Does the squeezing in the grave apply to the Prophets (peace be uponthem)?

I read a hadeeth according to which the Prophet (blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) said: "In the grave there is squeezing; and if
anyone were to be saved from it, Sa'd ibn Mu'aadh would have been
saved from it." Does this squeezing affect everybody, including the
Prophets, the righteous, the martyrs and the siddeeqs? Is there any
way to be protected from it?.
Praise be to Allaah.
In the answer to question no. 131627 we spoke of the squeezing of the
grave and quoted the hadeeths that have been narrated concerning that,
and discussed some of the issues surrounding it. Please refer to this
question.
One of the things we didnot discuss there is the question that is
asked here: does the squeezingin the grave affect the Prophets?
The answer to that is that there was nothing proven concerning that in
the texts of Revelation, but we have come across comments of many
scholars saying that the Prophets will beexempted from squeezing. This
opinion is based on the view those who say that the severity of the
squeezingin the grave will vary according to the individual's level of
sin. The Prophets are protected against major sins and are protected
against persisting in minor sins, so they will not be affected by the
squeezing or questioning in the grave.
As-Suyooti (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted a hadeeth about the
grave squeezing Yahya (peace be upon him), but this hadeeth is weak
and there is a problem with its isnaad. The well-known view is that
the Prophets will not experience this squeezing.
End quote from Sharh as-Sudoor bi Sharh Haal al-Mawta wa'l-Quboor, p. 114
Al-Mannaawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:The reports indicate
thatno one will be spared the squeezing in the grave, whether one is
righteous or otherwise, but the Prophets are exempted, as was stated
by the author – i.e., as-Suyooti – in al-Khasaa'is.
End quote from Fayd al-Qadeer, 5/434
He also said: But al-Hakeem – i.e., al-Hakeem al-Tirmidhi – made an
exception in the case of the Prophets and awliya' (close friends of
Allah) and wasof the opinion that they will not be squeezed or
questioned.
My opinion is that the exemption in the case ofthe Prophets is
obvious. With regard to the awliya' it cannot be true.Have you not
seen the high status of Sad ibn Mu'aadh, and he was squeezed
nevertheless?
End quote from Fayd al-Qadeer, 5/398
Shaykh Ahmad an-Nafraawi al-Maaliki (may Allah have mercy on him)
said: With regard to the Prophets, some of them said: it is not known
that the Prophets will be squeezed or questioned in their graves
because they are protected from sin.
End quote from al-Fawaakih al-Dawaani,2/688
Sulaymaan al-Bujayrimi ash-Shaafa'i (may Allah have mercy on him)
said:With regard to the squeezing of the grave, it applies to everyone
who dies even if he is not accountable and no one is saved from it
except the Prophets and Faatimah bint Asad.
End quote from Tuhfat al-Habeeb 'ala Sharh al-Khateeb, 2/586
There is no proof for the exemption of Faatimah bint Qays in the
Sunnah; rather the suggestion that she is exempted is based on a
fabricated or very weak hadeeth that was quoted by Ibn Shabbah in his
book Tareekh al-Madinah, 1/124. The isnaad of the hadeeth includes
some unknown narrators, among whom is 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far ibn
al-Miswar ibn Makhramah, of whom Ibn Hibbaan (may Allah have mercy on
him) said:He made a lot of mistakes in narration and he even narrated
from trustworthy narrators things that do not resemble proven
hadeeths. Therefore he deserves to be rejected.
End quote from al-Majrooheen, 2/27
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez al-Raajihi (may Allah preserve him) said: With
regard to the Prophets, we do not know whether they are squeezed in
their graves.
End quote from Sharh al-'Aqeedah at-Tahhaawiyyah, p. 307
So it seems that the squeezing of the grave includes the martyrs,
righteous and awliya', but it does not include the Prophets.
And Allah knows best.