10/65. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 1064 — Stomach Illness and the Grave
What Has Been Related About Who The Martyrs Are
Hadith About Stomach Illness and Grave Punishment
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1064
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1064
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْبَاطِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سِنَانٍ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ السَّبِيعِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ صُرَدٍ لِخَالِدِ بْنِ عُرْفُطَةَ أَوْ خَالِدٌ لِسُلَيْمَانَ أَمَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ قَتَلَهُ بَطْنُهُ لَمْ يُعَذَّبْ فِي قَبْرِهِ " . فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ نَعَمْ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ .
Abu Ishaq As-Sabi'i Narrated from:
Sulaiman Bin Surad Said To Khalid Bin Urfutah - Or, Khalid Said To Sulaiman - 'Did You Hear The Messenger Of Allah Saying: "Whoever Is Killed By His Stomach Then He Will Not Be Punished In The Grave"?' One Of Them Said To The Other: "Yes."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1064In-book reference : Book 10, Hadith 100English translation : Vol. 2, Book 5, Hadith 1064
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1064
This hadith about stomach illness and the grave reports a question between Sulaiman bin Surad and Khalid bin Urfutah. One asks the other if he heard the Messenger of Allah say that whoever is killed by his stomach will not be punished in his grave. The other confirms that he heard it. The hadith is focused on one specific case: death caused by stomach illness. It should not be stretched into claims beyond its words. Still, the wording gives comfort to people who fear the grave and wonder about deaths caused by severe illness. It connects a painful form of death with hope for protection in the grave.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narration mentions protection from grave punishment for one killed by stomach illness.
- The Companions carefully checked what they had heard from the Prophet.
- A believer can find hope even when death comes through painful illness.
