Is this Hadith reliable?
عن عائشة، قالت: قلت: يا رسول الله! تبتلى هذه الأمة في قبورها، فكيف بي وأنا امرأة ضعيفة؟ ، قال: يثبت الله الذين آمنوا بالقول الثابت في الحياة الدنيا وفي الآخرة
Answer:
Imam Bazzar (rahimahullah) has recorded this narration. ‘Allamah Mundhiri and Hafiz Haythami (rahimahumallah) have declared the narrators reliable.
(Musnad Bazzar; Kashful Astar, Hadith: 868, Targhib, vol. 4 pg. 363, Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 3 pg. 53)
Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim (rahimahumallah) have recorded a similar narration, [without the mention of Sayyidah ‘Aaishah’s question] on the authority of Sayyiduna Al Bara ibn Al ‘Azib (radiyallahu ‘anhu).
(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 1369-4699, Sahih Muslim, 2871)
Translation
Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah (radiyallahu ‘anha) says, ‘I said, O Rasulullah! This Ummah will be put through a test in the grave, I am a weak woman, how will I manage?’ Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘Allah makes those who have Iman firm with the Firm Word [the Kalimah] in this world and the Next World’ [Surah Ibrahim, Verse: 27]
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
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