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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-294: SA’AD BIN MU’AZ DAN HIMPITAN KUBUR
Who was Sa’ad bin Mu’az, and is it true that he was squeezed in the grave because he was careless about cleansing urine?
Short answer
Sa’ad bin Mu’az was a noble Ansari companion who accepted Islam through Mus’ab bin Umair and died in the fifth year of the Hijrah from wounds sustained at the Battle of al-Khandaq.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
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Summary
Sa’ad bin Mu’az was a noble Ansari companion who accepted Islam through Mus’ab bin Umair and died in the fifth year of the Hijrah from wounds sustained at the Battle of al-Khandaq. Authentic hadith report that the Throne shook at his death and that angels carried his bier. The account that he was squeezed in the grave for not cleansing urine is judged weak in this ruling because its chain is broken and it includes an abandoned narrator. However, authentic narrations say he was briefly squeezed and then released, which shows his high standing and that the squeeze of the grave is decreed for everyone.
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Kesimpulannya, Sa'ad bin Mu'az merupakan salah seorang sahabat yang mulia dan agung.
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-294: SA’AD BIN MU’AZ DAN HIMPITAN KUBUR”, 30 October 2018. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/2717-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-294-sa-ad-bin-mu-az-dan-himpitan-kubur. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/who-was-saad-bin-muaz-grave-squeeze/