What to Say When You Pass by a Disbeliever’s Grave

At-Tabaraanee recorded that Sa’d bin Abe Waqqaas narrated that a Bedouin came to the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) and said, “My father used to uphold the ties of kinship, and so on and so forth. Where is he now?’ He said, ‘In Hell.’ The Bedouin got upset and said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, where is your father?’ He said, ‘Whenever you pass by the grave of a disbeliever, give him the tidings of Hell.’ The Bedouin later became a Muslim, and he said, ‘The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) gave me a difficult task. Whenever I pass by the grave of a disbeliever, I give him the tidings of Hell.”

Shaykh al-Albaanee commented: This hadeeth contains an important benefit which most books of fiqh pay no attention to; and it is the legality of giving a disbeliever the tidings of Hell whenever one passes by his grave. What this legislation contains of benefit is obvious, such as cautioning a believer and reminding him of the gravity of the crime of this disbeliever in view of the fact that he committed a great crime, which outweighs all of the sins of this world if they are assembled together and it is disbelief in Allaah the Mighty and Majestic and associating partner with Him…

Source: Silsilatul-Ahaadeeth as-Saheehah, vol. 1, p.55, no. 18