقْمَعُهُ قَمْعَةً بِالْمِطْرَاقِ يَسْمَعُهَا خَلْقُ اللَّهِ كُلُّهُمْ غَيْرَ الثَّقَلَيْنِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَحَدٌ يَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فِي يَدِهِ مِطْرَاقٌ إِلَّا هُبِلَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ { يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ }.
English Translation
Abu Amir told us, Abbad - meaning Ibn Rashid - told us, from Dawud ibn Abi Hind, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: I witnessed a funeral with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "O people, this community is tried in its graves. When a person is buried and his companions disperse from him, an angel comes to him holding a rod and makes him sit up. He says: 'What do you say about this man?' If he was a believer, he says: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.' So the angel says: 'You have spoken the truth.' Then a door to the Fire is opened for him, and it is said: 'This would have been your abode had you disbelieved in your Lord, but since you believed, this is your abode.' Then a door to Paradise is opened for him, and he desires to rise up to it, but he is told: 'Be still,' and space is made for him in his grave. But if he was a disbeliever or a hypocrite, he is asked: 'What do you say about this man?' He says: 'I do not know; I heard the people saying something.' So it is said to him: 'You neither knew nor recited nor were guided.' Then a door to Paradise is opened for him, and it is said: 'This would have been your abode had you believed in your Lord, but since you disbelieved in Him, Allah, Mighty and Sublime, has replaced it for you with this.' A door to the Fire is opened for him, then the angel strikes him a blow with the rod that all of Allah's creation hears, except the two weighty kinds - jinn and mankind." Some of the people said: "O Messenger of Allah, is there no one over whom an angel stands holding a rod without him being terrified at that?" The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Allah makes firm those who believe with the firm word."