Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ إِنْسَانًا كَانَ يَقُمُّ الْمَسْجِدَ أَسْوَدَ مَاتَ أَوْ مَاتَتْ فَفَقَدَهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلَ الْإِنْسَانُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَقُمُّ الْمَسْجِدَ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَاتَ قَالَ فَهَلَّا آذَنْتُمُونِي بِهِ فَقَالُوا إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَيْلًا قَالَ فَدُلُّونِي عَلَى قَبْرِهَا قَالَ فَأَتَى الْقَبْرَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا قَالَ ثَابِتٌ عِنْدَ ذَاكَ أَوْ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْقُبُورَ مَمْلُوءَةٌ ظُلْمَةً عَلَى أَهْلِهَا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُنَوِّرُهَا بِصَلَاتِي عَلَيْهِمْ.
English Translation
Abu Hurayrah narrated that a black person, a man or a woman, used to sweep the mosque, and they died. The Prophet (peace be upon him) noticed their absence and asked: "What happened to the person who used to sweep the mosque?" They said: They died. He said: "Why did you not inform me?" They said: It was at night. He said: "Show me their grave." He went to the grave and prayed over them. Thabit said at that point, or in another hadith: "These graves are filled with darkness for their inhabitants, and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, illuminates them with my prayer over them."