Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves and said, "They (the deceased persons in those graves) are being tortured not for a great thing to avoid." And then added, "Yes, (they are being punished for a big sin), for one of them used to go about with calumnies while the other never saved himself from being soiled with his urine." (Ibn `Abbas added): Then he took a green leaf of a date-palm) and split it into two pieces and fixed one piece on each grave and said, "May their punishment be abated till these (two pieces) get dry."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 1378 |
In-book reference | : Book 23, Hadith 130 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 2, Book 23, Hadith 460 |
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