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regarding the Statement of Allah:--"Those who have changed Allah's Blessings for disbelief..."
(14.28) The people meant here by Allah, are the infidels of Quraish. (`Amr, a sub-narrator said,
"Those are (the infidels of) Quraish and Muhammad is Allah's Blessing. Regarding Allah's
Statement:"..and have led their people Into the house of destruction? (14.29) Ibn `Abbas said, "It
means the Fire they will suffer from (after their death) on the day of Badr."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 30
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On the day of Badr, the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that the corpses of twenty four leaders of Quraish should be
thrown into one of the dirty dry wells of Badr. (It was a habit of the Prophet (ﷺ) that whenever he
conquered some people, he used to stay at the battle-field for three nights. So, on the third day of the
battle of Badr, he ordered that his she-camel be saddled, then he set out, and his companions followed
him saying among themselves." "Definitely he (i.e. the Prophet) is proceeding for some great
purpose." When he halted at the edge of the well, he addressed the corpses of the Quraish infidels by
their names and their fathers' names, "O so-and-so, son of so-and-so and O so-and-so, son of so-andso!
Would it have pleased you if you had obeyed Allah and His Apostle? We have found true what
our Lord promised us. Have you too found true what your Lord promised you? "`Umar said, "O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You are speaking to bodies that have no souls!" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "By Him in
Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, you do not hear, what I say better than they do." (Qatada said,
"Allah brought them to life (again) to let them hear him, to reprimand them and slight them and take
revenge over them and caused them to feel remorseful and regretful.")
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It was mentioned before `Aisha that Ibn `Umar attributed the following statement to the Prophet (ﷺ) "The
dead person is punished in the grave because of the crying and lamentation Of his family." On that,
`Aisha said, "But Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'The dead person is punished for his crimes and sins while his
family cry over him then." She added, "And this is similar to the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when he
stood by the (edge of the) well which contained the corpses of the pagans killed at Badr, 'They hear
what I say.' She added, "But he said now they know very well what I used to tell them was the truth."
`Aisha then recited: 'You cannot make the dead hear.' (30.52) and 'You cannot make those who are in
their Graves, hear you.' (35.22) that is, when they had taken their places in the (Hell) Fire.