The Book of Asceticism · Hadith 61 (#Ḥadīth #2)

عثمان بن عيسى عن سماعة قال: ذكر أبو عبد الله عليه السلام يوما حسن الخلق فقال: مات مولى لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فامر أن يحفروا له فانطلقوا فحفروا فعرضت لهم صخرة في القبر فلم يستطيعوا أن يحفروا فاتوا النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فقالوا يا رسول الله: انا حفرنا لفلان فعرضت لنا صخرة فجعلنا نضرب حتى تثلمت معاولنا فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله: كيف؟ وقد كان حسن الخلق ارجعوا فاحفروا فرجعوا فسهل الله حتى أمكنهم دفنه.

2.ʿUthmān ibn ʿĪsā narrated from Samāʿah who said, “One day Abū ʿAbdillāh mentioned good character and said, ‘A servant of the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) passed away, so he instructed that they should dig a grave for him. They proceeded to dig when [suddenly] they came across a rock in the grave and were unable to continue digging. So they came to the Prophet (ṣ) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, we dug the grave for so-and-so and came across a large rock, so we began to strike it until our pickaxes became blunt [yet it did not break]!’ The Prophet (ṣ) said, ‘How can that be while he was a man of good character? Go back and dig.’ So they went back and Allah made it easy for them until they were able to bury him [in that grave].”

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