حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَهَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُجَاهِدًا، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى قَبْرَيْنِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏إِنَّهُمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ أَمَّا هَذَا فَكَانَ لاَ يَسْتَنْزِهُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ وَأَمَّا هَذَا فَكَانَ يَمْشِي بِالنَّمِيمَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِعَسِيبٍ رَطْبٍ فَشَقَّهُ بِاثْنَيْنِ ثُمَّ غَرَسَ عَلَى هَذَا وَاحِدًا وَعَلَى هَذَا وَاحِدًا وَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَعَلَّهُ يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَيْبَسَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ هَنَّادٌ ‏"‏ يَسْتَتِرُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ مَكَانَ ‏"‏ يَسْتَنْزِهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas

Zuhair bin Harb and Hannad bin Al-Sari narrated to us, both saying: Waki' narrated to us, Al-A'mash narrated to us, saying: I heard Mujahid narrating from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by two graves and said: "Indeed, they are being punished, and they are not being punished for a major sin. As for this one, he did not seek to protect himself from urine, and as for this other one, he used to walk about spreading gossip." Then he called for a fresh palm branch, split it into two pieces, and planted one on this grave and one on that grave, and said: "Perhaps their punishment will be lightened for them as long as these do not dry out." Hannad said: "He used to cover himself" in place of "He did not seek to protect himself from urine."