\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n \n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves, and those two persons (in the graves) were being tortured. He \nsaid, "They are being tortured not for a great thing (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from \nbeing soiled with his urine, while the other was going about with calumnies (to make enmity between \nfriends). He then took a green leaf of a date-palm tree split it into two pieces and fixed one on each \ngrave. The people said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why have you done so?" He replied, "I hope that their \npunishment may be lessened till they (the leaf) become dry."\n

\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n \n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves, and those two persons (in the graves) were being tortured. He \nsaid, "They are being tortured not for a great thing (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from \nbeing soiled with his urine, while the other was going about with calumnies (to make enmity between \nfriends). He then took a green leaf of a date-palm tree split it into two pieces and fixed one on each \ngrave. The people said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why have you done so?" He replied, "I hope that their \npunishment may be lessened till they (the leaf) become dry."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِقَبْرَيْنِ يُعَذَّبَانِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّهُمَا لَيُعَذَّبَانِ وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ لاَ يَسْتَتِرُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ، وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَكَانَ يَمْشِي بِالنَّمِيمَةِ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ جَرِيدَةً رَطْبَةً فَشَقَّهَا بِنِصْفَيْنِ، ثُمَّ غَرَزَ فِي كُلِّ قَبْرٍ وَاحِدَةً‏.‏ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لِمَ صَنَعْتَ هَذَا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يُخَفَّفَ عَنْهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَيْبَسَا ‏"‏‏.‏