97 – Suwayd ibn Saʿīd narrated to us; al-Ḥakam ibn Sinān narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, who said:

A man from the people of Madinah had a sister who lived in another part of the city. She fell ill, and he used to visit her until she died. He prepared her body, carried her to her grave, and buried her. When he returned home he remembered that he had left a purse inside the grave. He asked one of his companions for help; the two of them went back, opened the grave, and found the purse. The man then said, “Step aside so that I may see in what state my sister now is.” He lifted some of the sun-dried bricks that covered ⦗99⦘ the niche of the grave, and there—inside—the grave was ablaze with fire. He replaced the bricks, leveled the earth, and returned to his mother.

He said, “Tell me about my sister’s conduct.”

She replied, “Why do you ask about your sister when she is gone?”

He insisted, “You must tell me.”

She said, “She used to delay the prayer, and, to the best of my knowledge, performed it without ablution. And at night, when the neighbors had gone to sleep, she would go to their doors, press her ear against them, and carry off their conversations.”