Abdullah ibn Abbas (Radiya Allahou Anhou) has narrated that as the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) happened to pass by two graves, he remarkes: "The two persons who are buried in these graves are being punished, and the punishment is not owing to a sin that was a difficult matter (i.e., hard to avoid). Both of them, on the other hand, are receiving the chastisement for a misdeed from which it was quite easy to keep away). The sin of one of them was that he never tried to save himself from being soiled with urine, and the other used to speak ill of others in their absence." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) , then, took a green branch of date-palm, spilt it into two and fixed one piece (of it) on each grave. The Companions (therepuon) enquired: "0 Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) Why have you done that?" "It is hoped," replied the Prophet, "that the punishment of these persons will be abated till such time as the two pieces becom completely dry."
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