Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 132
وَعَن عُثْمَان رَضِي الله عَنهُ أَنه إِذَا وَقَفَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ بَكَى حَتَّى يَبُلَّ لِحْيَتَهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ تُذْكَرُ الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ فَلَا تَبْكِي وَتَبْكِي مِنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الْقَبْرَ أَوَّلُ مَنْزِلٍ مِنْ مَنَازِلِ الْآخِرَةِ فَإِنْ نَجَا مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَيْسَرُ مِنْهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قَالَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا رَأَيْت منْظرًا قطّ إِلَّا الْقَبْر أَفْظَعُ مِنْهُ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ. وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ هَذَا حَدِيث غَرِيب
ʿUthmān was reported to weep whenever he stood by a grave, until his beard became wet with tears. Someone said to him, ‘You remember Paradise and the Fire yet do not weep, but you weep over this?’ He replied, ‘The Messenger of God said: “The grave is the first station of the Hereafter. If one is saved from it, what comes after is easier; but if one is not saved from it, what comes after is more severe.”’ He also said that the Messenger of God said, ‘I have never seen any sight more dreadful than the grave.’ Al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Mājah transmitted it. Al-Tirmidhi said: ‘This is an uncommon hadith.’