We went out with the Prophet ﷺ to attend the funeral of a man from the Ansar. He recounted a long hadith, in which it was mentioned concerning the soul of the disbeliever that the angels ascend with it, and they do not pass by any group of angels without those angels asking, "What is this foul soul?"The angels carrying it reply, "So-and-so, son of so-and-so," using the ugliest names by which he was called in the world, until they reach the lowest heaven. Permission is sought for it to enter, but it is not granted.Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited, "Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them, the gates of heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel passes through the eye of a needle. And thus do We recompense the criminals" [Araf 7:40].Then Allah says, "Record his book in Sijjin in the lowest earth," and his soul is flung down.Then he recited, "And whoever associates partners with Allah, it is as though he had fallen from the sky and been snatched by birds or the wind had blown him to a far-off place" [Hajj 22:31].His soul is then returned to his body, and two angels come to him and seat him upright. They ask him, "Who is your Lord?" … and the hadith continues.
خرجنا مع النبي ﷺ في جنازة رجل من الأنصار، فذكر حديثا طويلا؛ وجاء فيه عن روح الكافر أن الملائكة يصعدون بها، فلا يمرون بها على ملإ من الملائكة، إلا قالوا: ما هذا الروح الخبيث؟ فيقولون: فلان بن فلان، بأقبح أسمائه التي كان يسمى بها في الدنيا، حتى ينتهي به إلى السماء الدنيا، فيستفتح له، فلا يفتح له. ثم قرأ رسول الله ﷺ: {إن الذين كذبوا بآياتنا واستكبروا عنها لا تفتح لهم أبواب السماء ولا يدخلون الجنة حتى يلج الجمل في سم الخياط وكذلك نجزي المجرمين} [سورة الأعراف: ٤٠] فيقول الله عز وجل: اكتبوا كتابه في سجين في الأرض السفلى، فتطرح روحه طرحا. ثم قرأ: {ومن يشرك بالله فكأنما خر من السماء فتخطفه الطير أو تهوي به الريح في مكان سحيق} فتعاد روحه في جسده، ويأتيه ملكان، فيجلسانه، فيقولان له: من ربك؟ … الحديث.
Reported by Abu Dawud (4753), Imam Ahmad (18534) with this exact wording, Hannad bin Sari in Zuhd (339), and Hakim (1371-39), all of them through Abu Muawiya, from Amash, from Minhal bin Amr, from Zazan, from Bara, who then narrated the hadith. Its chain is hasan because of Minhal bin Amr, for he is hasan al-hadith. The hadiths reported concerning the prohibition of shirk are numerous and are mentioned in the Book of Faith.