Trials – Hadith Answers

Another version of the Hadith on ‘Allah Ta’ala testing his servant to raise his rank’

Question

Please authenticate this Hadith.

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) has said:

“Sometimes a high rank is decreed for a Mu’min which he could never have attained by virtue of his deeds, so Allah Ta’ala makes him experience some hardship, whether it be physical, material or concerning his children. Then, He makes him patient and lets him attain the position decreed for him by Allah ‘Azza Wa Jalla.’

The grave of a believer squeezing him

Question

In Mishkat (pg 26, Pakistan copy, the first hadith of the third section) it is mentioned that the grave of Sa’d radiallahu anho was closed upon him. Is there any reason for this, or does this mean that everyones grave closes upon him