Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that a Jewish woman came to me and gifted me some perfume. She said, "May Allah protect you from the punishment of the grave." Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says that I thought about this in my heart. When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) came, I asked him, "O Messenger of Allah! Is there punishment in the grave?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Yes, indeed, they are punished in their graves, and animals hear it."

A narration similar to this has been reported from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Seek refuge with Allah from Hell, seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave, seek refuge with Allah from the trial of the False Messiah (Dajjal), and seek refuge with Allah the Pure from the trials of this world and the Hereafter.

It is narrated from Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Surely this Ummah will be subjected to punishment in the graves. If you people did not stop burying the dead, I would pray to Allah the Exalted that He make you hear the punishment of the grave which I hear. Then he turned towards us and said: Seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave. We submitted: We seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah that Hazrat Umm Habibah supplicated in this way: O Allah! Grant me benefit from my husband Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), my father Abu Sufyan, and my brother Muawiyah. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, you have asked Allah regarding those decrees which have already been decided, those days which have already been numbered, and that sustenance which has already been distributed. Nothing will happen before or after its appointed time by its own planning. If you had asked Allah for salvation from the punishment of Hell and salvation from the punishment of the grave, that would have been better and more virtuous.

Hazrat Muslim bin Abi Bakrah narrates from his father that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate after prayer as follows: O Allah! I seek refuge from disbelief, poverty, and the torment of the grave.

It is narrated from Hazrat Umar that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to seek refuge with Allah from cowardice, miserliness, the torment of the grave, and the trials of the heart.

Hazrat Bara’ narrates that we went with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to attend the funeral of an Ansari. When we reached the graveyard and the grave had not yet been prepared, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down, and we also sat around him in such a manner as if birds were sitting on our heads. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a stick in his blessed hand with which he was scratching the ground. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed head and said: Seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave.

12403 - (Except that Ibn Numayr said) (1): Al-A'mash narrated to us, he said: Al-Minhāl narrated to us (2).

Hazrat Zaid bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I narrate to you only what I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Allah! I seek refuge in You from incapacity, laziness, cowardice, miserliness, and the torment of the grave.