English translation
184. Narrated Asmā' bint Abī Bakr رضي الله عنها: I came to 'Aishah رضي الله عنها the wife of the Prophet ﷺ during the solar eclipse. The people were standing and offering the Ṣalāt (prayer) and she was also praying. I asked her, "What is wrong with the people?" She beckoned with her hand towards the sky and said, "Subhān Allāh."(1) I asked her, "Is there a sign?" She pointed out, "Yes." So, I too, stood for the Ṣalāt till I fell unconscious and later on I poured water on my head. After the Ṣalāt, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ praised and glorified Allāh تعالى and said, "Just now I have seen something which I never saw before at this place of mine, including Paradise and Hell. And it has been revealed to me that you will be put to trials in your graves and these trials will be like the trials of Ad-Dajjāl, or nearly like it (the subnarrator is not sure of what Asmā' said). Angels will come to every one of you and ask, 'What do you know about this man?' A believer will reply, 'He is Muḥammad, Allāh's Messenger (ﷺ), and he came to us with self-evident truth and guidance. So we accepted his teaching, believed and followed him.' Then the angels will say to him to sleep in peace as they have come to know that he was a believer. On the other hand a hypocrite or a doubtful person will reply, 'I do not know but heard the people saying something and so I said the same.'