Two Graves, Two Punishments: What Was Their Sin?
Major Sins: Improper Purification and Spreading Gossip - Al-Wajeez Commentary
Summary
This lecture discusses Islamic etiquette and purification (tahara) based on Al-Wajeez, focusing on two major sins illustrated through a hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas. The Prophet Muhammad passed by two graves and mentioned that the inhabitants were being punished—one for not properly safeguarding himself from urine during ablution, and the other for spreading gossip and slander (nameemah) among people. Sh. Ali Mashhour explains how these seemingly minor issues have significant spiritual consequences: improper purification invalidates prayer, while nameemah corrupts the community and is destructive gossip. The lecture emphasizes that even small sins can have major repercussions in the afterlife and the importance of both personal cleanliness and ethical conduct.
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يعلم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله والصلاه والسلام على رسول ل واشهد ان لا اله الا الله واشهد ان محمدا عبده ورسوله اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين اما بعد ان الوجيز في كتاب الطهاره اداب الخلاء يقول ويجب الاستنزاه من البول and isigat that a person safeg himself when when using the rest that they do not soil theirothingally when urinating and when he mentions urina the reason for this is because this يقول فعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم مر بقبرين فقال انهما ليعذبان وما يعذبان في كبير وما يعذبان في كبير يعني في ظنهما يعني لم يلقي بالا لهذا الامر اي او لهذين الامرين العظيمين عند الله وتحسبوه هينا وهو عند الله عظيم فيقول وما يعذبان في كبير يعني عند الناس ليس بكبير ليس بامر يستعظمه الناس لكن الله عز وجل يستعظمه اما احدهما فكان لا يست يستنزه من بوله واما الاخر فكان يمشي بين الناس بالنميمه الحديث في الصحيحين ما هي النميمه النميمه نقل الاخبار بين الناس على وجه الافساد العلماء يعرفون النميمه بانها نقل الاخبار بين الناس على وجه الافساد نعم so ابن عباس narrates that prop that the propet once passed by two graves, two men in their graves. And he commented to his companions that were with him, "These two men in their graves are being tortured. They are not being tortured for something that is considered to be a very big deal with people. But with Allah, it is a b deal. The first of the two would relieve himself and not safegard himself from getting urine on his clothing. And the second of the two would carry tails between people. So the two things are mentioned here one has to do with something between him and Allah and that is that when he would himself the would come back on hisothing he wouldn't really b with it he wouldn't clean it and he was sloppy when he would relieve himself and this inil has a domino effect what is the domino effect well invidates a person's prayer and not only is something that when a person he has you know of prayers invalidated but a person is not suceptable and the الصلاه تنهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر الصلاه الصلاه المقبوله الصلاه المقبوله الصلاه الصحيحه عند الله هو يقول الصلاه ان الصلاه مش ان صلاه يعني حي الله صلاه لا صلاه معينه التي ارادها الله في هذه الايه ان الصلاه للعهد الذهني فالمقصود هنا ان هذه الصلاه الصحيحه هي التي تنهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر واما الصلاه الباطله او الناقصه فانها ناقصه في فعاليتها على حسب نقصان صحه الصلاه الله صلاه صلاه صلاه صلاه الله صلاه deficient will be likewise deficient and a person whose prayer is deficient his deigion his deficient his very يقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ما رايت من ناقصات عقل ودين كاحداكن فسالنا عن نقصان الدين فقال فانها تحيض ويمر عليها ايام لا تصلي ولا لا تصوم ولا تصلي هل هذا من جراء فعلها؟ لا هذا الشيء جبلها الله سبحانه وتعالى عليه لكن نقصان ال الصلوات ونقصان يعني الصلوات المفروضه فانها تستلزم نقصان في And so we understand from this that a person spattering himself with when he relieves himself is a major sin in Islam. A major sin what does that mean a major sin? Who the definition of a major sin? A major sin. Masallah a ma sin isibit act that attach to a particular punishment. So here particular punishment is punishment in one's grave flames and torture and such in a person's grave. واما الاخر فكان يمشي بين الناس بالنميمه.
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con not someone a go and tell them what was are wor of the prop صلى الله عليه وسلم are wor of when people areilty of it is a cri against our is a cri against our brotherh our commity do they show and ta and hoof feet. Do they breathe fire and smoke? No. They show up and tell you, listen, I I don't usually talk about this stuff. I don't care what people do. I don't getting involved. But, you know, I just want to let you know I heard, but this is just for you. I don't this stuff. I don't like, you know, gossip and rumors and stuff. I'm above that. I'm in the stratosphere everybody else is down here. So I don't get involved in that. When you hear an opener that, someone begins talking that. They are telling you exactly who they are with their denials of who they are. It is haram to listen to this kind of thing. حم un advised right this is extremely destructive thing and people talk right we it is haram for us to speak ill of someone who not present without necessity but does it happen yes people make mistakes So what do we do? Do we inflame that mistake and carry it and make it twice as bad? Of course not. We hide it. We each other's mistakes and we spread each other's good other. وان يزيدنا علما والله اعلم وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا.