11. Funerals

1. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1254No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَعَبَّاسٌ عَمُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَشْتَكِي فَتَمَنَّى عَبَّاسٌ الْمَوْتَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا عَمِّ لَا تَتَمَنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ مُحْسِنًا فَإِنْ تُؤَخَّرْ تَزْدَدْ إِحْسَانًا إِلَى إِحْسَانِكَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ مُسِيئًا فَإِنْ تُؤَخَّرْ فَتُسْتَعْتَبْ مِنْ إِسَاءَتِكَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ فَلَا تَتَمَنَّ الْمَوْتَ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon them while 'Abbas, the paternal uncle of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, was complaining of illness. 'Abbas wished for death, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "O my uncle, do not wish for death. If you are a doer of good, being delayed so you may increase in goodness upon your goodness is better for you. And if you are a wrongdoer, being delayed so you may seek pardon for your wrongdoing is better for you. So do not wish for death."

2. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1255No grade recorded

   «أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخِيَارِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَارِكُمْ؟» قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ «خِيَارُكُمْ أَطْوَلُكُمْ أَعْمَارًا وَأَحْسَنُكُمْ عَمَلًا»

   ✧ "Shall I not tell you about the best of you and the worst of you?" They said, "Yes." He said, "The best of you are those who live longest and have the best deeds."

3. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1256No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ» قَالَ فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ»

   ✧ A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, which of the people is best?" He said, "The one whose life is long and whose deeds are good." He said, "Then which of the people is worst?" He said, "The one whose life is long and whose deeds are evil."

4. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1257No grade recorded

   «إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا اسْتَعْمَلَهُ» قَالَ فَقِيلَ كَيْفَ يَسْتَعْمِلُهُ؟ قَالَ «يُوَفِّقُهُ لِعَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ قَبْلَ الْمَوْتِ»

   ✧ "When Allah intends good for a servant, He employs him." It was said, "How does He employ him?" He said, "He grants him success in doing righteous deeds before death."

5. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1258No grade recorded

   «إِذَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا عَسَلَهُ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا عَسَلَهُ؟ قَالَ «يُوَفِّقُ لَهُ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَجَلِهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى عَنْهُ جِيرَانُهُ» أَوْ قَالَ «مَنْ حَوْلَهُ»

   ✧ "When Allah loves a servant, He sweetens him." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, what does 'sweetens him' mean?" He said, "He grants him success in doing righteous deeds before his appointed time, until his neighbors are pleased with him" or he said, "those around him."

6. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1259No grade recorded

   «يُبْعَثُ كُلُّ عَبْدٍ عَلَى مَا مَاتَ»

   I heard Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying. Every servant would be raised (in the same very state) in which he dies. (Using translation from Muslim 2878a)

7. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1260No grade recorded

   «إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ يُبْعَثُ فِي ثِيَابِهِ الَّتِي يَمُوتُ فِيهَا»

   ✧ "Indeed, the deceased will be resurrected in the clothes in which he dies."

8. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1261No grade recorded

   سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ يَقُولُ «إِذَا كَانَ الْعَبْدُ يَعْمَلُ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا فَشَغَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ مَرَضٌ أَوْ سَفَرٌ كُتِبَ لَهُ كَصَالِحٍ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ وَهُوَ صَحِيحٌ مُقِيمٌ»

   ✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ, not once or twice, saying: "When a servant is doing a righteous deed and is then hindered from it by illness or travel, it is recorded for him like the righteous deed he used to do while healthy and resident."

9. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1262No grade recorded

   خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعُودُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَرَفَ فِيهِ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ «قَدْ كُنْتُ أَنْهَاكَ عَنْ حُبِّ الْيَهُودِ» فَقَالَ قَدْ أَبْغَضَهُمْ سَعْدُ بْنُ زُرَارَةَ فَمَهْ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَتَاهُ ابْنُهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ قَدْ مَاتَ فَأَعْطِنِي قَمِيصَكَ أُكَفِّنْهُ فِيهِ «فَنَزَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَمِيصَهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to visit Abdullah b. Ubayy during the illness in which he died. When he entered upon him, he recognized death in him and said, "I had forbidden you from loving the Jews." He said, "Sa'd b. Zurarah detested them, so what?" When he died, his son came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, Abdullah b. Ubayy has died, so give me your shirt to shroud him in it." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took off his shirt and gave it to him.

10. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1263No grade recorded

    «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَعُودُنِي لَيْسَ بِرَاكِبِ بَغْلٍ وَلَا بِرْذَوْنٍ»

    ✧ "The Prophet ﷺ used to visit me, not riding a mule or a workhorse."

11. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1264No grade recorded

    «مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَعُودُ مَرِيضًا مُمْسِيًا إِلَّا خَرَجَ مَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ أَتَاهُ مُصْبِحًا خَرَجَ مَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»

    ✧ "No man visits a sick person in the evening except that seventy thousand angels go out with him, seeking forgiveness for him until morning, and he will have a garden in Paradise. And whoever comes to him in the morning, seventy thousand angels go out with him, seeking forgiveness for him until evening, and he will have a garden in Paradise."

12. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1265No grade recorded

    «عَادَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ وَجَعٍ كَانَ بِعَيْنَيَّ»

    ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited me due to a pain that was in my eyes."

13. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1266No grade recorded

    «عَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ مِنْ رَمَدٍ كَانَ بِهِ»

    ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited Zayd b. Arqam due to an eye inflammation he had."

14. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1267No grade recorded

    «اشْتَكَيْتُ بِمَكَّةَ فَجَاءَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعُودُنِي وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِي ثُمَّ مَسَحَ صَدْرِي وَبَطْنِي» ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا وَأَتْمِمْ لَهُ هِجْرَتَهُ»

    ✧ "I fell ill in Makkah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit me. He placed his hand on my forehead, then wiped my chest and belly." Then he said, "O Allah, heal Sa'd and complete his emigration for him."

15. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1268No grade recorded

    عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

    ✧ On the authority of Ibn Abbas

16. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1269No grade recorded

    مَنْ عَادَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ فَقَعَدَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ عُوفِيَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَجَلُهُ حَضَرَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever visits his Muslim brother and sits by his head, then says seven times, 'I ask Allah, the Great, the Lord of the Great Throne, to cure you of your illness, if it is not his appointed time (to die),' Allah will cure him of his illness if it is not his appointed time."

17. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1270No grade recorded

    مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ عَادَ أَخَاهُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَحْضُرْ أَجَلُهُ فَقَالَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَ فُلَانًا مِنْ مَرَضِهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ إِلَّا شَفَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ

    ✧ There is no Muslim who visits his brother, enters upon him, and his appointed time has not yet come, then says, “I ask Allah, the Magnificent, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to heal so-and-so from his illness,” seven times, except that Allah heals him of it.

18. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1271No grade recorded

    ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُصَيْفَةَ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْفَضْلِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خُصَيْفَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ السُّلَمِيِّ أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ أَخَذَهُ وَجَعٌ قَدْ كَادَ يُبْطِلُهُ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ ضَعْ يَمِينَكَ عَلَى مَكَانِكَ الَّذِي تَشْتَكِي وَامْسَحْ بِهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ فِي كُلِّ مَسْحَةٍ

    ✧ Al-Qaʿnabi narrated to us from what was read to Malik from Yazid b. Khusayfah; and Abu al-Fadl Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Muzakki narrated to us: Ahmad b. Salamah narrated to us: Qutaybah b. Saʿid narrated to us: Ismaʿil b. Jaʿfar narrated to us: Yazid b. Khusayfah narrated to us from ʿAmr b. ʿAbd Allah b. Kaʿb al-Sulami that Nafiʿ b. Jubayr informed him that Uthman b. Abi al-ʿAs came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while a pain had seized him that had nearly incapacitated him. He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he claimed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Place your right hand on the spot that hurts you and wipe it seven times, and say with each wipe: I seek refuge in the might and power of Allah from the evil of what I find.”

19. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1272No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ أَقْبَلَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الشِّفَاءَ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِمَا إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَذَكَرَا وَجَعَ أُنْثَيَيْهِمَا لَهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنِ اشْتَكَى مِنْكُمْ شَيْئًا أَوِ اشْتَكَاهُ أَخٌ لَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ رَبَّنَا اللَّهُ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ تَقَدَّسَ اسْمُكَ أَمْرُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ كَمَا رَحْمَتُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَاجْعَلْ رَحْمَتَكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَخَطَايَانَا إِنَّكَ رَبُّ الطَّيِّبِينَ فَأَنْزِلْ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَشِفَاءً مِنْ شِفَائِكَ عَلَى هَذَا الْوَجْهِ فَيَبْرَأُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى «قَدِ احْتَجَّ الشَّيْخَانِ بِجَمِيعِ رُوَاةِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ غَيْرِ زِيَادَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ قَلِيلُ الْحَدِيثِ»

    ✧ Two men came seeking healing from urinary retention, so they were taken to Abu al-Darda and mentioned the pain in their testicles to him. He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever among you suffers something, or his brother suffers it, let him say: Our Lord is Allah who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your command is in heaven and earth, and as Your mercy is in heaven, place Your mercy on earth. Forgive us our sins and our errors. You are the Lord of the good. So send down a mercy from Your mercy and a healing from Your healing upon this ailment, and he will be cured, if Allah, Exalted is He, wills.” [The two Shaykhs relied on all the narrators of this hadith except Ziyad b. Muhammad, and he is a shaykh from the people of Egypt with few hadiths.]

20. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1273No grade recorded

    إِذَا عَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَرِيضًا فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ عَبْدَكَ يَنْكَأُ لَكَ عَدُوًّا أَوْ يَمْشِي لَكَ إِلَى صَلَاةٍ

    ✧ When one of you visits a sick person, let him say: O Allah, heal Your servant, that he may wound an enemy for You or walk for You to prayer.

21. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1274No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَنْزِلَةُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَمَا يَبْلُغُهَا بِعَمَلٍ فَلَا يَزَالُ يَبْتَلِيهِ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ حَتَّى يُبْلِغَهُ ذَلِكَ»

    ✧ Indeed a man may have a station with Allah that he does not attain through deeds, so He continues to afflict him with what he dislikes until He brings him to that.

22. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1275No grade recorded

    لَمَّا حُضِرَ آدَمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ انْطَلِقُوا فَاجْنُوا لِي مِنْ ثِمَارِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ بَنَوْهُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَقَالُوا أَيْنَ تُرِيدُونَ يَا بَنِي آدَمَ؟ قَالُوا بَعْثَنَا أَبُونَا لِنَجْنِيَ لَهُ مِنْ ثِمَارِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ ارْجِعُوا فَقَدْ كُفِيتُمْ قَالَ فَرَجَعُوا مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى دَخَلُوا عَلَى آدَمَ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُمْ حَوَّاءُ ذُعِرَتْ مِنْهُمْ وَجَعَلَتْ تَدْنُو إِلَى آدَمَ وَتَلْتَصِقُ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَهَا آدَمُ إِلَيْكِ عَنِّي إِلَيْكِ عَنِّي فَمِنْ قِبَلِكِ أُتِيتُ خَلِّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ مَلَائِكَةِ رَبِّي قَالَ فَقَبَضُوا رُوحَهُ ثُمَّ غَسَّلُوهُ وَحَنَّطُوهُ وَكَفَّنُوهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّوْا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ حَفَرُوا لَهُ ثُمَّ دَفَنُوهُ ثُمَّ قَالُوا يَا بَنِي آدَمَ هَذِهِ سُنَّتُكُمْ فِي مَوْتَاكُمْ فَكَذَاكُمْ فَافْعَلُوا

    ✧ When Adam ﷺ was near death, he said to his sons, “Go and gather fruits of Paradise for me.” His sons went out, and the angels met them and said, “Where are you heading, O sons of Adam?” They said, “Our father sent us to gather fruits of Paradise for him.” They said, “Return, for you have been spared.” They returned with them until they entered upon Adam. When Hawwa saw them, she was startled by them and began to draw close to Adam and cling to him. Adam said to her, “Away from me, away from me! It was because of you that I was brought to this. Leave me alone with the angels of my Lord.” Then they took his soul, washed him, embalmed him, shrouded him, prayed over him, dug for him, and buried him. Then they said, “O sons of Adam, this is your practice for your dead, so do likewise.”

23. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1276No grade recorded

    «كَانَ آدَمُ رَجُلًا طُوَالًا» فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا طَوِيلًا وَفِي آخِرِهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «خَلُّوا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رُسُلِ رَبِّي فَإِنَّكِ أَدْخَلْتِ عَلَيَّ هَذَا فَقَبَضُوا نَفَسَهُ وَغَسَّلُوهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالسِّدْرِ ثَلَاثًا وَكَفَّنُوهُ وَصَلَّوْا عَلَيْهِ وَدَفَنُوهُ ثُمَّ قَالُوا هَذِهِ سُنَّةُ بَنِيكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ»

    ✧ “Adam was a tall man,” and he mentioned a long hadith at the end of which he said, “Leave me alone with the messengers of my Lord, for you brought this upon me.” Then they took his soul, washed him with water and lote leaves three times, shrouded him, prayed over him, and buried him. Then they said, “This is the practice of your descendants after you.”

24. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1277No grade recorded

    عَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرِيضًا مِنْ وَعَكٍ كَانَ بِهِ وَمَعَهُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَبْشِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ هِيَ نَارِي أُسَلِّطُهَا عَلَى عَبْدِي الْمُؤْمِنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا لِتَكُونَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ النَّارِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited a sick man suffering from a fever, and Abu Hurayrah was with him. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Rejoice, for Allah says: It is My fire which I set upon My believing servant in this world so that it may be his share of the Fire in the Hereafter.”

25. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1278No grade recorded

    «طَرَقَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَعٌ فَجَعَلَ يَتَقَلَّبُ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ صَنَعَ هَذَا بَعْضُنَا لَخُشِيَ أَنْ تَجِدَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيُشَدَّدُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يُصِيبُهُ نَكْبَةٌ أَوْ وَجَعٌ إِلَّا حَطَّ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ خَطِيئَةً وَرَفَعَ لَهُ دَرَجَةً»

    ✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was struck by a pain and began tossing on his bed.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, if one of us did this, it would be feared that you would be upset with him.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Indeed the believer is severely tested, and there is no believer afflicted by a misfortune or pain except that Allah removes a sin from him and raises a degree for him.”

26. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1279No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَادَ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ» فَقَالَ لَهَا «أَهِيَ أُمُّ مِلْدَمٍ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَلَعَنَهَا اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَسُبِّيهَا فَإِنَّهَا تَغْسِلُ ذُنُوبَ الْعَبْدِ كَمَا يُذْهِبُ الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited a woman from the Ansar and said to her, “Is it Umm Mildam?” She said, “Yes, may Allah curse it.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do not revile it, for it washes away the sins of the servant as the bellows removes the dross of iron.”

27. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1280No grade recorded

    أَتَتِ الْحُمَّى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَنْ أَنْتِ؟» قَالَتْ أَنَا أُمُّ مِلْدَمٍ فَقَالَ «أَتُهْدَيْنَ إِلَى أَهْلِ قُبَاءَ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأْتِيهِمْ فَحَمُّوا وَلَقُوا مِنْهَا شِدَّةً فَاشْتَكُوا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا لَقِينَا مِنَ الْحُمَّى قَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتُمْ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فَكَشَفَهَا عَنْكُمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ طُهُورًا»

    ✧ Fever came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked permission to enter. He said, “Who are you?” She said, “I am Umm Mildam.” He said, “Will you be sent to the people of Quba?” She said, “Yes.” He said, “Then go to them.” They fell feverish and met severe hardship from it, so they complained to him, saying, “O Messenger of Allah, what we have met from this fever!” He said, “If you wish, I will pray to Allah and He will remove it from you; and if you wish, it will be a purification for you.”

28. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1281No grade recorded

    «لَا يَزَالُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْمُؤْمِنِ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ حَتَّى يَلْقَى اللَّهَ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَطِيئَةٍ»

    ✧ "Affliction will keep befalling the believer in his self, his wealth, and his children until he meets Allah with no sin upon him."

29. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1282No grade recorded

    «وَصَبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَفَّارَةٌ لِخَطَايَاهُ»

    ✧ "The believer's fever is an expiation for his sins."

30. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1283No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَعْرَابِيٍّ «هَلْ أَخَذَتْكَ أُمُّ مِلْدَمٍ قَطُّ؟» قَالَ وَمَا أُمُّ مِلْدَمٍ؟ قَالَ «حَرٌّ بَيْنَ الْجِلْدِ وَاللَّحْمِ» قَالَ مَا وَجَدْتُ هَذَا قَطُّ قَالَ «فَهَلْ أَخَذَكَ الصُّدَاعُ قَطُّ؟» قَالَ وَمَا الصُّدَاعُ؟ قَالَ «عِرْقٌ يَضْرِبُ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ فِي رَأْسِهِ» قَالَ مَا وَجَدْتُ هَذَا قَطُّ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a bedouin, "Has your mother ever experienced the pain of childbirth?" He asked, "What is the pain of childbirth?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is a burning sensation between the skin and the flesh." He said, "I have never experienced this before." The Prophet ﷺ then asked, "Have you ever experienced a headache?" He asked, "What is a headache?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is a vein that strikes a person in their head." He said, "I have never experienced this before." When the bedouin turned away, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is pleased to look at a man from the people of Hell, let them look at this person."

31. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1284No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا ضَرَبَ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ عِرْقٌ إِلَّا حَطَّ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِهِ خَطِيئَةً وَكَتَبَ لَهُ بِهِ حَسَنَةً وَرَفَعَ لَهُ بِهِ دَرَجَةً»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "No vein of a believer is struck but Allah thereby removes from him a sin, writes for him a good deed, and raises him a degree."

32. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1285No grade recorded

    «مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ فِي جَسَدِهِ يُؤْذِيهِ إِلَّا كَفَّرَ عَنْهُ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِ»

    ✧ "Nothing afflicts the believer in his body and harms him but it expiates for him some of his evil deeds."

33. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1286No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَبْتَلِي عَبْدَهُ بِالسَّقَمِ حَتَّى يُكَفِّرَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ كُلَّ ذَنْبٍ»

    ✧ "Allah indeed afflicts His servant with illness until it expiates for him every sin."

34. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1287No grade recorded

    «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُصَابُ بِبَلَاءٍ فِي جَسَدِهِ إِلَّا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ الْحَفَظَةَ الَّذِينَ يَحْفَظُونَهُ أَنِ اكْتُبُوا لِعَبْدِي فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ عَلَى مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ مَا دَامَ مَحْبُوسًا فِي وَثَاقِي»

    ✧ "No Muslim is afflicted with a trial in his body but Allah commands the guardian angels who protect him: 'Write for My servant, every day and night, the good he used to do as long as he remains confined in My bonds.'"

35. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1288No grade recorded

    «إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْعَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ حِينَ يُصِيبُهُ الْوَعْكُ أَوِ الْحُمَّى كَمَثَلِ حَدِيدَةٍ تَدْخُلُ النَّارَ فَيَذْهَبُ خَبَثُهَا وَيَبْقَى طِيبُهَا»

    ✧ "The parable of the believing servant when fever or heat afflicts him is like an iron that enters the fire: its impurity goes away and its goodness remains."

36. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1289No grade recorded

    إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَالَ يَا عِيسَى إِنِّي بَاعِثٌ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ أُمَّةً إِنْ أَصَابَهُمْ مَا يُحِبُّونَ حَمِدُوا اللَّهَ وَإِنْ أَصَابَهُمْ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ احْتَسَبُوا وَصَبَرُوا وَلَا حِلْمَ وَلَا عِلْمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ هَذَا لَهُمْ وَلَا حِلْمَ وَلَا عِلْمَ؟ قَالَ أُعْطِيهِمْ مِنْ حِلْمِي وَعِلْمِي

    ✧ Allah said: "O Jesus, I am sending after you a nation who, if what they love befalls them, praise Allah, and if what they hate befalls them, seek reward and remain patient, though they have neither forbearance nor knowledge." He said: "O Lord, how can this be for them when they have neither forbearance nor knowledge?" He said: "I shall give them from My forbearance and My knowledge."

37. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1290No grade recorded

    إِذَا ابْتَلَيْتُ عَبْدِيَ الْمُؤْمِنَ وَلَمْ يَشْكُنِي إِلَى عُوَّادِهِ أَطْلَقْتُهُ مِنْ أَسَارِي ثُمَّ أَبْدَلْتُهُ لَحْمًا خَيْرًا مِنْ لَحْمِهِ وَدَمًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَمِهِ ثُمَّ يُسْتَأْنَفُ الْعَمَلَ

    ✧ "When I afflict My believing servant and he does not complain of Me to his visitors, I release him from My bonds, then I replace for him flesh better than his flesh and blood better than his blood, and then he resumes his deeds anew."

38. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1291No grade recorded

    أَنَّ امْرَأَةً كَانَتْ بَغِيًّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَمَرَّ بِهَا رَجُلٌ أَوْ مَرَّتْ بِهِ فَبَسَطَ يَدَهُ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَتْ مَهْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَذْهَبَ بِالشِّرْكِ وَجَاءَ بِالْإِسْلَامِ فَتَرَكَهَا وَوَلَّى وَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى أَصَابَ وَجْهَهُ الْحَائِطُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «أَنْتَ عَبْدٌ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِكَ خَيْرًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِذَا أَرَادَ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا عَجَّلَ لَهُ عُقُوبَةَ ذَنْبِهِ حَتَّى يُوَافَى بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

    ✧ A woman had been a prostitute in the pre-Islamic era. A man passed by her, or she passed by him, and he stretched his hand toward her. She said: "Stop! Allah has taken away shirk and brought Islam." So he left her and turned away, but kept looking back at her until his face hit a wall. He came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him, and he said: "You are a servant for whom Allah wills good. When Allah, Blessed and Exalted, wills good for a servant, He hastens for him the punishment of his sin so that he meets Him on the Day of Resurrection with it already requited."

39. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1292No grade recorded

    لِلْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ أَرْبَعُ خِلَالٍ يُجِيبُهُ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَعُودُهُ إِذَا مَرِضَ وَيُشَمِّتُهُ إِذَا عَطَسَ وَيُشَيِّعُهُ إِذَا مَاتَ

    ✧ A Muslim owes another Muslim four duties: to answer him when he calls, to visit him when he is sick, to respond to his sneeze with a supplication, and to follow his funeral when he dies.

40. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1293No grade recorded

    جَاءَ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ يَعُودُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ أَجِئْتَ عَائِدًا أَمْ شَامِتًا؟ فَقَالَ بَلْ جِئْتَ عَائِدًا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ إِنْ جِئْتَ عَائِدًا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أَتَى أَخَاهُ عَائِدًا فَهُوَ فِي خُرَافَةِ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ غَمَرَتْهُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَإِنْ كَانَ غُدْوَةً صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُمْسِيًا صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ»

    ✧ Abu Musa al-Ash'ari came to visit al-Hasan b. Ali. Ali said to him: "Have you come as a visitor or as a gloater?" He said: "Rather, I have come as a visitor." Ali said: "If you have come as a visitor, then I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever comes to his brother as a visitor is in the orchards of Paradise. When he sits, mercy envelops him. If he comes in the morning, seventy thousand angels pray for him until evening; and if he comes in the evening, seventy thousand angels pray for him until morning.'"

41. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1294No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَعُودُ مَرِيضًا إِلَّا خَرَجَ مَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يُشَيِّعُونَهُ إِنْ كَانَ مُصْبِحًا حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُمْسِيًا شَيَّعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ» هَذَا مِنَ النَّوْعِ الَّذِي ذَكَرْتُهُ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ أَنَّ هَذَا لَا يُعَلِّلُ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ أَبَا مُعَاوِيَةَ أَحْفَظُ أَصْحَابِ الْأَعْمَشِ وَالْأَعْمَشُ أَعْرَفُ بِحَدِيثِ الْحَكَمِ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "There is no Muslim who visits a sick person except that seventy thousand angels go out with him, escorting him. If it is in the morning, until evening, and he will have an orchard in Paradise; and if it is in the evening, seventy thousand angels escort him until morning, and he will have an orchard in Paradise." This is of the type I mentioned more than once, that this does not leave it defective, for Abu Mu'awiya is the most accurate memorizer of the companions of al-A'mash, and al-A'mash is more knowledgeable of the hadith of al-Hakam than others.

42. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1295No grade recorded

    «مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا لَمْ يَزَلْ يَخُوضُ الرَّحْمَةَ حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ اغْتَمَسَ فِيهَا»

    ✧ "Whoever visits a sick person continues to wade through mercy until he sits down, and when he sits, he immerses himself in it."

43. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1296No grade recorded

    «لَا تُكْرِهُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُطْعِمُهُمْ وَيَسْقِيهِمْ»

    ✧ "Do not force your sick to eat, for Allah feeds them and gives them drink."

44. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1297No grade recorded

    لَا وَأَثْنَى عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا عَبْدٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَّا فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَتَهُ وَأَشْرَقَ لَوْنُهُ» فَمَا مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا الْقُدْرَةَ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ طَلْحَةُ وَمَا هِيَ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ «هَلْ تَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً هِيَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ أَمَرَ بِهَا عَمَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ» فَقَالَ لَهُ طَلْحَةُ هِيَ وَاللَّهِ هِيَ

    “What is the matter with you, O Abu Muhammad? Perhaps you are upset about your cousin being appointed as caliph?” [referring to Abu Bakrؓ ]. He said: “No.” And he spoke highly of Abu Bakr ؓ, [then he said:] “But I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: ʿ[There is] a word which no one says when he is dying but Allah will relieve him of distress and his colour will brighten.” Nothing prevented me from asking him about it except the fear of not being able to comply with it and I did not ask him about it until he died.” ‘Umar said to him: “I know what it is.” Talhah said to him: “What is it?ʿ ‘Umar said: “Do you know any word that is greater than the word he enjoined his uncle to say when he was dying, ‘La ilaha illallah’?” Talhah said: “You are right. By Allah, that is what it is.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1386)

45. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1298No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا عَبْدٌ حَقًّا مِنْ قَلْبِهِ فَيَمُوتُ إِلَّا حُرِّمَ عَلَى النَّارِ» فَقُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنَاهَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَنَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِهَا هِيَ كَلِمَةُ الْإِخْلَاصِ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَمَّهُ أَبَا طَالِبٍ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَهِيَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي أَكْرَمَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مُحَمَّدًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Indeed I know a word which, if a servant says it truthfully from his heart and then dies, will be forbidden to the Fire." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away and did not tell it to us. 'Umar b. al-Khattab said: I will tell you it. It is the word of sincerity which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded his uncle Abu Talib at death: the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and it is the word by which Allah honored Muhammad and his companions.

46. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1299No grade recorded

    «مَنْ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلَامِهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»

    ✧ "Whoever's last words are 'There is no god but Allah' will enter Paradise."

47. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1300No grade recorded

    ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ أَنَّ عَتِيكَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ وَهُوَ جَدُّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَبُو أُمِّهِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَتِيكٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَاءَ يَعُودُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ غُلِبَ فَصَاحَ بِهِ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ فَاسْتَرْجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «غُلِبْنَا عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا الرَّبِيعِ» فَصَاحَ النِّسْوَةُ وَبَكَيْنَ فَجَعَلَ ابْنُ عَتِيكٍ يُسَكِّتُهُنَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُنَّ فَإِذَا وَجَبَ فَلَا تَبْكِيَنَّ بَاكِيَةٌ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْوُجُوبُ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا مَاتَ» فَقَالَتِ ابْنَتُهُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ شَهِيدًا فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ كُنْتَ قَضَيْتَ جِهَازَكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَدْ أَوْقَعَ اللَّهُ أَجْرَهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ نِيَّتِهِ وَمَا تَعُدُّونَ الشَّهَادَةَ؟» قَالُوا الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الشَّهَادَةُ سَبْعٌ سِوَى الْقَتْلِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الْمَطْعُونُ شَهِيدٌ وَالْغَرِيقُ شَهِيدٌ وَصَاحِبُ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْمَبْطُونُ شَهِيدٌ وَصَاحِبُ الْحَرِيقِ شَهِيدٌ وَالَّذِي يَمُوتُ تَحْتَ الْهَدْمِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ بِجَمْعٍ شَهِيدَةٌ

    ✧ Al-Qa'nabi narrated to us, in what was read to Malik, from 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd Allah b. Jabir b. 'Atik that 'Atik b. al-Harith b. 'Atik, who is the grandfather of 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd Allah, the father of his mother, informed him that Jabir b. 'Atik informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit 'Abd Allah b. Thabit and found him overcome. He called to him but he did not answer, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the istirja' and said: "We have been overcome regarding you, O Abu al-Rabi'." The women cried out and wept, and Ibn 'Atik began to silence them, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Leave them, and when it becomes obligatory, no crying woman should weep." They said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the obligation? He said: "When he dies." His daughter said: By Allah, I was hoping that you would be a martyr, for you had completed your equipment. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah has already granted his reward according to his intention. What do you consider martyrdom?" They said: Being killed in the path of Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Martyrdom is seven besides being killed in the path of Allah: the one who dies of plague is a martyr, the one who drowns is a martyr, the one with pleurisy is a martyr, the one with a stomach disease is a martyr, the one who dies in a fire is a martyr, the one who dies under a collapsed building is a martyr, and the woman who dies in childbirth is a martyr."

48. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1301No grade recorded

    «إِذَا حَضَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ فَغَمِّضُوا الْبَصَرَ فَإِنَّ الْبَصَرَ يَتْبَعُ الرُّوحَ وَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تُؤَمِّنُ عَلَى دُعَاءِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ»

    ✧ "When you are present with the dying, close the eyes, for the sight follows the soul, and speak good, for the angels say 'Amin' to the supplication of the family."

49. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1302No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا احْتُضِرَ أَتَتْهُ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ بِحَرِيرَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ فَيَقُولُونَ اخْرُجِي رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً عَنْكِ إِلَى رَوْحِ اللَّهِ وَرَيْحَانٍ وَرَبٍّ غَيْرِ غَضْبَانَ فَتَخْرُجُ كَأَطْيَبِ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ حَتَّى أَنَّهُمْ لِيُنَاوِلُهُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا يَشُمُّونَهُ حَتَّى يَأْتُوا بِهِ بَابَ السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا أَطْيَبَ هَذِهِ الرِّيحُ الَّتِي جَاءَتْكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ؟ فَكُلَّمَا أَتَوْا سَمَاءً قَالُوا ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَأْتُوا بِهِ أَرْوَاحَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ «فَلَهُمْ أَفْرَحُ بِهِ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ بِغَائِبِهِ إِذَا قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ «فَيَسْأَلُونَهُ مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟» قَالَ فَيَقُولُونَ دَعُوهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَرِيحَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي غَمِّ الدُّنْيَا فَإِذَا قَالَ لَهُمْ أَمَا أَتَاكُمْ؟ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ قَالَ «فَيَقُولُونَ ذُهِبَ بِهِ إِلَى أُمِّهِ الْهَاوِيَةِ» قَالَ وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَإِنَّ مَلَائِكَةَ الْعَذَابِ تَأْتِيِهِ فَتَقُولُ اخْرُجِي سَاخِطَةً مَسْخُوطٌ عَلَيْكِ إِلَى عَذَابِ اللَّهِ وَسَخَطِهِ فَيَخْرُجُ كَأَنْتَنِ رِيحِ جِيفَةٍ فَيَنْطَلِقُونَ بِهِ إِلَى بَابِ الْأَرْضِ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا أَنْتَنَ هَذِهِ الرِّيحَ كُلَّمَا أَتَوْا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَأْتُوا بِهِ أَرْوَاحَ الْكُفَّارِ

    ✧ When the believer is dying, the angels of mercy come to him with white silk and say: "Come out, content and pleasing, to the spirit of Allah, and sweet basil, and a Lord who is not angry." It comes out like the best scent of musk, so much so that they pass him to one another, smelling him, until they bring him to the gate of heaven. They say: "How good is this scent that has come to you from the earth!" Every time they come to a heaven, they say that until they bring him to the spirits of the believers. He said: "They are happier with him than one of you with his absent one when he comes to him." He said: "They ask him: 'What did so-and-so do?'" He said: "They say: 'Leave him until he rests, for he was in the distress of the world.' And if he says to them: 'Did he not come to you? He has died.'" He said: "They say: 'He was taken to his mother, the abyss.'" He said: "As for the disbeliever, the angels of punishment come to him and say: 'Come out, angry and subjected to anger, to the punishment of Allah and His wrath.' It comes out like the foulest smell of a carcass, and they go with him to the gate of the earth. They say: 'How foul is this smell!' Every time they come upon a land, they say that until they bring him to the spirits of the disbelievers."

50. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1303No grade recorded

    أَخْبَرَنِيهِ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنْبَأَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ قَسَامَةَ بْنِ زُهَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَ هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَوْزَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

    ✧ Abu Bakr b. 'Abd Allah informed me, al-Hasan b. Sufyan related to us, Muhammad b. Abi Bakr al-Muqaddami related to us, Mu'adh b. Hisham related to us, my father narrated to me from Qatada, from Qasama b. Zuhayr, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly. And Hammam b. Yahya said from Qatada, from Abu al-Jawza', from Abu Hurayra.

51. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1304No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ حَضَرَهُ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ»

    ✧ "When death comes to the believer, the angels of mercy come to him."

52. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1305No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حِينَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ سَأَلَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ مَعْرُورٍ فَقَالُوا تُوُفِّيَ وَأَوْصَى بِثُلُثِهِ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَوْصَى أَنْ يُوَجَّهَ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ لَمَّا احْتُضِرَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَصَابَ الْفِطْرَةَ وَقَدْ رَدَدْتُ ثُلُثَهُ عَلَى وَلَدِهِ» ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَأَدْخِلْهُ جَنَّتَكَ وَقَدْ فَعَلْتَ» هَذَا «حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ» فَقَدِ احْتَجَّ الْبُخَارِيُّ بِنُعَيْمِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ وَاحْتَجَّ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ بِالدَّرَاوَرْدِيِّ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ فِي تَوَجُّهِ الْمُحْتَضَرِ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ غَيْرَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ

    ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ came to Madinah, he asked about al-Bara' b. Ma'rur. They said: He has died and bequeathed a third of his wealth to you, O Messenger of Allah, and he instructed that he be turned toward the qibla when he was dying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "He has hit upon the natural disposition, and I have returned his third to his children." Then he went and prayed over him and said: "O Allah, forgive him, have mercy on him, and admit him into Your Paradise, and You have already done so." This is an authentic hadith. Al-Bukhari used Nu'aym b. Hammad as evidence, and Muslim b. al-Hajjaj used al-Darawardi as evidence, but they did not include this hadith. I know of no other hadith about directing the dying person toward the qibla besides this one.

53. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1306No grade recorded

    «لَمَّا أَخَذُوا فِي غَسْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا هُمْ بِمُنَادٍ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ لَا تَنْزِعُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَمِيصَهُ»

    ✧ "When they began to wash the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, suddenly there was a caller from inside saying: 'Do not remove the shirt from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'"

54. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1307No grade recorded

    «مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا فَكَتَمَ عَلَيْهِ غُفِرَ لَهُ أَرْبَعِينَ مَرَّةً وَمَنْ كَفَّنَ مَيِّتًا كَسَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنَ السُّنْدُسِ وَإِسْتَبْرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ حَفَرَ لِمَيِّتٍ قَبْرًا فَأَجَنَّهُ فِيهِ أُجْرِيَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ كَأَجْرِ مَسْكَنٍ أُسْكِنَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever washes a deceased person and conceals it, forty times will be forgiven for him. And whoever shrouds a deceased person, Allah will cover him with silk and spread the paradise for him. And whoever digs a grave for a deceased person and straightens it, he will be rewarded with the reward of a house in which he will be housed until the Day of Judgment."

55. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1308No grade recorded

    «خَيْرُ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضُ فَأَلْبِسُوهَا أَحْيَاءَكُمْ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ»

    ✧ «The best of your garments are white, so clothe your living in them and shroud your dead in them.»

56. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1309No grade recorded

    «الْبَسُوا الثِّيَابَ الْبَيَاضَ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ فَإِنَّهَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ»

    ✧ «Wear white garments and shroud your dead in them, for they are the purest and best.»

57. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1310No grade recorded

    «إِذَا أَجْمَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ فَأَوْتِرُوا»

    ✧ «When you perfume the deceased with incense, use an odd number.»

58. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1311No grade recorded

    «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّا لَنَكَادُ أَنْ نَرْمُلَ بِالْجِنَازَةِ رَمَلًا»

    ✧ «We saw ourselves with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we almost had to jog with the funeral bier.»

59. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1312No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ بِالْبَقِيعِ فَاطُّلِعَ عَلَيْنَا بِجِنَازَةٍ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ فَتَعَجَّبَ مِنْ إِبْطَاءِ مَشْيِهِمْ بِهَا فَقَالَ عَجَبًا لِمَا تَغَيَّرَ مِنْ حَالِ النَّاسِ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ كَانَ إِلَّا الْجَمْزُ وَإِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَيُلَاحِي الرَّجُلَ فَيَقُولُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ لَكَأَنَّهُ قَدْ جُمِزَ بِكَ مُتَعَجِّبًا لِإِبْطَاءِ مَشْيِهِمْ

    ✧ I was sitting with 'Abd Allah b. Ja'far b. Abi Talib in al-Baqi' when a funeral procession came into view. Ibn Ja'far turned to us and marveled at their slow walking with it. He said, "It is astonishing how people's condition has changed. By Allah, it was nothing but a quick pace. A man would reproach another, saying, 'O servant of Allah, fear Allah!' as if you yourself had been carried at a quick pace, amazed at their slow walking."

60. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1313No grade recorded

    «الْمَاشِي أَمَامَ الْجِنَازَةِ وَالرَّاكِبُ خَلْفَهَا وَالطِّفْلُ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ»

    ✧ «The one on foot walks in front of the funeral bier, the rider behind it, and funeral prayer is performed for a child.»

61. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1314No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ شَيَّعَ جِنَازَةً فَأُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَرْكَبُهَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ فَرَكِبَهَا» فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ كَانَتْ تَمْشِي فَلَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَرْكَبَ وَهُمْ يَمْشُونَ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا أَوْ قَالَ عَرَجُوا رَكِبْتُ

    ✧ «The Prophet ﷺ accompanied a funeral procession and was brought a mount but refused to ride it. When he returned, he was brought a mount and rode it.» He was asked about this, and he said, "The angels were walking, and I would not ride while they walked. When they departed—or he said, ascended—I rode."

62. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1315No grade recorded

    «خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي جِنَازَةٍ فَرَأَى نَاسًا رُكْبَانًا» فَقَالَ «أَلَا تَسْتَحْيُونَ إِنَّ مَلَائِكَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَى أَقْدَامِهِمْ وَأَنْتُمْ عَلَى ظُهُورِ الدَّوَابِّ»

    ✧ «The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out with a funeral procession and saw people riding.» He said, «Are you not ashamed? The angels of Allah are on their feet while you are on the backs of beasts.»

63. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1316No grade recorded

    «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ مَعَ الْجِنَازَةِ لَمْ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى يُرْفَعَ أَوْ يُوضَعَ»

    ✧ «When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was with a funeral procession, he would not sit until it was lifted or placed down.»

64. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1317No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا اتَّبَعْتُمْ جِنَازَةً فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ» قَدِ اتَّفَقَ الشَّيْخَانِ عَلَى إِخْرَاجِ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ «مَنْ تَبِعَهَا فَلَا يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ» وَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, «When you follow a funeral procession, do not sit until it is placed down.» The two Shaykhs agreed on transmitting the hadith of Ibn 'Umar from 'Amir b. Rabi'ah: "Whoever follows it should not sit until it is placed down."

65. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1318No grade recorded

    كَانَ إِذَا مَرَّتْ بِهِ جِنَازَةٌ وَقَفَ حَتَّى تَمُرَّ بِهِ»

    ✧ When a funeral procession passed by him, he would stand until it passed.

66. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1319No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ جِنَازَةً صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ فَذَهَبَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ مَعَ مَرْوَانَ حَتَّى جَلَسَا فِي الْمَقْبَرَةِ فَجَاءَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ فَقَالَ لِمَرْوَانَ أَرِنِي يَدَكَ فَأَعْطَاهُ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ قُمْ فَقَامَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَرْوَانُ لِمَ أَقَمْتَنِي؟ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى جِنَازَةً قَامَ حَتَّى يُمَرَّ بِهَا وَيَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ» فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ أَصَدَقَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَمَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُخْبِرَنِي؟ قَالَ كُنْتَ إِمَامًا فَجَلَسْتَ فَجَلَسْتُ

    ✧ He witnessed a funeral prayer led by Marwan b. al-Hakam. Abu Hurayrah went with Marwan until they sat in the cemetery. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri came and said to Marwan, "Give me your hand." Marwan gave him his hand. Abu Sa'id said, "Stand up." Marwan stood, then asked, "Why did you make me stand?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he saw a funeral procession, would stand until it passed, and he would say, 'Indeed, death is a fright.'" Marwan said, "Did he speak the truth, O Abu Hurayrah?" He replied, "Yes." Marwan said, "What prevented you from telling me?" Abu Hurayrah said, "You were the leader and sat, so I sat."

67. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1320No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تَمُرُّ بِنَا جِنَازَةُ الْكُفَّارِ فَنَقُومُ لَهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ قُومُوا لَهَا فَإِنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ تَقُومُونَ لَهَا إِنَّمَا تَقُومُونَ إِعْظَامًا لِلَّذِي يَقْبِضُ النُّفُوسَ»

    ✧ He said: A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "O Messenger of Allah, a funeral of the disbelievers passes by us, should we stand for it?" He said, "Yes, stand for it, for you are not standing for it; rather you stand in veneration of the One who takes the souls."

68. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1321No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ جِنَازَةَ يَهُودِيٍّ مَرَّتْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا جِنَازَةُ يَهُودِيٍّ فَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا قُمْتُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ»

    ✧ "A Jewish funeral passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he stood." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is a Jewish funeral." He said, "I only stood for the angels."

69. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1322No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مُقَدَّمَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذَا حُضِرَ مِنَّا الْمَيِّتُ آذَنَّا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَحَضَرَهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا قَدِمْنَا انْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ وَرُبَّمَا قَعَدُوا حَتَّى يُدْفَنَ وَرُبَّمَا طَالَ حَبْسُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا خَشِينَا مَشَقَّةَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ لِبَعْضٍ لَوْ كُنَّا لَا نُؤْذِنُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِأَحَدٍ حَتَّى يُقْبَضَ فَإِذَا قُبِضَ آذَنَّاهُ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ مَشَقَّةٌ وَلَا حَبْسٌ فَكُنَّا نُؤْذِنُهُ بِالْمَيِّتِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ فَيَأْتِيهِ فَيُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ

    ✧ We were in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and when one of us was near death we would inform the Prophet ﷺ, and he would attend him and seek forgiveness for him until we arrived. Then the Prophet ﷺ and those with him would leave, and sometimes they would sit until the burial. Sometimes that detention became long for the Prophet of Allah ﷺ. When we feared the hardship of that, some of the people said to others, "If only we did not inform the Prophet ﷺ about anyone until he had died; then when he died we would inform him, and there would be no hardship or detention in that." So we would inform him of the deceased after he had died, and he would come and pray over him.

70. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1323No grade recorded

    أَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ»

    ✧ "That it is a sunnah."

71. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1324No grade recorded

    صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَأُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ أَتَقْرَأُ؟ فَقَالَ «نَعَمْ إِنَّهُ حَقٌّ وَسُنَّةٌ»

    ✧ I prayed behind Ibn Abbas at a funeral, and I heard him recite the Opening of the Book. When he finished, I took his hand and asked him, "Do you recite?" He said, "Yes, it is a right and a sunnah."

72. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1325No grade recorded

    «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُكَبِّرُ عَلَى جَنَائِزِنَا أَرْبَعًا وَيَقْرَأُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فِي التَّكْبِيرَةِ الْأُولَى»

    ✧ The translation of the given phrase from Arabic to English is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say the takbeer four times over our funeral processions and recite the opening chapter of the Quran in the first takbeer."

73. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1326No grade recorded

    كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ»

    When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over a dead person, he said: O Allah, forgive those of us who are living and those of us who are dead, those of us who are present and those of us who are absent, our young and our old, our male and our female. O Allah, to whomsoever of us Thou givest life grant him life as a believer, and whomsoever of us Thou takest in death take him in death as a follower of Islam. O Allah, do not withhold from us the reward (of faith) and do not lead us astray after his death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3201)

74. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1327No grade recorded

    سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ قَالَتْ كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ»

    ✧ I asked Aisha, the Mother of the Believers, "How was the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ over the deceased?" She said, "He would say: O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our male and our female, our present and our absent, our young and our old. O Allah, whoever of us You keep alive, keep him alive upon Islam, and whoever of us You take in death, take him in death upon faith."

75. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1328No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ لِلْجِنَازَةِ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ احْتَاجَ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَنْتَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ عَذَابِهِ إِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا فَزِدْ فِي إِحْسَانِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسِيئًا فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ»

    ✧ "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for a funeral prayer, he would say, 'O Allah, Your servant and the son of Your female servant is in need of Your mercy, while You are not in need of His punishment. If he was righteous, then increase his good deeds, and if he was a wrongdoer, then overlook his sins.'"

76. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1329No grade recorded

    حَضَرْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ صَلَّى بِنَا عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ وَكَبَّرَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ رَافِعًا صَوْتَهُ بِهَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَيَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ أَصْبَحَ فَقِيرًا إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَصْبَحْتَ غَنِيًّا عَنْ عَذَابِهِ يُخَلَّى مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَأَهْلِهَا إِنْ كَانَ زَاكِيًا فَزَكِّهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُخْطِئًا فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ» ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ ثَلَاثَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَقْرَأْ عَلَنًا إِلَّا لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهَا السُّنَّةُ» لَمْ يَحْتَجَّ الشَّيْخَانِ بِشُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ وَهُوَ مِنْ تَابِعِيِّ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَإِنَّمَا أَخْرَجْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ شَاهِدًا لِلْأَحَادِيثِ الَّتِي قَدَّمْنَا فَإِنَّهَا مُخْتَصَرَةٌ مُجْمَلَةٌ وَ

    ✧ I attended Abdullah b. Abbas when he prayed with us at a funeral at al-Abwa'. He said the takbir, then recited the Mother of the Quran, raising his voice with it, then invoked blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, then said: "O Allah, Your servant and the son of Your servant and the son of Your maidservant, he bears witness that there is no god but You alone, without partner, and he bears witness that Muhammad is Your servant and Messenger. He has become poor in need of Your mercy, and You have become rich beyond needing his punishment. He is being released from this world and its people. If he was pure, then purify him; and if he was in error, then forgive him. O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward, and do not lead us astray after him." Then he said three more takbirs, then he left. He said, "O people, I did not recite aloud except so that you know that it is the sunnah." The two Shaykhs did not use Shurahbil b. Sa'd as an authority, and he is among the Followers of the people of Madinah. I only brought out this hadith as a witness for the hadiths that we presented earlier, for they are abbreviated and general.

77. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1330No grade recorded

    تُوُفِّيَتْ بِنْتٌ لَهُ فَتَبِعَهَا عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ يَمْشِي خَلْفَ الْجِنَازَةِ وَنِسَاءٌ يَرْثِينَهَا فَقَالَ يَرْثِينَ أَوْ لَا يَرْثِينَ «فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْمَرَاثِي» وَلْتُفِضْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ مِنْ عَبْرَتِهَا مَا شَاءَتْ ثُمَّ «صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ قَامَ بَعْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ قَدْرَ مَا بَيْنَ التَّكْبِيرَتَيْنِ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهَا وَيَدْعُو» وَقَالَ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ هَكَذَا»

    ✧ A daughter of his died, and he followed her on a mule, walking behind the funeral, while women were lamenting her. He said, "Are they lamenting or not lamenting? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade lamentations. Let each of you shed tears as much as she wishes." Then he prayed over her and said four takbirs, then after the fourth he stood for the length between two takbirs, seeking forgiveness for her and supplicating. He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do this."

78. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1331No grade recorded

    أَخْبَرَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ «أَنْ يُكَبِّرَ الْإِمَامُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَيُخْلِصَ الصَّلَاةَ فِي التَّكْبِيرَاتِ الثَّلَاثِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمًا خَفِيًّا حِينَ يَنْصَرِفُ وَالسُّنَّةُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلَ أَمَامَهُ» قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي بِذَلِكَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ يَسْمَعُ فَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ وَأَنَا سَمِعْتُ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ فِي صَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُمَامَةَ

    ✧ the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed him about the funeral prayer. "The Imam should start by saying the takbir, then send blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, and complete the prayer with three additional takbirs before making the tasleem in a quiet manner when he leaves. And the Sunnah is for those behind him to do the same as what he has done." Zuhri said, "Abu Umamah and Ibn al-Musayyib informed me about this, and Ibn Shihab mentioned what Abu Umamah had told me about the Sunnah in the funeral prayer for Muhammad bin Suyaid." He said, "And I heard ad-Dahhak ibn Qays narrating from Habib ibn Muslimah in a prayer he performed for the deceased, similar to what Abu Umamah informed us."

79. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1332No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعًا وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمَةً التَّسْلِيمَةُ الْوَاحِدَةُ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ» قَدْ صَحَّتِ الرِّوَايَةُ فِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ تَسْلِيمَةً وَاحِدَةً

    ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over a funeral and said four takbirs, then gave one salutation. The single salutation is for the funeral." The narration has been authenticated from Ali b. Abi Talib, Abdullah b. Umar, Abdullah b. Abbas, Jabir b. Abdullah, Ibn Abi Awfa, and Abu Hurayrah that they used to give one salutation at the funeral.

80. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1333No grade recorded

    «الْمُؤْمِنُ يَمُوتُ بِعَرَقِ الْجَبِينِ»

    ✧ "The believer dies with sweat on his forehead."

81. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1334No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَبَّلَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ مَظْعُونٍ وَهُوَ مَيِّتٌ وَهُوَ يَبْكِي» قَالَ «وَعَيْنَاهُ تُهْرِقَانِ»

    ✧ "The Prophet ﷺ kissed Uthman b. Maz'un while he was dead, and he was weeping." He said, "And his eyes were shedding tears."

82. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1335No grade recorded

    «أَطْيَبُ الطِّيبِ الْمِسْكُ» تَابَعَهُ الْمُسْتَمِرُّ بْنُ الرَّيَّانِ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ

    ✧ "The best perfume is musk." Al-Mustamirr b. al-Rayyan concurred with him, from Abu Nadrah.

83. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1336No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمِسْكِ فَقَالَ «هُوَ أَطْيَبُ طِيبِكُمْ»

    The Prophet was asked about musk and he said: "It is the best of your perfumes." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 992)

84. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1337No grade recorded

    كَانَ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ مِسْكٌ فَأَوْصَى أَنْ يُحَنَّطَ بِهِ قَالَ وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ «وَهُوَ فَضْلُ حَنُوطِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ»

    ✧ Ali said, "And it is the virtue of Hanoot, the messenger of Allah peace be upon him."

85. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1338No grade recorded

    «لَمَّا أَخَذُوا فِي غَسْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَادَاهُمْ مُنَادٍ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ لَا تَنْزِعُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَمِيصَهُ»

    ✧ When they began washing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, a caller called out to them from inside: 'Do not remove the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ shirt.'

86. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1339No grade recorded

    عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ غَسَّلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَذَهَبْتُ أَنْظُرُ مَا يَكُونُ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًا وَكَانَ طَيِّبًا ﷺ حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا وَلِيَ دَفْنَهُ وَإِجْنَانَهُ دُونَ النَّاسِ أَرْبَعَةٌ عَلِيٌّ وَالْعَبَّاسُ وَالْفَضْلُ وَصَالِحٌ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلُحِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَحْدًا وَنُصِبَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّبِنُ نَصْبًا

    ✧ Ali ibn Abi Talib, I washed the Messenger of Allah, then I went to see what would happen to the deceased, but I did not see anything. He was a good person, both alive and dead. I had the duty to bury him and shroud him. Four people were with me: Ali, al-Abbas, al-Fadl, and Salih, who was a servant of the Messenger of Allah. We buried the Messenger of Allah according to Islamic customs, and poured milk over his grave.

87. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1340No grade recorded

    «مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا فَكَتَمَ عَلَيْهِ غُفِرَ لَهُ أَرْبَعِينَ مَرَّةً وَمَنْ كَفَّنَ مَيِّتًا كَسَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ سُنْدُسِ وَإِسْتَبْرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ حَفَرَ لِمَيِّتٍ قَبْرًا وَأَجَنَّهُ فِيهِ أُجْرِيَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ كَأَجْرِ مَسْكَنٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»

    ✧ Whoever washes a dead person and conceals [what he sees], he will be forgiven forty times; and whoever shrouds a dead person, Allah will clothe him from the silk and brocade of Paradise; and whoever digs a grave for a dead person and buries him in it, he will be given a reward like the reward of a dwelling until the Day of Resurrection.

88. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1341No grade recorded

    وَكَانَ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِجِنَازَةٍ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا فَتَقَالَّ أَهْلَهَا جَزَّأَهُمْ صُفُوفًا ثَلَاثَةً فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ عَلَيْهَا وَيَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا صَفَّ صُفُوفٌ ثَلَاثَةً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ إِلَّا أَوْجَبَتْهُ» هَذَا اللَّفْظُ حَدِيثُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ فِي لَفْظِ الْمَحْبُوبِيِّ «إِلَّا غُفِرَ لَهُ»

    ✧ When a funeral procession was brought to him to pray over it and its people were few, he would divide them into three rows and pray with them over it, and he would say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'No three rows of Muslims line up over a funeral except that it becomes obligatory [for forgiveness].' This wording is the hadith of Ibn 'Ulayya; in the wording of al-Mahbubi: 'except that he is forgiven.'

89. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1342No grade recorded

    كَانَ غُلَامٌ يَهُودِيٌّ يَخْدُمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَمَرِضَ فَعَادَهُ وَقَالَ «قُلْ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ» فَنَظَرَ الْغُلَامُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ فَقَالَ قُلْ مَا يَقُولُ لَكَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صَلُّوا عَلَى أَخِيكُمْ»

    ✧ There was a Jewish boy who served the Prophet ﷺ, and he fell ill. The Prophet ﷺ visited him and said: 'Say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah.' The boy looked at his father, who said: 'Say what Muhammad says to you.' When he died, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Pray over your brother.'

90. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1343No grade recorded

    «الرَّاكِبُ خَلْفَ الْجِنَازَةِ وَالْمَاشِي قَرِيبًا مِنْهَا وَالطِّفْلُ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ»

    ✧ The rider is behind the funeral procession, the walker is near it, and the child is prayed over.

91. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1344No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الرَّاكِبُ يَسِيرُ خَلْفَ الْجِنَازَةِ وَالْمَاشِي عَنْ يَمِينِهَا وَشِمَالِهَا قَرِيبًا وَالسِّقْطُ يُصَلَّى وَيُدْعَى لِوَالِدَيْهِ بِالْعَافِيَةِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ» قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي عَقِبِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ وَحَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَهْلِهِ أَنَّهُ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رِوَايَةً لِيُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ حَيَّةَ

    ✧ He raised it to the Prophet ﷺ, who said: 'The rider proceeds behind the funeral procession, and the walker on its right and left, near it. The miscarried fetus is prayed over and supplication is made for its parents for well-being and mercy.' Ibrahim b. Abi Talib said at the end of this hadith: Yunus b. 'Ubayd said: Some of his family narrated to me that he raised it to the Prophet ﷺ as a narration of Yunus b. 'Ubayd from Sa'id b. 'Ubayd Allah b. Jubayr b. Hayya.

92. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1345No grade recorded

    «إِذَا اسْتَهَلَّ الصَّبِيُّ وَرِثَ وَصُلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ»

    ✧ If the infant cries out [at birth], it inherits and is prayed over.

93. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1346No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِخَيْبَرَ فَمَاتَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا مِنْ أَشْجَعَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ» فَذَهَبْنَا نَنْظُرُ فَوَجَدْنَا خَرَزًا مِنْ خَرَزِ يَهُودَ مَا يُسَاوِي دِرْهَمَيْنِ «رَوَاهُ النَّاسُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ» أَبُو عَمْرَةَ هَذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ مَعْرُوفٌ بِالصِّدْقِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ

    ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ in Khaybar when a man from among us died, who was one of the bravest. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Pray for him." So we went to look for something to use as a shroud, and we found only two dirhams worth of beads belonging to Jews. This hadith was narrated by people from Yahya ibn Sa'id. This is Abu 'Amrah, a man from Juhaynah known for his honesty, and he did not lie.

94. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1347No grade recorded

    مَاتَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ مَاتَ فُلَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَمْ يَمُتْ» ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ مَاتَ فُلَانٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَمْ يَمُتْ» ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ مَاتَ فُلَانٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَيْفَ مَاتَ؟» قَالَ نَحَرَ نَفْسَهُ بِمِشْقَصٍ كَانَ مَعَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ

    ✧ A man died in the time of the Prophet ﷺ. A man came to him and said: 'So-and-so has died.' The Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'He has not died.' Then he came to him a second time and said: 'So-and-so has died.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'He has not died.' Then he came to him a third time and said: 'So-and-so has died.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'How did he die?' He said: 'He cut his own throat with a blade he had with him.' The Prophet ﷺ did not pray over him.

95. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1348No grade recorded

    كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا دُعِيَ إِلَى جِنَازَةٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهَا فَإِنْ أُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لِأَهْلِهَا «شَأْنَكُمْ بِهَا» وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهَا

    ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ was invited to a funeral, he would ask about [the deceased]. If good was said of him, he would pray over him, and if other than that was said of him, he would say to his family: 'Take care of him yourselves,' and he would not pray over him.

96. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1349No grade recorded

    قَدْ كُنَّا مُقَدَّمَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذَا حُضِرَ مِنَّا الْمَيِّتُ آذَنَّا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَحَضَرَهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا قُبِضَ انْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ حَتَّى يُدْفَنَ وَرُبَّمَا طَالَ حَبْسُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمَّا خَشِينَا مَشَقَّةَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ لِبَعْضٍ لَوْ كُنَّا لَا نُؤْذِنُ النَّبِيَّ بِأَحَدٍ حَتَّى يُقْبَضَ فَإِذَا قُبِضَ آذَنَّاهُ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ مَشَقَّةٌ وَلَا حَبْسٌ فَفَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ وَكُنَّا نُؤْذِنُهُ بِالْمَيِّتِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ فَيَأْتِيهِ فَيُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ فَرُبَّمَا انْصَرَفَ وَرُبَّمَا مَكَثَ حَتَّى يُدْفَنَ الْمَيِّتُ فَكُنَّا عَلَى ذَلِكَ حِينًا ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لَوْ لَمْ يَشْخَصِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَحَمَلْنَا جَنَازَتَنَا إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ بَيْتِهِ لَكَانَ ذَلِكَ أَوْفَقَ بِهِ فَفَعَلْنَا فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الْأَمْرُ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ

    ✧ In the early days of the Prophet ﷺ, when one of us was on his deathbed, we would inform the Prophet ﷺ, and he would attend and seek forgiveness for him until he died. Then the Prophet ﷺ and those with him would leave until he was buried. Sometimes this waiting was prolonged for the Prophet ﷺ. When we feared that this was burdensome for him, some of the people said to others: 'If only we did not inform the Prophet ﷺ about anyone until he had died; then after he died we would inform him, and there would be no burden or waiting for him in that.' So we did that: we would inform him of the deceased after he had died, and he would come and pray over him. Sometimes he would leave, and sometimes he would stay until the deceased was buried. We continued on that for a while, then we said: 'If only the Prophet ﷺ did not have to go out, and we carried our funeral to him so that he could pray over it at his house, that would be more convenient for him.' So we did that, and that has been the practice until today.

97. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1350No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ «دَعَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى عُمَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ فَأَتَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ فِي مَنْزِلِهِمْ فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَرَاءَهُ وَأُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ وَرَاءَ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُمْ غَيْرُهُمْ»

    ✧ Abu Talha invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ [to the funeral] of 'Umayr b. Abi Talha when he died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to them and prayed over him in their home. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went forward, Abu Talha was behind him, and Umm Sulaym was behind Abu Talha; there was no one else with them.

98. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1351No grade recorded

    لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَقَدْ جُدِعَ وَمُثِّلَ بِهِ فَقَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنْ تَجِدَ صَفِيَّةُ تَرَكْتُهُ حَتَّى يَحْشُرَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ بُطُونِ الطَّيْرِ وَالسِّبَاعِ» فَكَفَّنَهُ فِي نَمِرَةٍ إِذَا خُمِّرَ رَأْسُهُ بَدَتْ رِجْلَاهُ وَإِذَا خُمِّرَتْ رِجْلَاهُ بَدَا رَأْسُهُ فَخُمِّرَ رَأْسُهُ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنَ الشُّهَدَاءِ غَيْرِهِ وَقَالَ «أَنَا شَاهِدٌ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ» وَكَانَ يَجْمَعُ الثَّلَاثَةَ وَالِاثْنَيْنِ فِي قَبْرٍ وَاحِدٍ وَيَسْأَلُ «أَيُّهُمْ أَكْثَرُ قُرْآنًا؟» فَيُقَدِّمُهُ فِي اللَّحْدِ وَكَفَّنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةَ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ

    ✧ On the day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by Hamza b. 'Abd al-Muttalib, who had been mutilated and disfigured. He said: 'Were it not that Safiyya would grieve, I would have left him so that Allah would gather him from the bellies of birds and beasts.' He shrouded him in a striped cloak: when his head was covered, his feet showed, and when his feet were covered, his head showed. He covered his head. He did not pray over any of the martyrs other than him, and he said: 'I am a witness over you today.' He would gather three and two [martyrs] in one grave and ask: 'Which of them knew more of the Quran?' and he would put him first in the niche. He shrouded two and three men in a single cloth.

99. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1352No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ شُهَدَاءَ أُحُدٍ لَمْ يُغَسَّلُوا وَدُفِنُوا بِدِمَائِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُصَلَّ عَلَيْهِمْ»

    ✧ The martyrs of Uhud were not washed, and they were buried with their blood, and no funeral prayer was offered for them.

100. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1353No grade recorded

     إِذَا وَضَعْتُمْ مَوْتَاكُمْ فِي قُبُورِهِمْ فَقُولُوا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ

     ✧ When you place your dead in their graves, say: In the name of Allah and upon the religion of the Messenger of Allah.

101. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1354No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا وَضَعَ الْمَيِّتَ فِي قَبْرِهِ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَدِيثُ الْبَيَاضِيِّ وَهُوَ مَشْهُورٌ فِي الصَّحَابَةِ شَاهِدٌ لِحَدِيثِ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ مُسْنَدًا

     ✧ When he placed the deceased in his grave, he would say: In the name of Allah and upon the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah. The hadith of al-Bayadi, who is well-known among the Companions, is a witness for the hadith of Hammam from Qatadah, traced back as a musnad.

102. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1355No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْمَيِّتُ فِي قَبْرِهِ فَلْيَقُلِ الَّذِينَ يَضَعُونَهُ حِينَ يُوضَعُ فِي اللَّحْدِ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ وَبِاللَّهِ وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said: When the deceased is placed in his grave, let those who place him say, at the moment he is placed in the niche, 'In the name of Allah and by Allah, and upon the religion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'

103. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1356No grade recorded

     مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ عِنْدَ قَبْرٍ فَقَالَ «قَبْرُ مَنْ هَذَا؟» فَقَالُوا فُلَانٌ الْحَبَشِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ سِيقَ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ وَسَمَائِهِ إِلَى تُرْبَتِهِ الَّتِي مِنْهَا خُلِقَ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by a funeral at a grave and said, 'Whose grave is this?' They said, 'So-and-so the Abyssinian, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'There is no god but Allah, there is no god but Allah. He was driven from his land and his sky to the soil from which he was created.'

104. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1357No grade recorded

     «إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ قَبْضَ عَبْدٍ بِأَرْضٍ جَعَلَ لَهُ فِيهَا أَوْ بِهَا حَاجَةً»

     ✧ When Allah wills to take a servant in a land, He creates for him a need therein or thereby.

105. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1358No grade recorded

     عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

     ✧ From Abdullah b. Mas'ud.

106. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1359No grade recorded

     «مَا جُعِلَ أَجَلُ رَجُلٍ فِي أَرْضٍ إِلَّا جُعِلَتْ لَهُ فِيهَا حَاجَةٌ»

     ✧ The appointed term of a man was not made in a land except that a need for him was made therein.

107. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1360No grade recorded

     «إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ قَبْضَ عَبْدٍ بِأَرْضٍ جَعَلَ لَهُ إِلَيْهَا حَاجَةً»

     ✧ When Allah wills to take a servant in a land, He creates for him a need to go to it.

108. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1361No grade recorded

     رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَإِنَّهُ أَوَّاهٌ» قَالَ فَمَاتَ فَرَأَى رَجُلٌ نَارًا فِي قَبْرِهِ فَأَتَاهُ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «هَلُمُّوا إِلَى صَاحِبَكُمْ» فَإِذَا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ بِالذِّكْرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed he is awwah (one who sighs).' He said, then he died, and a man saw fire in his grave, so he came to it, and behold, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in it, and he was saying, 'Come to your companion.' And behold, it was the man who used to raise his voice in remembrance.

109. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1362No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ نَارًا فِي الْمَقَابِرِ فَأَتَيْتُهُمْ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْقَبْرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «نَاوِلُونِي صَاحِبَكُمْ»

     ✧ I saw fire in the graveyard, so I came to them, and behold, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in the grave, and he was saying, 'Hand me your companion.'

110. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1363No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا كَانَ بِمَكَّةَ وَكَانَ رُومِيًّا وَفِي حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ اسْمُهُ وَقَّاصٌ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ فِي دُعَائِهِ أَوَّهْ أَوَّهْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهُ لَأَوَّاهٌ» قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَخَرَجْتُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَإِذَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي الْمَقَابِرِ يَدْفِنُ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ وَمَعَهُ الْمِصْبَاحُ

     ✧ I heard a man who was in Makkah, and he was a Byzantine—and in Shu'bah's hadith his name is Waqqas—narrating from Abu Dharr, who said: There was a man circumambulating the House, and he was saying in his supplication, 'Awwah, awwah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed he is awwah.' Abu Dharr said: Then I went out one night, and behold, the Prophet ﷺ was in the graveyard burying that man, and with him was a lamp.

111. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1364No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَطَبَ يَوْمًا فَذَكَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قُبِضَ وَكُفِّنَ فِي كَفَنٍ غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ وَقُبِرَ لَيْلًا فَزَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُقْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ بِاللَّيْلِ حَتَّى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُضْطَرَّ إِنْسَانٌ إِلَى ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ «إِذَا كَفَّنَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ gave a sermon one day and mentioned a man from his companions who had died and was shrouded in a shroud of little worth and was buried at night. The Prophet ﷺ prohibited that a man be buried at night until prayer be said over him, except if a person is compelled to do that. And he said, "When one of you shrouds his brother, let him make his shroud good."

112. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1365No grade recorded

     فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَطَبَ يَوْمًا فَذَكَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قُبِضَ فَكُفِّنَ فِي كَفَنٍ غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ وَقُبِرَ لَيْلًا فَزَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُقْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ لَيْلًا وَلَا يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُضْطَرَّ إِنْسَانٌ إِلَى ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ «إِذَا وَلِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ»

     ✧ He informed me that the Prophet ﷺ gave a sermon one day and mentioned a man from his companions who had died and was shrouded in a shroud of little worth and buried at night. The Prophet ﷺ prohibited that a man be buried at night without prayer being said over him, except if a person is compelled to do that. And he said, "When one of you takes charge of his brother, let him make his shroud good."

113. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1366No grade recorded

     لِأَبِي هَيَّاجٍ «أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ لَا تَدَعْ تِمْثَالًا إِلَّا طَمَسْتَهُ وَلَا قَبْرًا مُشْرِفًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتَهُ»

     ✧ To Abu Hayyaj: "I am sending you on what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me: that you leave no image without effacing it and no raised grave without leveling it."

114. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1367No grade recorded

     لِي عَلِيٌّ أَلَا أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ I Ali, am unwilling to send you on what the Prophet ﷺ did not command me regarding, so he mentioned the narration in its form.

115. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1368No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أُمَّاهُ اكْشِفِي لِي عَنْ قَبْرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَصَاحِبَيْهِ فَكَشَفَتْ لِي عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ قُبُورٍ لَا مُشْرِفَةٍ وَلَا لَاطِئَةٍ مَبْطُوحَةٍ بِبَطْحَاءِ الْعَرْصَةِ الْحَمْرَاءِ «فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُقَدَّمًا وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ رَأْسُهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعُمَرُ رَأْسُهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ»

     ✧ I entered upon Aisha and said, "O mother, uncover for me the grave of the Prophet ﷺ and his two companions." She uncovered for me three graves, neither raised nor flat, spread with the red pebbles of the courtyard. "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in front, Abu Bakr with his head between the shoulders of the Prophet ﷺ, and Umar with his head at the feet of the Prophet ﷺ."

116. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1369No grade recorded

     «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُبْنَى عَلَى الْقَبْرِ أَوْ يُجَصَّصَ أَوْ يَقْعُدَ عَلَيْهِ وَنَهَى أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيْهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade building over a grave, plastering it, sitting on it, and writing on it.

117. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1370No grade recorded

     «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ تَجْصِيصِ الْقُبُورِ وَالْكِتَابَةِ فِيهَا وَالْبِنَاءِ عَلَيْهَا وَالْجُلُوسِ عَلَيْهَا» هَذِهِ الْأَسَانِيدُ صَحِيحَةٌ «وَلَيْسَ الْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهَا فَإِنَّ أَئِمَّةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ إِلَى الْغَرْبِ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَى قُبُورِهِمْ وَهُوَ عَمَلٌ أَخَذَ بِهِ الْخَلَفُ عَنِ السَّلَفِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade plastering graves, writing on them, building over them, and sitting on them. These chains are authentic, but the practice is not upon them, for the imams of the Muslims from east to west have writing on their graves, and it is a practice the later generations took from the earlier ones.

118. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1371No grade recorded

     «لَا تَزَالُ أُمَّتِي أَوْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ فِي مَسَكَةٍ مِنْ دِينِهَا مَا لَمْ يَكِلُوا الْجَنَائِزَ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا»

     ✧ My community—or this community—will remain in a firm hold of its religion as long as they do not entrust funerals to their families.

119. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1372No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ يَقُولُ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ عِنْدَ قَبْرٍ وَصَاحِبُهُ يُدْفَنُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِأَخِيكُمْ وَسَلُوا اللَّهَ لَهُ التَّثْبِيتَ فَإِنَّهُ الْآنَ يُسْأَلُ»

     ✧ I heard Uthman b. Affan say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a funeral at a grave while its occupant was being buried. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Seek forgiveness for your brother and ask Allah for him to be made steadfast, for he is now being questioned."

120. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1373No grade recorded

     كَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ إِذَا وَقَفَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ بَكَى حَتَّى يَبُلَّ لِحْيَتَهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ قَدْ تَذْكُرُ الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ فَلَا تَبْكِي وَتَبْكِي مِنْ هَذَا فَيَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْقَبْرَ أَوَّلُ مَنَازِلِ الْآخِرَةِ فَإِنْ نَجَا مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَيْسَرُ مِنْهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ» وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا رَأَيْتُ مَنْظَرًا إِلَّا وَالْقَبْرُ أَفْظَعُ مِنْهُ»

     ✧ Uthman b. Affan, when he stood at a grave, would weep until his beard became wet. It was said to him, "You remember Paradise and Hell and do not weep, yet you weep at this?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The grave is the first of the stages of the Hereafter. If one is saved from it, what comes after is easier. If one is not saved from it, what comes after is more severe.'" And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have never seen a sight but the grave is more dreadful than it."

121. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1374No grade recorded

     «سَافَرْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ فَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ مَرَّ بِجِيفَةِ إِنْسَانٍ إِلَّا أَمَرَ بِدَفْنِهِ لَا يَسْأَلُ أَمُسْلِمٌ هُوَ أَمْ كَافِرٌ»

     ✧ I traveled with the Prophet ﷺ more than once, and I never saw him pass by the corpse of a human being except that he ordered its burial, without asking whether he was a Muslim or a disbeliever.

122. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1375No grade recorded

     لِكُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ ثَلَاثَةُ أَخِلَّاءَ أمَّا خَلِيلٌ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَنْفَقْتَ فَلَكَ وَمَا أَمْسَكْتَ فَلَيْسَ لَكَ وَذَلِكَ مَالُهُ وَأمَّا خَلِيلٌ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا مَعَكَ فَإِذَا أَتَيْتَ بَابَ الْمَلِكِ تَرَكْتُكَ وَرَجَعْتُ فَذَاكَ أَهْلُهُ وَحَشَمُهُ وَأمَّا خَلِيلٌ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا مَعَكَ حَيْثُ دَخَلْتَ وَحَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَذَاكَ عَمَلُهُ فَيَقُولُ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَأَهْوَنَ الثَّلَاثَةِ عَلَيَّ

     ✧ Every person has three friends. One friend says, "What you spend is yours, and what you withhold is not yours"—that is his wealth. Another friend says, "I am with you, but when you reach the king's door, I will leave you and return"—that is his family and retainers. Another friend says, "I am with you wherever you enter and wherever you go out"—that is his deeds. Then he says, "You were the least of the three in my eyes."

123. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1376No grade recorded

     مَثَلُ الرَّجُلِ وَمَثَلُ الْمَوْتِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةُ خِلَّانٍ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ هَذَا مَالِي فَخُذْ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ أَنَا مَعَكَ حَيَاتَكَ فَإِذَا مِتَّ تَرَكْتُكَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ أَنَا مَعَكَ أَدْخُلُ وَأَخْرُجُ مَعَكَ إِنْ مِتَّ وَإِنْ حَيِيتَ فَأَمَّا الَّذِي قَالَ خُذْ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ وَدَعْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّهُ مَالُهُ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ عَشِيرَتُهُ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَهُوَ عَمَلُهُ

     ✧ The example of a man and death is like a man who has three friends. One of them says, "This is my wealth, take from it what you wish." Another says, "I am with you as long as you live, but when you die, I will leave you." The other says, "I am with you; I enter and leave with you, whether you die or live." As for the one who said, "Take from it what you wish and leave what you wish," that is his wealth. The other is his kinsfolk. The other is his deeds.

124. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1377No grade recorded

     قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اصْنَعُوا لِآلِ جَعْفَرٍ طَعَامًا فَقَدْ أَتَاهُمْ أَمْرٌ يَشْغَلُهُمْ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Prepare food for the family of Ja'far, for there has come to them a matter that occupies them."

125. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1378No grade recorded

     لَوْ رَأَيْتَنِي وَقُثَمَ وَعُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ نَلْعَبُ إِذْ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى دَابَّةٍ فَقَالَ «احْمِلُوا هَذَا إِلَيَّ» فَجَعَلَنِي أَمَامَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِقُثَمَ «احْمِلُوا هَذَا إِلَيَّ» فَجَعَلَهُ وَرَاءَهُ مَا اسْتَحْيَا مِنْ عَمِّهِ الْعَبَّاسِ أَنْ حَمَلَ قُثَمَ وَتَرَكَ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِي ثَلَاثًا فَلَمَّا مَسَحَ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اخْلُفْ جَعْفَرًا فِي وَلَدِهِ» قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ مَا فَعَلَ قُثَمُ؟ قَالَ اسْتُشْهِدَ قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ كَانَ أَعْلَمَ بِخَبَرِهِ قَالَ أَجَلْ

     ✧ If only you had seen me, Qutham, and 'Ubayd Allah b. al-'Abbas playing when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by on a mount. He said: "Lift this one up to me," and he placed me in front of him. Then he said to Qutham: "Lift this one up to me," and he placed him behind him. He was not ashamed before his uncle al-'Abbas to carry Qutham and leave 'Ubayd Allah. Then he wiped my head three times, and when he wiped it he said: "O Allah, be a successor to Ja'far in his children." I said to 'Abd Allah b. Ja'far: "What happened to Qutham?" He said: "He was martyred." I said to 'Abd Allah: "Allah and His Messenger knew best of his fate." He said: "Indeed."

126. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1379No grade recorded

     مَسَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى رَأْسِي قَالَ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ ثَلَاثًا فَلَمَّا مَسَحَ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اخْلُفْ جَعْفَرًا فِي وَلَدِهِ» قَدْ أَتَى جَعْفَرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ بِشَيْئَيْنِ عَزِيزَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا مَسْحُ رَأْسِ الْيَتِيمِ وَالْآخَرُ تَفَقُّدُ أَهْلِ الْمُصِيبَةِ بِمَا يَتَقَوَّتُونَ لَيْلَتَهُمْ «وَفَّقَنَا اللَّهُ لِاسْتِعْمَالِهِ عَنْهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiped his hand over my head. He said: I think he said three times. When he wiped it he said: "O Allah, be a successor to Ja'far in his children." Ja'far b. Khalid has brought two precious things: one is the wiping of the orphan's head, and the other is looking after the bereaved family with what sustains them for their night. "May Allah grant us success in acting upon it on his behalf."

127. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1380No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنِي بَشِيرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ اسْمُهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ زَحْمُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ وَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا اسْمُكَ؟» قَالَ زَحْمُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ فَقَالَ «أَنْتَ بَشِيرٌ» فَكَانَ اسْمَهُ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا أُمَاشِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا ابْنَ الْخَصَاصِيَةِ مَا تَنْقِمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَصْبَحْتَ تُمَاشِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ» فَقُلْتُ مَا أَنْقِمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ شَيْئًا كُلُّ خَيْرٍ فَعَلَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ فَأَتَى عَلَى قُبُورٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ سَبَقَ هَؤُلَاءِ بِخَيْرٍ كَثِيرٍ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَتَى عَلَى قُبُورِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ هَؤُلَاءِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَمْشِي إِذْ حَانَتْ مِنْهُ نَظْرَةٌ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلٍ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ الْقُبُورِ عَلَيْهِ نَعْلَانِ فَقَالَ «يَا صَاحِبَ السِّبْتِيَّتَيْنِ وَيْحَكَ أَلْقِ سِبْتِيَّتَيْكَ» فَنَظَرَ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ الرَّجُلُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَلَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ فَرَمَى بِهِمَا

     ✧ Bashir, the messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, narrated to me. His name in the pre-Islamic era was Zahm b. Ma'bad, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "What is your name?" He said: "Zahm b. Ma'bad." He said: "You are Bashir." So that became his name. He said: While I was walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: "O son of al-Khasasiyyah, what do you resent against Allah? You have come to walk with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." I said: "I do not resent anything against Allah. Every good, the Prophet of Allah did." Then he came upon graves of the polytheists and said: "These have preceded with much good" three times. Then he came upon graves of the Muslims and said: "These have attained much good" three times. While he was walking, he happened to glance, and behold, there was a man walking among the graves wearing two sandals. He said: "O owner of the two sihtiyyah sandals, woe to you! Throw off your two sihtiyyah sandals." The man looked, and when he recognized the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he removed his sandals and threw them away.

128. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1381No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَمْشِي فِي نَعْلَيْنِ بَيْنَ الْقُبُورِ فَقَالَ «يَا صَاحِبَ السِّبْتِيَّتَيْنِ أَلْقِهِمَا»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man walking in two sandals among the graves and said: "O owner of the two sihtiyyah sandals, throw them off."

129. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1382No grade recorded

     قَبَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا وَحَاذَيْنَا بَابَهُ إِذْ هُوَ بِامْرَأَةٍ لَا نَظُنُّهُ عَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ «يَا فَاطِمَةُ مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتِ؟» قَالَتْ جِئْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَيِّتِ رَحِمْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ مَيِّتَهُمْ وَعَزَّيْتُهُمْ قَالَ «فَلَعَلَّكِ بَلَغْتَ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى؟» قَالَتْ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ أَبْلَغَ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ تَذْكُرُ فِيهِ مَا تَذْكُرُ قَالَ «لَوْ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى مَا رَأَيْتِ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَرَى جَدُّ أَبِيكِ» وَالْكُدَى الْمَقَابِرُ رَوَاهُ حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ سَيْفٍ

     ✧ We buried a man with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When we returned and approached his door, we found him with a woman whom we did not think he knew. He said, "O Fatimah, where did you come from?" She replied, "I came from the family of the deceased, I showed them sympathy for their dead and offered them condolences." He asked, "Did you reach the graves with them?" She said, "May Allah forbid me from reaching the graves with them, but I heard you mentioning something about them." He said, "If you had reached the graves with them, you would not have seen Paradise until your grandfather sees it." The graves are called "al-Kuda." This narration was reported by Haywah bin Shurayh al-Hadrami from Rabee'ah bin Seef.

130. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1383No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبْصَرَ امْرَأَةً مُنْصَرِفَةً مِنْ جِنَازَةٍ فَسَأَلَهَا «مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتِ؟» فَقَالَتْ مِنْ تَعْزِيَةِ أَهْلِ هَذَا الْمَيِّتِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَاللَّهِ لَوْ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى مَا رَأَيْتِ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَرَاهَا جَدُّ أَبِيكِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a woman returning from a funeral procession and asked her: "Where have you come from?" She said: "From offering condolences to the family of this deceased." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "By Allah, if you had reached with them al-Kuda, you would not have seen Paradise until the grandfather of your father sees it."

131. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1384No grade recorded

     «لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَائِرَاتِ الْقُبُورِ وَالْمُتَّخِذِينَ عَلَيْهَا الْمَسَاجِدَ وَالسُّرُجَ»

     ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed women who visit graves, and those who take them as places of prostration and lamps."

132. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1385No grade recorded

     «لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَوَّارَاتِ الْقُبُورِ» وَهَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثُ الْمَرْوِيَّةُ فِي النَّهْيِ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ مَنْسُوخَةٌ

     ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed women who frequently visit graves." These hadiths narrated about the prohibition of visiting graves are abrogated.

133. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1386No grade recorded

     «نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَزُورُوهَا فَإِنَّ فِيهَا عِبْرَةً وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنِ النَّبِيذِ أَلَا فَانْتَبِذُوا وَلَا أُحِلُّ مُسْكِرًا وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِي فَكُلُوا وَادَّخِرُوا»

     ✧ "I had forbidden you from visiting graves, but now visit them, for in them is a lesson. And I had forbidden you from nabidh, so now make nabidh, but I do not permit any intoxicant. And I had forbidden you from the meat of sacrificial animals, so eat and store it."

134. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1387No grade recorded

     «إِنِّي كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ وَأَكْلِ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِي فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعَنْ نَبِيذِ الْأَوْعِيَةِ أَلَا فَزُورُوا الْقُبُورَ فَإِنَّهَا تُزَهِّدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَتُذَكِّرُ الْآخِرَةَ وَكُلُوا لُحُومَ الْأَضَاحِي وَابْقُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَإِنَّمَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ إِذِ الْخَيْرُ قَلِيلٌ تَوْسِعَةً عَلَى النَّاسِ أَلَا إِنَّ وِعَاءً لَا يُحَرِّمُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ»

     ✧ "I had forbidden you from visiting graves, from eating the meat of sacrificial animals beyond three days, and from nabidh in certain vessels. Now, visit graves, for they make one abstemious in this world and remind of the Hereafter. Eat the meat of sacrificial animals and keep what you wish, for I only forbade you to do so when provisions were scarce, as a relief for the people. Indeed, no vessel makes anything forbidden; every intoxicant is forbidden."

135. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1388No grade recorded

     «نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَزُورُوهَا فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُكُمُ الْمَوْتُ»

     ✧ "I had forbidden you from visiting graves, but now visit them, for they remind you of death."

136. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1389No grade recorded

     «زَارَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَبْرَ أُمِّهِ فِي أَلْفِ مُقَنَّعٍ فَلَمْ يُرَ بَاكِيًا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ يَوْمَئِذٍ»

     ✧ "The Prophet ﷺ visited the grave of his mother with a thousand veiled men, and no one was seen weeping more than on that day."

137. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1390No grade recorded

     زَارَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْرَ أُمِّهِ فَبَكَى وَأَبْكَى مَنْ حَوْلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ أَزُورَ قَبْرَهَا فَأَذِنَ لِي وَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهَا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي فَزُورُوا الْقُبُورَ فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُ الْمَوْتُ» وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited the grave of his mother and wept, and made those around him weep. Then he said: “I asked my Lord for permission to visit her grave and He granted me permission. And I asked Him for permission to seek forgiveness for her, but He did not grant me permission. So visit the graves, for they remind of death.” This hadith is authentic according to the conditions of Muslim, though they did not record it.

138. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1391No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَرِيبًا مِنْ أَلْفِ رَاكِبٍ فَنَزَلَ بِنَا وَصَلَّى بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ فَفَدَاهُ بِالْأُمِّ وَالْأَبِ يَقُولُ مَا لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «إِنِّي اسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي فِي الِاسْتِغْفَارِ لِأُمِّي فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لِي فَدَمَعَ عَيْنَايَ رَحْمَةً لَهَا وَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي فِي زِيَارَتِهَا فَأَذِنَ لِي وَإِنِّي كُنْتُ قَدْ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَزُورُوهَا وَلْيَزِدْكُمْ زِيَارَتُهَا خَيْرًا»

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, nearly a thousand riders. He dismounted with us and prayed two rak‘ahs with us. Then he turned to us with his face while his eyes were shedding tears. ‘Umar stood up to him, ransoming him with his mother and father, saying: What is the matter with you, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: “I asked my Lord for permission to seek forgiveness for my mother, but He did not permit me. So my eyes shed tears out of mercy for her. And I asked my Lord for permission to visit her grave, and He permitted me. I had previously forbidden you from visiting graves, so now visit them, and may your visiting them increase you in good.”

139. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1392No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَقْبَلَتْ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الْمَقَابِرِ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَقْبَلْتِ؟ قَالَتْ مِنْ قَبْرِ أَخِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا أَلَيْسَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ «كَانَ قَدْ نَهَى ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِزِيَارَتِهَا»

     ✧ ‘A’ishah came one day from the gravesites. I said to her: O Mother of the Believers, where have you come from? She said: From the grave of my brother ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr. I said to her: Did not the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbid visiting graves? She said: Yes, “he had forbidden it, then he was commanded to visit them.”

140. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1393No grade recorded

     «كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ أَلَا فَزُورُوهَا فَإِنَّهُ يُرِقُّ الْقَلْبَ وَتُدْمِعُ الْعَيْنَ وَتُذَكِّرُ الْآخِرَةَ وَلَا تَقُولُوا هُجْرًا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I used to prohibit you from visiting graves, but now I encourage you to do so, for it softens the heart, brings tears to the eyes, and reminds you of the hereafter. However, do not say anything that will bring harm."

141. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1394No grade recorded

     «إِنِّي كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَزُورَ قَبْرًا فَلْيَزُرْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُرِقُّ الْقَلْبَ وَيُدْمِعُ الْعَيْنَ وَيُذَكِّرُ الْآخِرَةَ»

     ✧ “I had forbidden you from visiting graves. So whoever wishes to visit a grave, let him visit it, for it softens the heart, brings tears to the eye, and reminds of the Hereafter.”

142. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1395No grade recorded

     لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «زُرِ الْقُبُورَ تَذَكَّرْ بِهَا الْآخِرَةَ وَاغْسِلِ الْمَوْتَى فَإِنَّ مُعَالَجَةَ جَسَدِهِ مَوْعِظَةٌ بَلِيغَةٌ وَصَلِّ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ لَعَلَّ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يُحْزِنَكَ فَإِنَّ الْحَزِينَ فِي ظِلِّ اللَّهِ يَتَعَرَّضُ كُلَّ خَيْرٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “Visit the graves, and thereby remember the Hereafter. Wash the dead, for tending to a body is an eloquent admonition. And pray over funeral processions, perhaps that will make you sorrowful, for the sorrowful one is in the shade of Allah, seeking every good.”

143. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1396No grade recorded

     أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَتْ «تَزُورُ قَبْرَ عَمِّهَا حَمْزَةَ كُلَّ جُمُعَةٍ فَتُصَلِّي وَتَبْكِي عِنْدَهُ» هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ رُوَاتُهُ عَنْ آخِرِهِمْ ثِقَاتٌ وَقَدِ اسْتَقْصَيْتُ فِي الْحَثِّ عَلَى زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ تَحَرِّيًا لِلْمُشَارَكَةِ فِي التَّرْغِيبِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الشَّحِيحُ بِذَنَبِهِ أَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ مَسْنُونَةٌ وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ

     ✧ Fatimah, daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, used to visit the grave of her uncle Hamzah every Friday, and she would pray and weep beside it. The narrators of this hadith, to the last of them, are trustworthy. I have thoroughly examined the encouragement to visit graves, seeking to share in the urging, and so that the miserly, with his sin, may know that it is an established sunnah. May Allah bless Muhammad and all his family.

144. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1397No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَمُرَّ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذِهِ؟» قَالُوا جِنَازَةُ فُلَانِيِّ الْفُلَانِ كَانَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَعْمَلُ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَيَسْعَى فِيهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ» وَمُرَّ بِجِنَازَةٍ أُخْرَى قَالُوا جِنَازَةُ فُلَانٍ الْفُلَانِيِّ كَانَ يُبْغِضُ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَعْمَلُ بِمَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ وَيَسْعَى فِيهَا فَقَالَ «وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَوْلُكَ فِي الْجِنَازَةِ وَالثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْهَا أُثْنِيَ عَلَى الْأَوَّلِ خَيْرٌ وَعَلَى الْآخَرِ شَرٌّ فَقُلْتَ فِيهَا وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ فَقَالَ «نَعَمْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلَائِكَةً تَنْطِقُ عَلَى أَلْسِنَةِ بَنِي آدَمَ بِمَا فِي الْمَرْءِ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ»

     ✧ I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a funeral procession passed by. He said: “What is this?” They said: The funeral of so-and-so the son of so-and-so. He used to love Allah and His Messenger, act in obedience to Allah, and strive in it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “It is affirmed, it is affirmed, it is affirmed.” Then another funeral procession passed by. They said: The funeral of so-and-so the son of so-and-so. He used to hate Allah and His Messenger, act in disobedience to Allah, and strive in it. He said: “It is affirmed, it is affirmed, it is affirmed.” They said: O Messenger of Allah, your statement about the funeral and the praise of it: the first was praised with good and the other with evil, yet you said about them: it is affirmed, it is affirmed, it is affirmed. He said: “Yes, O Abu Bakr. Allah has angels who speak on the tongues of the children of Adam about what is in a person of good or evil.”

145. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1398No grade recorded

     مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ فَيَشْهَدُ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتِ جِيرَانِهِ الْأَدْنَيْنَ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا إِلَّا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَتَبَارَكَ قَدْ قَبِلْتُ قَوْلَكُمْ أَوْ قَالَ شَهَادَتَكُمْ وَغَفَرْتُ لَهُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

     ✧ No Muslim dies and four of his closest neighbors testify that they know nothing of him but good, but Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says: I have accepted your statement, or He said: your testimony, and I have forgiven him for what you do not know.

146. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1399No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ إِذَا أَنَا عَمِلْتُ بِهِ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ «كُنَّ مُحْسِنًا» قَالَ كَيْفَ أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي مُحْسِنٌ؟ قَالَ سَلْ جِيرَانَكَ فَإِنْ قَالُوا إِنَّكَ مُحْسِنٌ فَأَنْتَ مُحْسِنٌ وَإِنَّ قَالُوا إِنَّكَ مُسِيءٌ فَأَنْتَ مُسِيءٌ

     ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, guide me to a deed which, if I do it, I will enter Paradise. He said: “Be a good-doer.” He said: How do I know that I am a good-doer? He said: Ask your neighbors. If they say that you are a good-doer, then you are a good-doer; and if they say that you are a wrongdoer, then you are a wrongdoer.

147. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1400No grade recorded

     قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ لَا يَمُوتُ حَتَّى تُمْلَأَ أُذُنَاهُ مِمَّا يُحِبُّ» قِيلَ مَنْ أَهْلُ النَّارِ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ لَا يَمُوتُ حَتَّى تُمْلَأَ أُذُنَاهُ مِمَّا يَكْرَهُ»

     ✧ It was said: O Messenger of Allah, who are the people of Paradise? He said: “He who does not die until his ears are filled with what he loves.” It was said: Who are the people of the Fire? He said: “He who does not die until his ears are filled with what he hates.”

148. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1401No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أُمَّ الْعَلَاءِ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَدْ بَايَعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهُمُ اقْتَسِمُوا لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ قُرْعَةً فَطَارَ لَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ فَأَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي أَبْيَاتِنَا فَوَجِعَ وَجَعَهُ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ غُسِّلَ وَكُفِّنَ فِي أَثْوَابِهِ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا عُثْمَانَ بْنَ مَظْعُونٍ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ أَبَا السَّائِبِ فَشَهَادَتِي عَلَيْكَ لَقَدْ أَكْرَمَكَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَمَا يُدْرِيكِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَكْرَمَهُ؟» فَقَالَتْ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ يُكْرِمُهُ اللَّهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمَّا هُوَ فَقَدْ جَاءَهُ الْيَقِينُ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو لَهُ الْخَيْرَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي وَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مَاذَا يُفْعَلُ بِي؟» قَالَتْ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أُزَكِّي بَعْدَهُ أَحَدًا أَبَدًا

     ✧ Umm al-‘Ala’, a woman of the Ansar who had pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, reported that they cast lots among the Muhajirun, and ‘Uthman b. Maz‘un fell to us, so we lodged him in our dwellings. He fell ill with the sickness in which he died. When he passed away, he was washed and shrouded in his garments. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered, and I said: O ‘Uthman b. Maz‘un, may Allah have mercy on you, Abu al-Sa’ib. My testimony for you is that Allah has honored you. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “What makes you know that Allah has honored him?” She said: May my father and mother be your ransom, O Messenger of Allah. Then whom does Allah honor? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “As for him, certainty has come to him. By Allah, I hope for good for him. By Allah, I do not know, and I am the Messenger of Allah, what will be done with me.” She said: By Allah, I will never vouch for anyone after him again.

149. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1402No grade recorded

     كَانَ يَقُولُ بَعْدَ التَّشَهُّدِ كَلِمَاتٍ كَانَ يُعَظِّمُهُنَّ جِدًّا قُلْتُ فِي الِاثْنَتَيْنِ كِلَاهُمَا؟ قَالَ بَلْ فِي الْمُثَنَّى الْآخَرِ بَعْدَ التَّشَهُّدِ قُلْتُ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ» قَالَ وَكَانَ يُعَظِّمُهُنَّ

     ✧ He used to say, after the tashahhud, words that he greatly emphasized. I said: In both of the two? He said: Rather in the second tashahhud, after the tashahhud. I said: What is it? He said: “I seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of Hell, and I seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge in Allah from the evil of the false messiah, the Dajjal, and I seek refuge in Allah from the trials of life and death.” He said: And he used to greatly emphasize them.

150. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1403No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ يَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ نِعَالِهِمْ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ فَإِنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ عِنْدَ رَأْسَهُ وَكَانَ الصَّوْمُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَكَانَتِ الزَّكَاةُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَكَانَ فِعْلُ الْخَيْرَاتِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَالصِّلَةِ وَالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ إِلَى النَّاسِ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ فَيُؤْتَى مِنْ قِبَلِ رَأْسِهِ فَتَقُولُ الصَّلَاةُ مَا قِبَلِي مَدْخَلٌ وَيُؤْتَى مِنْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ الصَّوْمُ مَا قِبَلِي مَدْخَلٌ وَيُؤْتَى مِنْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَتَقُولُ الزَّكَاةُ مَا قِبَلِي مَدْخَلٌ وَيُؤْتَى مِنْ قِبَلِ رِجْلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ فِعْلُ الْخَيْرَاتِ مَا قِبَلِي مَدْخَلٌ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ اقْعُدْ فَيَقْعُدُ وَتُمَثَّلُ لَهُ الشَّمْسُ قَدْ دَنَتْ لِلْغُرُوبِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِيكُمْ وَمَا تَشْهَدُ بِهِ؟ فَيَقُولُ دَعُونِي أُصَلِّي فَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّكَ سَتَفْعَلُ وَلَكِنْ أَخْبِرْنَا عَمَّا نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهُ قَالَ وَعَمَّ تَسْأَلُونِّي عَنْهُ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ أَخْبِرْنَا عَمَّا نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهُ فَيَقُولُ دَعُونِي أُصَلِّي فَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّكَ سَتَفْعَلُ وَلَكِنْ أَخْبِرْنَا عَمَّا نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهُ قَالَ وَعَمَّ تَسْأَلُونِّي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ أَخْبِرْنَا مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِيكُمْ وَمَا تَشْهَدُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ؟ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدًا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَأَنَّهُ جَاءَ بِالْحَقِّ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ حَيِيتَ وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ مِتَّ وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ تُبْعَثُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ يُفْتَحُ لَهُ بَابٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ النَّارِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِكَ وَإِلَى مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ لَوْ عَصَيْتَ فَيَزْدَادُ غِبْطَةً وَسُرُورًا ثُمَّ يُفْتَحُ لَهُ بَابٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِكَ وَإِلَى مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ فَيَزْدَادُ غِبْطَةً وَسُرُورًا وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ وَيُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ وَيَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ} [إبراهيم 27] قَالَ وَقَالَ أَبُو الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ «أَرْقِدْهُ رَقْدَةَ الْعَرُوسِ الَّذِي لَا يُوقِظُهُ إِلَّا أَعَزُّ أَهْلِهِ إِلَيْهِ أَوْ أَحَبُّ أَهْلِهِ إِلَيْهِ» ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَافِرًا أُتِيَ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَأْسِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ شَيْءٌ وَيُؤْتَى عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ شَيْءٌ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ شَيْءٌ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى مِنْ قِبَلِ رِجْلَيْهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ شَيْءٌ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ اقْعُدْ فَيَقْعُدُ خَائِفًا مَرْعُوبًا فَيُقَالُ لَهُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِيكُمْ وَمَاذَا تَشْهَدُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَيُّ رَجُلٍ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي كَانَ فِيكُمْ قَالَ فَلَا يَهْتَدِي لَهُ قَالَ فَيَقُولُونَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَيَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ قَالُوا فَقُلْتُ كَمَا قَالُوا فَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ حَيِيتَ وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ مِتَّ وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ تُبْعَثُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ يُفْتَحُ لَهُ بَابٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِكَ وَإِلَى مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ لَوْ كُنْتَ أَطَعْتَهُ فَيَزْدَادُ حَسْرَةً وَثُبُورًا قَالَ ثُمَّ يُضَيَّقُ عَلَيْهِ قَبْرُهُ حَتَّى تَخْتَلِفَ أَضْلَاعُهُ قَالَ وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَى} [طه 124]

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: He said, “Indeed the deceased hears the tapping of their sandals when they turn away. If he is a believer, prayer is at his head, fasting is at his right, zakah is at his left, and the good deeds of charity, prayer, maintaining ties, kindness, and beneficence to people are at his feet. He is approached from his head, and prayer says, ‘There is no entrance before me.’ He is approached from his right, and fasting says, ‘There is no entrance before me.’ He is approached from his left, and zakah says, ‘There is no entrance before me.’ He is approached from his feet, and good deeds say, ‘There is no entrance before me.’ It is said to him, ‘Sit up,’ so he sits up. The sun is made to appear to him as if it has drawn near to setting. It is said to him, ‘What do you say about this man who was among you, and what do you testify concerning him?’ He says, ‘Leave me to pray.’ They say, ‘You will do so, but tell us what we ask you about.’ He says, ‘What are you asking me about?’ They say, ‘Tell us what we ask you about.’ He says, ‘Leave me to pray.’ They say, ‘You will do so, but tell us what we ask you about.’ He says, ‘What are you asking me about?’ They say, ‘Tell us what you say about this man who was among you, and what do you testify concerning him?’ He says, ‘I testify that Muhammad is the servant of Allah and that he came with the truth from Allah.’ It is said to him, ‘Upon that you lived, upon that you died, and upon that you will be resurrected, if Allah wills.’ Then a door is opened for him facing the Fire, and it is said to him, ‘Look at your abode and what Allah prepared for you had you disobeyed.’ He increases in delight and joy. Then a door is opened for him facing Paradise, and it is said to him, ‘Look at your abode and what Allah prepared for you.’ He increases in delight and joy. That is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted: {Allah keeps firm those who believe, with the firm word, in worldly life and in the Hereafter. And Allah sends astray the wrongdoers. And Allah does what He wills} [Ibrahim 27].” He said: And Abu al-Hakam said, from Abu Hurayrah: It is said to him, “Give him the sleep of a bridegroom whom none awakens except the dearest of his family to him, or the most beloved of his family to him.” Then he returned to the hadith of Abu Salamah from Abu Hurayrah. He said: If he is a disbeliever, he is approached from his head and nothing is found; he is approached from his right and nothing is found; then he is approached from his left and nothing is found; then he is approached from his feet and nothing is found. It is said to him, ‘Sit up,’ so he sits up fearful and terrified. It is said to him, ‘What do you say about this man who was among you, and what do you testify concerning him?’ He says, ‘Which man?’ They say, ‘The man who was among you.’ He said: He cannot identify him. He said: They say, ‘Muhammad.’ He says, ‘I heard people say, so I said as they said.’ They say, ‘Upon that you lived, upon that you died, and upon that you will be resurrected, if Allah wills.’ Then a door is opened for him facing Paradise, and it is said to him, ‘Look at your abode and what Allah prepared for you had you obeyed Him.’ He increases in regret and ruin. He said: Then his grave is constricted for him until his ribs interlock. He said: That is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted: {Then indeed, for him is a life of narrowness, and We will raise him on the Day of Resurrection blind} [Ta-Ha 124].

151. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1404No grade recorded

     «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ نِعَالِهِمْ حِينَ يُوَلُّونَ عَنْهُ»

     ✧ “By the One in Whose hand is my soul, he certainly hears the tapping of their sandals when they turn away from him.”

152. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1405No grade recorded

     عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا} [طه 124] قَالَ «عَذَابُ الْقَبْرِ»

     ✧ From Abu Hurayrah concerning the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorified: {a life of narrowness} [Ta-Ha 124], he said: “The punishment of the grave.”

153. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1406No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ وَمَعَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَسَمِعَ نِسَاءً يَبْكِينَ فَزَبَرَهُنَّ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا عُمَرُ دَعْهُنَّ فَإِنَّ الْعَيْنَ دَامِعَةٌ وَالنَّفْسَ مُصَابَةٌ وَالْعَهْدَ قَرِيبٌ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ went out for a funeral, and with him was Umar b. al-Khattab. He heard women weeping, and Umar rebuked them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O Umar, leave them, for the eye sheds tears, the soul is afflicted, and the time is near.”

154. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1407No grade recorded

     لَمَّا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أُحُدٍ سَمِعَ نِسَاءَ الْأَنْصَارِ يَبْكِينَ فَقَالَ «لَكِنَّ حَمْزَةَ لَا بَوَاكِيَ» فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ نِسَاءَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَبَكَيْنَ لِحَمْزَةَ فَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُنَّ يَبْكِينَ فَقَالَ «يَا وَيْحَهُنَّ مَا زِلْنَ يَبْكِينَ مُنْذُ الْيَوْمِ فَلْيَسْكُتْنَ وَلَا يَبْكِينَ عَلَى هَالِكٍ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from Uhud, he heard the women of the Ansar weeping. He said: “But Hamzah has no weepers.” That reached the women of the Ansar, so they wept for Hamzah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ slept, then woke while they were weeping. He said: “Woe to them! They have not stopped weeping since the day. Let them be silent, and let them not weep for any dead after today.”

155. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1408No grade recorded

     أَنْ تَحْثُوا التُّرَابَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ وَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ «يَا أَبَتَاهُ أَجَابَ رَبًّا دَعَاهُ يَا أَبَتَاهُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ مَا أَدْنَاهُ يَا أَبَتَاهُ جَنَّةُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ مَأْوَاهُ يَا أَبَتَاهُ إِلَى جِبْرِيلَ أَنْعَاهُ» زَادَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَمَّادَ بْنَ زِيدٍ يَقُولُ «رَأَيْتُ ثَابِتًا الْبُنَانِيَّ 149 حِينَ حَدَّثَنَا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بَكَى حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ أَضْلَاعَهُ تَضْطَرِبُ»

     ✧ Should you throw dust upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: And Fatimah said: “O father, he answered a Lord who called him. O father, how near he is to his Lord. O father, the Garden of Firdaws is his abode. O father, to Jibril we announce his death.” Said b. Mansur added in his hadith from Abu Usamah: He said: I heard Hammad b. Zayd say: “I saw Thabit al-Bunani 149 when he narrated this hadith to us weep until I saw his ribs shaking.”

156. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1409No grade recorded

     «إِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ فَلَا تَنُوحُوا عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يُنَحْ عَلَيْهِ»

     ✧ “When I die, do not wail over me, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was not wailed over.”

157. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1410No grade recorded

     لَمَّا مَاتَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ابْنُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَاحَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ هَذَا مِنِّي وَلَيْسَ بِصَائِحٍ حَقُّ الْقَلْبِ يَحْزَنُ وَالْعَيْنُ تَدْمَعُ وَلَا يُغْضَبُ الرَّبُّ»

     ✧ When Ibrahim, the son of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, died, Osama bin Zaid shouted, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is not from me, nor is it the cry of someone truly grieving. The heart feels sorrow and the eye sheds tears, but Allah is not angered."

158. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1411No grade recorded

     أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ «إِذَا أَنَا مُتُّ فَلَا تَنُوحُوا عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يُنَحْ عَلَيْهِ» هَذِهِ الزِّيَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ غَرِيبَةٌ جِدًّا إِلَّا أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ الْغَطَفَانِيَّ لَيْسَ مِنْ شَرْطِ كِتَابِنَا هَذَا

     ✧ "Abu Huraira said: 'When I die, do not lament over me, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was not lamented over.' This statement attributed to Abu Huraira is very strange, except that Uthman Al-Ghaffani is not one of the conditions of our book here."

159. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1412No grade recorded

     «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمَرَاثِي» إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الْهَجَرِيِّ لَيْسَ بِالْمَتْرُوكِ إِلَّا أَنَّ الشَّيْخَيْنِ لَمْ يَحْتَجَّا بِهِ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ شَاهِدٌ لِمَا تَقَدَّمَهُ وَهُوَ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ فَإِنَّ مُسْلِمًا قَدِ احْتَجَّ بِشَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

     ✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to forbid elegies.” Ibrahim b. Muslim al-Hajari is not abandoned, except that the two shaykhs did not use him as a proof. This hadith is a witness for what preceded it, and it is strange and sahih, for Muslim used Sharik b. Abd Allah as a proof.

160. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1413No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فِي أُمَّتِي أَرْبَعًا مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَيْسُوا بِتَارِكِيهِنَّ الْفَخْرُ فِي الْأَحْسَابِ وَالطَّعْنُ فِي الْأَنْسَابِ وَالِاسْتِسْقَاءُ بِالنُّجُومِ وَالنِّيَاحَةُ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ فَإِنَّ النَّائِحَةَ إِذَا لَمْ تَتُبْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقُومَ فَإِنَّهَا تَقُومُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَيْهَا سَرَابِيلُ مِنْ قَطِرَانٍ ثُمَّ يَغْلِي عَلَيْهِنَّ دُرُوعٌ مِنْ لَهَبِ النَّارِ

     ✧ “Indeed among my Ummah there are four matters of the pre-Islamic era that they will not abandon: boasting about lineages, defaming genealogies, seeking rain by the stars, and wailing over the dead. Indeed the wailing woman, if she does not repent before she rises, she will rise on the Day of Resurrection wearing garments of tar, then over them will boil coats of flame from the Fire.”

161. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1414No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ} [الممتحنة 12] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَلَا يَعْصِينَكَ} [الممتحنة 12] كَانَتْ مِنْهُ النِّيَاحَةُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا آلَ فُلَانٍ فَإِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا أَسْعَدُونِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَلَا بُدَّ لِي مِنْ أَنْ أُسْعِدَهُمْ فَقَالَ «إِلَّا آلَ فُلَانٍ»

     ✧ When it was revealed: {When the believing women come to you pledging allegiance to you} [al-Mumtahanah 12] up to His saying {and they do not disobey you} [al-Mumtahanah 12], among it was wailing. I said: O Messenger of Allah, except the family of so-and-so, for they helped me in the pre-Islamic era, so I must help them. He said: “Except the family of so-and-so.”

162. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1415No grade recorded

     ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ بِاللَّهِ شَقُّ الْجَيْبِ وَالنِّيَاحَةُ وَالطَّعْنُ فِي النَّسَبِ

     ✧ “Three are from disbelief in Allah: tearing the front opening of the garment, wailing, and defaming lineage.”

163. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1416No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَعَهَّدُ الْأَنْصَارَ وَيَعُودُهُمْ وَيَسْأَلُ عَنْهُمْ فَبَلَغَهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مَاتَ ابْنُهَا وَلَيْسَ لَهَا غَيْرُهُ وَأَنَّهَا جَزَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ جَزَعًا شَدِيدًا فَأَتَاهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهَا بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَبِالصَّبْرِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ رَقُوبٌ لَا أَلِدُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِي غَيْرُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الرَّقُوبُ الَّذِي يَبْقَى وَلَدُهَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَا مِنِ امْرِئٍ أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ مَسْلَمَةٍ يَمُوتُ لَهَا ثَلَاثَةُ أَوْلَادٍ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الْجَنَّةَ» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ «وَاثْنَانِ» صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ بِذِكْرِ الرَّقُوبِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to care for the Ansar, visit them, and ask about them. It reached him about a woman of the Ansar whose son had died, and she had no other child, and that she grieved for him with severe grief. The Prophet ﷺ came to her and commanded her to fear Allah and be patient. She said: O Messenger of Allah, I am a barren woman who does not give birth, and I had no other child. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The barren one is she whose child remains alive.” Then he said: “There is no Muslim man or Muslim woman who has three children die, except that Allah admits them to Paradise because of them.” Umar said: O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, and two? He said: “And two.” Sahih isnad, but they did not record it with the mention of the barren one.

164. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1417No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَأْتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ ابْنٌ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَتُحِبُّهُ؟» فَقَالَ أَحَبَّكَ اللَّهُ كَمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ فَفَقَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟» قَالُوا مَاتَ ابْنُهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَمَا يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ لَا تَأْتِيَ بَابًا مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا وَجَدْتَهُ يَنْتَظِرُكَ؟» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَلَهُ خَاصَّةً أَوْ لِكُلِّنَا قَالَ «بَلْ لِكُلِّكُمْ»

     ✧ A man used to come to the Prophet ﷺ with a son of his, and the Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Do you love him?” He said, “May Allah love you as you love him.” Then the Prophet ﷺ missed him and said, “What happened to so-and-so?” They said, “His son died.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Would it not please you that you will not come to any gate of the gates of Paradise except that you will find him waiting for you?” A man said, “Is that for him specifically or for all of us?” He said, “Rather, for all of you.”

165. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1418No grade recorded

     «أَوْلَادُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي جَبَلٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ يَكْفُلُهُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَسَارَةُ حَتَّى يَرُدَّهُمْ إِلَى آبَائِهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     ✧ “The children of the believers are in a mountain in Paradise, cared for by Ibrahim and Sarah until they return them to their fathers on the Day of Resurrection.”

166. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1419No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَهَى عَنْ سَبِّ الْأَمْوَاتِ فَلِمَ تَسُبُّ عَلِيًّا وَقَدْ مَاتَ؟»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ “forbade insulting the dead. So why do you insult ‘Ali when he has died?”

167. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1420No grade recorded

     «لَا تُؤْذُوا مُسْلِمًا بِشَتْمِ كَافِرٍ»

     ✧ “Do not harm a Muslim by insulting a disbeliever.”

168. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1421No grade recorded

     «اذْكُرُوا مَحَاسِنَ مَوْتَاكُمْ وَكُفُّوا عَنْ مَسَاوِيهِمْ»

     ✧ “Mention the good qualities of your dead and refrain from their faults.”

169. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1422No grade recorded

     «لَا تُنَجِّسُوا مَوْتَاكُمْ فَإِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَا يَنْجُسُ حَيًّا أَوْ مَيِّتًا»

     ✧ “Do not declare your dead impure, for a Muslim is not impure, alive or dead.”

170. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1423No grade recorded

     «كَبَّرَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى آدَمَ أَرْبَعًا وَكَبَّرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ أَرْبَعًا وَكَبَّرَ عُمَرُ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَرْبَعًا وَكَبَّرَ صُهَيْبٌ عَلَى عُمَرَ أَرْبَعًا وَكَبَّرَ الْحَسَنُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ أَرْبَعًا وَكَبَّرَ الْحُسَيْنُ عَلَى الْحَسَنِ أَرْبَعًا»

     ✧ “The angels said four takbirs over Adam, Abu Bakr said four takbirs over the Prophet, ‘Umar said four takbirs over Abu Bakr, Suhayb said four takbirs over ‘Umar, al-Hasan said four takbirs over ‘Ali, and al-Husayn said four takbirs over al-Hasan.”

171. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1424No grade recorded

     «آخِرُ مَا كَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ أَرْبَعًا» وَكَبَّرَ عُمَرُ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَرْبَعًا وَكَبَّرَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَلَى عُمَرَ أَرْبَعًا وَكَبَّرَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ أَرْبَعًا وَكَبَّرَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَى الْحَسَنِ أَرْبَعًا وَكَبَّرَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى آدَمَ أَرْبَعًا «لَسْتُ مِمَّنْ يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ أَنَّ الْفُرَاتَ بْنَ السَّائِبِ لَيْسَ مِنْ شَرْطِ هَذَا الْكِتَابِ وَإِنَّمَا أَخْرَجْتُهُ شَاهِدًا»

     ✧ “The last time the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said takbir over funerals was four.” And ‘Umar said four takbirs over Abu Bakr, ‘Abdullah b. ‘Umar said four takbirs over ‘Umar, al-Hasan b. ‘Ali said four takbirs over ‘Ali, al-Husayn b. ‘Ali said four takbirs over al-Hasan, and the angels said four takbirs over Adam. “I am not one from whom it is hidden that al-Furat b. al-Sa’ib is not according to the condition of this book; I only included it as a witness.”

172. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1425No grade recorded

     صَلَّى ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَوْ مِنْ تَمَامِ السُّنَّةِ

     ✧ Ibn ‘Abbas prayed over a funeral and recited the Opening of the Book. I said to him, and he said, “It is from the Sunnah, or from the completion of the Sunnah.”

173. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1426No grade recorded

     «لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي غَسْلِ مَيِّتِكُمْ غُسْلٌ إِذَا غَسَّلْتُمُوهُ فَإِنَّ مَيِّتَكُمْ لَيْسَ بِنَجَسٍ فَحَسْبُكُمْ أَنْ تَغْسِلُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ»

     ✧ “You do not have to perform ghusl after washing your dead, for your dead is not impure; it is enough for you to wash your hands.”