Does the "squeeze of the grave" harm all Muslims, and does its intensity and strength vary from one person to another based on their faith and obedience, and do their ribs differ in the grave, knowing the hadith: "If anyone were to escape it, Sa'd ibn Mu'adh would have escaped it"?
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The squeezing of the grave is a reality experienced by both the righteous and the wicked, differing according to their state. The squeezing of the disbeliever is lasting, and his ribs will be dislocated by it. As for the Muslim, his squeezing occurs upon his initial entry into the grave and then subsides; it is not part of the torment of the grave but rather something the believer experiences, and none of his ribs are dislocated by it. The squeezing of the grave is with gentleness and compassion for the obedient believer, and with violence, as a sign of wrath, upon the disobedient.
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