حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ جَائَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي کَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَکَانَ وَکَانَ فَأَيْنَ هُوَ قَالَ فِي النَّارِ قَالَ فَکَأَنَّهُ وَجَدَ مِنْ ذَلِکَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَيْنَ أَبُوکَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَيْثُمَا مَرَرْتَ بِقَبْرِ مُشْرِکٍ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِالنَّارِ قَالَ فَأَسْلَمَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ بَعْدُ وَقَالَ لَقَدْ کَلَّفَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَعَبًا مَا مَرَرْتُ بِقَبْرِ کَافِرٍ إِلَّا بَشَّرْتُهُ بِالنَّارِ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1573
It was narrated from Salim that his father said: "A Bedouin came to the Prophet P.B.U.H and said: '0 Messenger of Allah, my father used to uphold the ties of kinship, and so and so forth, where is he?' He said: 'In the Fire.' It was as if he found that difficult to bear. Then he said: '0 Messenger of Allah. Where is your father?' The Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: 'Whenever you pass by the grave of an idolater, give him the tidings of Hell-fire.' The Bedouin later became Muslim, and he said: 'The Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H gave me a difficult task. I never passed the grave of an idolater but I gave him the tidings of Hell-fire.''' (Da'if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020