The Braying Drunkard

Al-’Awâm b. Hawshab (148H) – Allâh have mercy on him – said:

I once came to an area in one part of which was a graveyard. After ‘asr, one of the graves split open and a man with the head of a donkey and the body of a human came up from it and brayed three times, after which the grave closed back up on him. I then saw an old woman weaving fleece or wool, and a woman said, “Do you see that old woman?” I said, “What about her?” She replied, “That is the mother of this [dead] man.” I asked, “What was his story?” She replied, “He used to drink wine, and whenever he would go out his mother would say, ‘O my son, fear Allâh; until when will you keep drinking wine?’ He would reply, ‘You bray like a donkey.’” The woman said, “He then died after ‘asr, so every day after ‘asr the grave opens up and he brays a few times, then the grave closes up on him again.”

Al-Hâfidh Abul-Qâsim Al-Asbahânî, Al-Targhîb wa Al-Tarhîb article 471.

Shaykh Nâsir Al-Dîn Al-Albânî graded this narration hasan in his edition of Al-Mundhirî’s Al-Targhîb wa Al-Tarhîb. See Sahîh Al-Targhîb wa Al-Tarhîb hadîth 2517.

Al-Mundhirî quotes Al-Asbahânî as saying:
This [story] was narrated by Abul-’Abbâs Al-Asam in a dictation at Naysâbûr, in the presence of great preservers [of traditions] and people of knowledge, and they did not reject it.

June 11, 2010 - الجمعة 01 رجب 1431

Topics: death, family, sins, the grave

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3 Responses to “The Braying Drunkard”

  1. Wasim on June 11, 2010 - الجمعة 01 رجب 1431 22:39

    I had read this some 10 years ago in a book about Death by some Indian author , may be a Deobandi & later after coming to Salafiyyah, i thought that may be this was false since they usually dont mention the source & it's authenticity. After reading it here, i was surprised & hence did a verification with the actual 'Arabic to confirm & no doubt it was there.
    BaarakAllaahu feek akhee.

  2. Umm Abdullah on June 12, 2010 - السبت 02 رجب 1431 02:12

    SubhanAlllahh thats an amazing narration Allahu musttan

  3. Saifullah on July 5, 2010 - الاثنين 25 رجب 1431 08:03

    SubhanAllah!

    This truly gave me shivers!