حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَوَكِيعٌ الْمَعْنَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ سَمِعْتُ مُجَاهِدًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَبْرَيْنِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمَا لَيُعَذَّبَانِ وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ لَا يَسْتَنْزِهُ مِنْ الْبَوْلِ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ مِنْ بَوْلِهِ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَكَانَ يَمْشِي بِالنَّمِيمَةِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ جَرِيدَةً فَشَقَّهَا بِنِصْفَيْنِ فَغَرَزَ فِي كُلِّ قَبْرٍ وَاحِدَةً فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَ صَنَعْتَ هَذَا قَالَ لَعَلَّهُمَا أَنْ يُخَفَّفَ عَنْهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَيْبَسَا قَالَ وَكِيعٌ تَيْبَسَا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 1980
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) passed by two graves, and he said: "They are being punished, but they are not being punished for anything that was difficult to avoid. One of them did not protect himself from urine - Wakee' said: from his urine - and the other used to walk around spreading malicious gossip." He called for a palm branch, split it in two, then planted one piece on each grave. Then he said: "Perhaps it will be reduced for them so long as this does not dry out."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020