حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَكَانَ وَكَانَ فَأَيْنَ هُوَ قَالَ " فِي النَّارِ " . قَالَ فَكَأَنَّهُ وَجَدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَيْنَ أَبُوكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " حَيْثُمَا مَرَرْتَ بِقَبْرِ كَافِرٍ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِالنَّارِ " . قَالَ فَأَسْلَمَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ بَعْدُ وَقَالَ لَقَدْ كَلَّفَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ تَعَبًا مَا مَرَرْتُ بِقَبْرِ كَافِرٍ إِلاَّ بَشَّرْتُهُ بِالنَّارِ .
It wasnarrated from Salim that his father said: “A Bedouin came totheProphet (PBUH) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, my father used touphold the ties of kinship, and so and so forth, where is he?’ Hesaid: ‘In the Fire.’ It was as if he found that difficult tobear.Then he said: ‘O Messenger of Allah. Where is your father?’TheMessenger of Allah (PBUH) said: ‘Whenever you pass by the graveof anidolater, give him the tidings of Hell-fire.’ The Bedouinlater becameMuslim, and he said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (PBUH)gave me a difficulttask. I never passed the grave of an idolater butI gave him thetidings of Hell-fire.’” Translation Not Available
Book Ref: Sunan Ibn Majah Book 6 Hadith 1573
Web Ref: Sunan Ibn Majah Vol 1 Book 6 Hadith 1573