He said, ‘The manager of the graveyard saw me, and I was by the grave after that.
He said, ‘The manager of the graveyard saw me, and I was by the grave after that. He said to me, ‘Who is man, the occupant of this grave, for Abu Al-Hassan Ali -asws Bin Musa -as has bequeathed to me with him and has instructed me to sprinkle (water) upon his grave for forty days during every day’ (an extract).
[36] وَ مِنْهُ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمَحَاسِنِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَلِكٍ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ: كُنَّا مُحْدِقِينَ بِالنَّبِيِّ فِي مَقْبَرَةٍ فَوَقَفَ ثُمَّ مَرَّ ثُمَّ وَقَفَ ثُمَّ مَرَّ فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا وُقُوفُكَ بَيْنَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقُبُورِ And from him, from Abu Al Mahasin, from Abu Abdullah, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Samad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Umar Bin Al Rabie, from Abdullah Bin Muawiya, from Abdullah Bin Malik, from Sowban who said, ‘We were staring at the Prophet -saww in a graveyard.
He -saww paused, then passed by, then paused, then passed by. I said, ‘May by father and my mother be (sacrificed for) you -saww , O Rasool-Allah -saww !
What is your -saww pausing between these graves?’ فَبَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهُ بُكَاءً شَدِيداً وَ بَكَيْنَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ يَا ثَوْبَانُ هَؤُلَاءِ يُعَذَّبُونَ فِي قُبُورِهِمْ سَمِعْتُ أَنِينَهُمْ فَرَحِمْتُهُمْ وَ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ عَنْهُمْ فَفَعَلَ فَلَوْ صَامُوا هَؤُلَاءِ أَيَّامَ رَجَبٍ وَ قَامُوا فِيهَا مَا عُذِّبُوا فِي قُبُورِهِمْ Rasool-Allah -saww wept with intense crying, and we cried. When he -saww was free, he -saww said: ‘O Sowban!
They are being punished in their graves. I -saww heard their groans, so I -saww pitied them and supplicated to Allah -azwj to Lighten (the punishment) from them. He -azwj Did so. Had they fasted days of Rajab and stood in it they would not have been punished in their graves!’ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ- صِيَامُهُ وَ قِيَامُهُ أَمَانٌ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww !
Fasting it and standing it (for Salat) is security from punishment of the grave?’ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا ثَوْبَانُ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ وَ لَا مُسْلِمَةٍ يَصُومُ يَوْماً مِنْ رَجَبٍ وَ قَامَ لَيْلَةً يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عِبَادَةَ أَلْفِ سَنَةٍ صِيَامٍ نَهَارُهَا وَ قِيَامٍ لَيْلُهَا He -saww said: ‘Yes, O Sowban! By the One Who Sent me -saww with the truth as a Prophet -saww !