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4267. It was narrated that Hânî' the freed slave of 'Uthmân bin 'Affân, said: "When 'Uthmân bin 'Affân stood beside a grave, he would weep until his beard became wet. It was said to him: 'You remember Paradise and Hell, and you do not weep, but you weep for this?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The grave is the first stage of the Hereafter. Whoever is delivered from it, what comes after it is
easier. If he is not delivered from it, then what comes after it is harder.'" He said that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "I have never seen any horrible scene but the grave is more horrible." (Hasan)
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Shedding tears out of fear of Allāh is a sign of good faith.
Finding salvation from the grave means passing through the stage of questioning and answering successfully in grave. If one is blessed with the correct answers at this stage, then the succeeding stages of the Day of Judgment will become easy for him; otherwise, the stages of the Day of Judgment will be very dreadful compared to the situation of the grave. We supplicate to Allāh to protect us by His grace and mercy from those hard situations.
The grave is regarded as the most awful scene comparing to this life, otherwise the torment of Hell is the most terrible.
