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The Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves, and those two persons (in the graves) were being tortured. He
said, "They are being tortured not for a great thing (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from
being soiled with his urine, while the other went about committing slander (to make enmity between
friends). He then took a green leaf of a date-palm tree split it into two pieces and fixed one on each
grave. The people said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why have you done so?" He replied, "I hope that their
punishment may be lessened till they (the leaf) become dry."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 23, Hadith 114
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When the time of the death of Abu Talib approached, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to him and found Abu Jahl
bin Hisham and `Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya bin Al-Mughira by his side. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to Abu
Talib, "O uncle! Say: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, a sentence with which I shall be
a witness (i.e. argue) for you before Allah. Abu Jahl and `Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya said, "O Abu
Talib! Are you going to denounce the religion of `Abdul Muttalib?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) kept on inviting
Abu Talib to say it (i.e. 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah') while they (Abu Jahl and
`Abdullah) kept on repeating their statement till Abu Talib said as his last statement that he was on the
religion of `Abdul Muttalib and refused to say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' (Then
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I will keep on asking Allah's forgiveness for you unless I am forbidden (by
Allah) to do so." So Allah revealed (the verse) concerning him (i.e. It is not fitting for the Prophet (ﷺ) and
those who believe that they should invoke (Allah) for forgiveness for pagans even though they be of
kin, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of the fire (9.113).
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" We were accompanying a funeral procession in Baqi-I-Gharqad. The Prophet (ﷺ) came to us and sat and
we sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand then he bent his head and started scraping the
ground with it. He then said, "There is none among you, and not a created soul, but has place either in
Paradise or in Hell assigned for him and it is also determined for him whether he will be among the
blessed or wretched." A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Should we not depend on what has been
written for us and leave the deeds as whoever amongst us is blessed will do the deeds of a blessed
person and whoever amongst us will be wretched, will do the deeds of a wretched person?" The
Prophet said, "The good deeds are made easy for the blessed, and bad deeds are made easy for the
wretched." Then he recited the Verses:-- "As for him who gives (in charity) and is Allah-fearing And
believes in the Best reward from Allah. " (92.5-6)