54/18. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 157L — Calamity and the Grave
The Hour Will Not Begin Until A Man Passes By Another Man's Grave And Wishes That He Was In The Place Of The Deceased, Because Of Calamity
Hadith About Calamity and Wishing for the Grave
Sahih Muslim : 157L
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 157L
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الرِّفَاعِيُّ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ أَبَانَ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي، هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لاَ تَذْهَبُ الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى يَمُرَّ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ فَيَتَمَرَّغُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ مَكَانَ صَاحِبِ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ وَلَيْسَ بِهِ الدِّينُ إِلاَّ الْبَلاَءُ " .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: By Him, in Whose hand is my life, the world would not come to an end until a person would pass by a grave, would roll over it and express the desire that he should be in the place of the occupant of that grave not because of religious reasons but because of this calamity.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 157LIn-book reference : Book 54, Hadith 68USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 41, Hadith 6948
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 157L
This hadith about calamity and wishing for the grave gives a fuller wording of the previous topic. Abu Huraira reports that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم swore by Him in Whose hand is his life that the world would not end until a person passed by a grave, rolled over it, and wished to be in the place of the one buried there. The narration adds an important point: this would not be because of religious reasons, but because of calamity. That detail keeps the meaning clear. The hadith is not praising despair. It is describing a severe time in which worldly trouble becomes so heavy that a person makes such a statement.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith describes a time of severe calamity before the end.
- The wish mentioned is because of worldly hardship, not religious longing.
- The added detail helps explain the shorter related narration.
