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One of the major sins is not to protect oneself (one's clothes and body) from one's urine (i.e. from being soiled with it).

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Darussalam · Volume 1

4 - THE BOOK OF WUḌŪ'(ABLUTION)

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الحديث: 216 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 53

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216. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: Once the Prophet ﷺ, while passing through one of the Heyyān (gardens or graveyards) of Al-Madina or Makkah heard the voices of two persons who were being tortured in their graves. The Prophet ﷺ said, "These two persons are being tortured not for a major sin (to avoid)." The Prophet ﷺ then added, "Yes! (they are being tortured for a major sin). Indeed, one of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine while the other used to go about with calumnies (to make enmity between friends)." The Prophet ﷺ then asked for a green branch (of a date-palm tree), broke it into two pieces and put one on each grave. On being asked why he had done so, he replied, "I hope that their torture might be lessened, till these get dried."(1)

Arabic text

216 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِحَائِطٍ مِنْ حِيطَانِ المَدِينَةِ، أَوْ مَكَّةَ، فَسَمِعَ صَوْتَ إِنْسَانَيْنِ يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي قُبُورِهِمَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يُعَذَّبَانِ، وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ» ثُمَّ قَالَ: «بَلَى، كَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا لاَ يَسْتَتِرُ مِنْ بَوْلِهِ، وَكَانَ الآخَرُ يَمْشِي بِالنَّمِيمَةِ». ثُمَّ دَعَا بِجَرِيدَةٍ، فَكَسَرَهَا كِسْرَتَيْنِ، فَوَضَعَ عَلَى كُلِّ قَبْرٍ مِنْهُمَا كِسْرَةً، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لِمَ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: «لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يُخَفَّفَ عَنْهُمَا مَا لَمْ تَيْبَسَا» أَوْ: «إِلَى أَنْ يَيْبَسَا»

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