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2308. Hāni' the freed slave of 'Uthmān said: "When 'Uthmān would stop at a grave he would cry until his beard was soaked (in tears). It was said to him: 'The Paradise and the Fire were mentioned and you did not cry, yet you cry because of this?' So he said: 'Indeed the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Indeed the grave is the first stage among the stages of the Hereafter. So if one is saved from it, then what comes after it is easier than it. And if one is not saved from it, then what is comes after it is worse than it." And the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "I have not seen any sight except that the grave is more horrible than it." (Hasan)
[He said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb, we do not know of it except as a narration of Hishām bin Yūsuf.
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Man's reckoning starts right from his grave, and the punishment, if any, meted out to him in the grave expiates his sins. Thus, whether the punishment of the grave becomes full expiation for him or he is saved from it, other after-life stages become easy for him. If, on the contrary, his sins are not forgiven, then the stages ahead of him are bound to be quite severe and terrifying for him.
