Prophets Stories In Islam

Snake In Grave

Abu Abdillah Muhammed Ibn Ahmed Al Qursi relates that in Istanbul, there was a governor, he died, they dug a grave for him, when they were on the verge of lowering this body inside the grave, you know what they saw inside the grave? They saw a black snake waiting for him inside the grave.
They were terrified, naturally they were terrified, they didn't wanna bury this guy inside this grave. So they dug another grave, now they have spent hours digging the second grave. Their on the verge of lowering this body inside the grave and you know what? The same snake they saw in the first is waiting in the second!
They dig a third grave and they find when their on the verge of lowering this body inside the grave all of a sudden, they find the same black snake inside the grave.
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I ask you my young friends, you know on that particular occasion that narration, what do you think it suggests? How many graves do you think they dug on that day? 30 graves!
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The narration says on that day they dug about 30 graves, and every time the grave was dug, and they were on the verge of lowering this body inside the grave, they would find the same black snake waiting.
Where you gonna hide? You know even when you have gone 6 feet under, you can't get away. You left the dunya and you have gone 6 feet under and you think you have got away from it? This is where, it will begin.
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They got fed up after digging so many graves, they consulted the Ulema, what should we do with this person? They said bury him inside the grave! Leave the rest to Allah (swt) and they burried him.
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May Allah protect us all from the torment of hereafter. Ameen