passed is also a cause of torment in the grave; usury (interest) also brings about torment in the grave; laughing in the Masjid brings about darkness in the grave. Remember! Whether we remember our grave or not, our graves remembers us everyday by calling out loudly.

Calling of the grave

The Prophet of Rahmah, the Intercessor of the Ummah, the Owner of Jannah     صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: The grave speaks aloud everyday that, I am the home of a journey; I am the home of loneliness; I am the home of sand and I am the home of insects. When a true Muslim is buried, the grave says: Welcome! You have come to your own home! Amongst those who walk on my back, I love you more; today as you have been handed over to me, very soon you will see how (well) I treat you. Then the grave extends as far as he can see and a door of Paradise is opened for him.

On the contrary, when a sinful or a disbeliever is buried, the grave says: Neither is it your house nor are you congratulated. According to me, amongst those who walk on my back you are the worst one; today as you have been handed over to me, very soon you will see how [badly] I treat you! Saying this, the grave crushes him in such a way that the ribs of the deceased pierce and interlock each other.

The narrator has said: While saying this, the Prophet of Rahmah, the Intercessor of the Ummah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم interlocked his fingers and then said: For him, seventy pythons are appointed, if even one of them just blows on the earth, then nothing can grow on it until the world exists, these pythons will continue biting and scratching him until he is taken for accountability. (Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 4, pp. 802, Hadees 8642)

Dear Islamic brothers! Alas! What will become of us! We have totally forgotten our graves. It is stated in Fath-ul-Baari: ‘اِنَّ الۡبَرۡزَخَ مُقَدَّمَةُ الۡاٰخِرَة’ i.e. indeed, Barzakh is the introduction to the Hereafter.

(Fath-ul-Baari, vol. 10, pp. 399, Hadees 6055)