English translation
6055. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās: Once, the Prophet ﷺ went through the graveyards of Al-Madina and heard the voices of two persons who were being tortured in their graves. The Prophet ﷺ said, "They are being tortured (in punishment), but they are not being punished because of a major sin, yet their sins are great : One of them used not to save himself from (being soiled with) the urine, and the other used to go about with Namīma (calumnies)." Then the Prophet ﷺ asked for a green palm-tree branch and split it into two pieces and placed one piece on each grave, saying, "I hope that their torture (punishment) might be lessened, till these (green branches) get dried."(1)
