11. Funerals
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2892aHasan sahih
أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ طَعَامًا فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ فِيهِ فَوَجَدَهُ حَارًّا فَقَالَ «حَسِّ» وَقَالَ «ابْنُ آدَمَ إِنَّ أَصَابَهُ بَرْدٌ قَالَ حَسِّ وَإِنَّ أَصَابَهُ حَرٌّ قَالَ حَسِّ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us, and I brought him some food. He put his hand in it and found it hot, so he said, 'Hass' (a sound of discomfort), and said, 'Son of Adam, if cold afflicts him he says hass, and if heat afflicts him he says hass.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2892bHasan sahih
ثُمَّ تَذَاكَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَحَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهَا بِحَقِّهَا بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهَا وَرُبَّ مُتَخَوِّضٍ فِيمَا شَاءَتْ نَفْسُهُ فِي مَالِ اللَّهِ وَمَالِ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ لَهُ النَّارُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Hamzah b. 'Abd al-Muttalib conversed about this world. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'This world is green and sweet. Whoever takes it with its right, he is blessed in it. But many a one plunges into whatever his soul desires of the wealth of Allah and the wealth of His Messenger ﷺ, and for him is the Fire on the Day of Resurrection.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2893No grade recorded
«خَدَمْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَشَرَ سِنِينَ فَمَا قَالَ لِي لَمْ فَعَلْتَ كَذَا وَلَمْ تَفْعَلْ كَذَا»
✧ I served the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for ten years, and he never said to me, 'Why did you do such-and-such?' or 'Why did you not do such-and-such?'
«خَدَمْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَشَرَ سِنِينَ فَمَا قَالَ لِي أُفٍّ قَطُّ وَلَا قَالَ لِي أَلَا صَنَعْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَلَمْ تَصْنَعْ كَذَا وَكَذَا»
✧ I served the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for ten years, and he never said to me 'Uff' at all, nor did he say to me, 'Why did you not do such-and-such?' or 'Why did you do such-and-such?'
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِامْرَأَةٍ عِنْدَ قَبْرٍ تَبْكِي فَقَالَ «يَا هَذِهِ اصْبِرِي» فَقَالَتْ إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا مُصَابِي فَقِيلَ لَهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ هَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْكَ
✧ That the Prophet ﷺ passed by a woman at a grave weeping and said, 'O woman, be patient.' She said, 'You do not know my affliction.' Then it was said to her afterwards, 'This is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' So she came to him and said, 'I did not recognize you.'
«عَجَبًا لِأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ خَيْرٌ إِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ سَرَّاءُ شَكَرَ وَإِنَّ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ وَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ وَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِلْمُؤْمِنِ»
the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, "˹How˺ wondrous is the affair of a believer: for there is good in every affair of his, while that is not the case with anyone else except in the case of a believer: ˹i.e.,˺ if times of ease strike him, he is grateful which is good for him; and if times of distress strike him, he is patient, which is ˹also˺ good for him." (Using translation from Muslim 2999)
أَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُتَوَسِّدٌ بُرْدَةً فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ وَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ شِدَّةً فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَا تَدْعُو اللَّهَ لَنَا فَجَلَسَ مُغْضَبًا مُحْمَرًّا وَجْهُهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ لِيُسْأَلُ الْكَلِمَةَ فَمَا يُعْطِيهَا فَيُوضَعُ عَلَيْهِ الْمِنْشَارِ فَيَشُقُّ بِاثْنَيْنِ مَا يَصْرِفُهُ ذَاكَ عَنْ دِينِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَيُمْشَطُ مَا دُونَ عِظَامِهِ مِنْ لَحْمٍ أَوْ عَصَبٍ بِأَمْشَاطِ الْحَدِيدِ وَمَا يَصْرِفُهُ ذَاكَ عَنْ دِينِهِ وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَعْجَلُونَ وَلَيُتِمَّنَّ اللَّهُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ حَتَّى يَسِيرَ الرَّاكِبُ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ إِلَى حَضْرَمَوْتَ لَا يَخَافُ إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَالذِّئْبَ عَلَى غَنَمِهِ»
✧ We came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was resting his head on a cloak in the shade of the Ka'bah. We had encountered severe hardship from the polytheists. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, will you not supplicate to Allah for us?' He sat up angry, his face red, and said, 'Those before you would be asked to renounce their faith, and they would not do so. A saw would be placed on his head and he would be split into two, yet that would not turn him away from his religion. One of them would be combed with iron combs, tearing the flesh and sinews from his bones, yet that would not turn him away from his religion. But you are hasty. Allah will surely complete this matter until a rider travels from San'a' to Hadramawt fearing none but Allah and the wolf for his sheep.'
« إِنَّ أَيُّوبَ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَبِثَ فِي بَلَائِهِ ثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَرَفَضَهُ الْقَرِيبُ وَالْبَعِيدُ إِلَّا رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ كَانَا مِنْ أَخَصِّ إِخْوَانِهِ كَانَا يَغْدُوَانِ إِلَيْهِ وَيَرُوحَانِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ تَعْلَمُ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَذْنَبَ أَيُّوبُ ذَنْبًا مَا أَذْنَبَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ مُنْذُ ثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً لَمْ يَرْحَمْهُ اللَّهُ فَيَكْشِفُ مَا بِهِ فَلَمَّا رَاحَ إِلَيْهِ لَمْ يَصْبِرِ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ لَا أَدْرِي مَا تَقُولُ غَيْرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَمُرُّ عَلَى الرَّجُلَيْنِ يَتَنَازَعَانِ فَيَذْكُرَانِ اللَّهَ فَأَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَأُكَفِّرُ عَنْهُمَا كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يُذْكَرَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا فِي حَقٍّ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى حَاجَتِهِ فَإِذَا قَضَى حَاجَتَهُ أَمْسَكَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ بِيَدِهِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَبْطَأَ عَلَيْهَا فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى أَيُّوبَ فِي مَكَانِهِ {ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ هَذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ} فَاسْتَبْطَأَتْهُ فَبَلَغَتْهُ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهَا قَدْ أَذْهِبِ اللَّهُ مَا بِهِ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ فَهُوَ أَحْسَنُ مَا كَانَ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ قَالَتْ أَيْ بَارِكَ اللَّهُ فِيكَ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ هَذَا الْمُبْتَلَى وَاللَّهِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا كَانَ أَشْبَهَ بِهِ مِنْكَ إِذْ كَانَ صَحِيحًا قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَنَا هُوَ وَكَانَ لَهُ أَنْدَرَانِ أَنْدَرُ الْقَمْحِ وَأَنْدَرُ الشَّعِيرِ فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ سَحَابَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى أَنْدَرِ الْقَمْحِ أَفْرَغَتْ فِيهِ الذَّهَبَ حَتَّى فَاضَتْ وَأَفْرَغَتِ الْأُخْرَى عَلَى أَنْدَرِ الشَّعِيرِ الْوَرِقَ حَتَّى فَاضَتْ»
✧ Ayyub, the Prophet of Allah ﷺ, remained in his affliction for eighteen years. The near and the far shunned him except two men from among his brothers, who were of his closest brothers. They would come to him morning and evening. One of them said to his companion, 'You know, by Allah, Ayyub committed a sin that no one in the worlds has committed.' His companion said, 'What is that?' He said, 'For eighteen years Allah has not shown him mercy and removed his affliction.' When they came to him in the evening, the man could not restrain himself until he mentioned that to him. Ayyub said, 'I do not know what you are saying, but Allah knows that I used to pass by two men disputing and mentioning Allah, and I would return to my house and make expiation for them, disliking that Allah be mentioned except in truth.' He said, 'He used to go out to relieve himself, and when he finished, his wife would take him by the hand. One day he was delayed. Allah revealed to Ayyub in his place, "Strike with your foot; this is a cool bathing place and a drink." She found him late and reached him. He came to her, Allah having removed from him the affliction, and he was in the best condition. When she saw him, she said, 'May Allah bless you. Have you seen the Prophet of Allah, this afflicted one? By Allah, I have seen no one more resembling him than you when he was healthy.' He said, 'I am he.' He had two threshing floors: one for wheat and one for barley. Allah sent two clouds. When one of them was over the wheat floor, it poured gold into it until it overflowed, and the other poured silver onto the barley floor until it overflowed.'
«مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا بَلَاءٌ وَفِتْنَةٌ»
✧ Nothing remains of this world except trial and tribulation.
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ وَيُبْتَلَى الْعَبْدُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا يَبْرَحُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»
✧ O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested? He said, 'The prophets, then the next best, then the next best. A servant is tested according to his religion. If his religion is firm, his test is severe. Trials will keep afflicting the servant until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin upon him.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2901Hasan sahih
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ دِينُهُ صُلْبًا اشْتَدَّ بَلَاؤُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا يَبْرَحُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»
✧ I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?' He said, 'The prophets, then the next best, then the next best. A man is tested according to his religion. If his religion is firm, his test is severe. If there is weakness in his religion, he is tested according to his religion. Trials will keep afflicting the servant until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin upon him.'
«وُلِدَ لِيَ اللَّيْلَةَ غُلَامٌ فَسَمَّيْتُهُ بِأَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ» ثُمَّ دَفَعَهُ إِلَى امْرَأَةِ قَيْنٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَأَتْبَعَهُ فَانْتَهَى إِلَى أَبَى سَيْفٍ وَهُوَ يَنْفُخُ فِي كِيرِهِ وَالْبَيْتُ مَمْتَلِئٌ دُخَانًا فَأَسْرَعْتُ الْمَشْيَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا سَيْفٍ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَأَمْسَكَ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِالصَّبِيِّ فَضَمَّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَالَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَهُوَ يَكِيدُ بِنَفْسِهِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَدْمَعُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تَدْمَعُ الْعَيْنُ وَيَحْزَنُ الْقَلْبُ وَلَا نَقُولُ إِلَّا مَا يَرْضَى رَبَّنَا وَإِنَّا بِكَ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ لَمَحْزُونُونَ»
A child was born into me this night and I named him after the name of my father Ibrihim. He then sent him to Umm Saif, the wife of a blacksmith who was called Abu Saif. He (the Holy Prophet) went to him and I followed him until we reached Abu Saif and he was blowing fire with the help of blacksmith's bellows and the house was filled with smoke. I hastened my step and went ahead of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Abu Saif, stop it, as there comes Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him). He stopped and Allah's Apostle ﷺ called for the child. He embraced him and said what Allah had desired. Anas said: I saw that the boy breathed his last in the presence of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The eyes of Messenger of Allah ﷺ shed tears and he said: Ibrahim, our eyes shed tears and our hearts are filled with grief, but we do not say anything except that by which Allah is pleased. O Ibrahim, we are grieved for you. (Using translation from Muslim 2315)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ مَرَّ بِرِيحٍ طَيْبَةٍ فَقَالَ «يَا جِبْرِيلُ مَا هَذِهِ الرِّيحُ؟ » قَالَ هَذِهِ رِيحُ مَاشِطَةِ بِنْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَوْلَادِهَا بَيْنَمَا هِيَ تَمْشُطُ بِنْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ سَقَطَ الْمِدْرَى مِنْ يَدَهَا فَقَالَتْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَتْ بِنْتُ فِرْعَوْنَ أَبِي قَالَتْ بَلْ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكِ اللَّهُ قَالَتْ وَإِنَّ لَكَ رَبًا غَيْرَ أَبِي؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ اللَّهُ قَالَتْ فَأُخْبِرُ بِذَلِكَ أَبِي قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ أَلَكَ رَبٌّ غَيْرِي؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ فَأَمَرَ بِنُقْرَةٍ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ فَأُحْمِيَتْ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ إِنَّ لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةً قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ يُلْقِي وَلَدَهَا وَاحِدًا وَاحِدًا حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا إِلَى وَلَدٍ لَهَا رَضِيعٍ فَقَالَ يَا أُمَّتَاهُ اثْبُتِي فَإِنَّكِ عَلَى الْحَقِّ
✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the night of Isra' passed by a pleasant fragrance, so he said, "O Jibril, what is this fragrance?" Jibril said, "This is the fragrance of the comb of the daughter of Pharaoh and her children while she combs the hair of the daughter of Pharaoh. When the comb fell from her hand, she said, 'Bismillah (In the name of Allah),' and the daughter of Pharaoh said, 'My father,' she said, 'Rather, my Lord and your Lord is Allah.' She said, 'And do you have a Lord other than my father?' She said, 'Yes, Allah.' She said, 'And indeed, you have a Lord other than me?' She said, 'Yes, my Lord and your Lord is Allah.' She said, 'So shall I inform my father about this?' She said, 'Yes.' So she informed him, and he sent for her and said, 'Do you have a Lord other than me?' She said, 'Yes, my Lord and your Lord is Allah.' So he ordered a basin of copper to be heated, and it was heated for her. Then he ordered her children to be brought and started throwing them into it, one by one, until they came to the youngest child who was still breastfeeding. At that point she said, 'O my mothers, be firm, for you are upon the truth.'"
«مَرَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي بِرَائِحَةٍ طَيْبَةٍ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ؟ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ مَاشِطَةُ بِنْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ كَانَتْ تَمْشُطُهَا فَوَقَعَ الْمُشْطُ مِنْ يَدَهَا فَقَالَتْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَتْ بِنْتُ فِرْعَوْنَ أَبِي؟ قَالَتْ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكِ وَرَبُّ أَبِيكِ قَالَتْ أَقُولُ لَهُ قَالَتْ قُولِي فَقَالَتْ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَلَكِ مِنْ رَبٍّ غَيْرِي؟ قَالَتْ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ قَالَتْ فَأَحْمَى لَهَا نُقْرَةً مِنْ نُحَاسٍ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ إِنَّ لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةً قَالَ وَمَا حَاجَتُكِ؟ قَالَتْ حَاجَتِي أَنْ تَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ عِظَامِي وَبَيْنَ عِظَامِ وَلَدِي قَالَ ذَلِكَ لَكِ لَمَّا لَكِ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْحَقِّ فَأَلْقَى وَلَدَهَا فِي النُّقْرَةِ وَاحِدًا فَوَاحِدًا وَكَانَ آخِرَهُمْ صَبِيٌّ فَقَالَ يَا أُمَّتَاهُ فَإِنَّكِ عَلَى الْحَقِّ»
✧ On the night I was taken on the night journey, I passed by a pleasant fragrance and said, 'What is this, O Jibril?' He said, 'This is the hairdresser of Pharaoh's daughter. She used to comb her hair, and the comb fell from her hand. She said, "In the name of Allah." Pharaoh's daughter said, "My father?" She said, "My Lord, your Lord, and the Lord of your father." She said, "Should I tell him?" She said, "Tell him." So she told him. He said to her, "Do you have a lord other than me?" She said, "My Lord and your Lord is the One in the heaven." So he heated a brass basin for her and said, "I have a request of you." He said, "What is your request?" She said, "My request is that you gather my bones with the bones of my child." He said, "That is for you, due to the right you have over us." He threw her children into the basin one by one, and the last of them was an infant who said, "O mother, be patient, for you are upon the truth."
«لَا يُصِيبُ الْمَرْءَ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ نَصَبٍ وَلَا وَصَبٍ وَلَا هَمٍّ وَلَا حُزْنٍ وَلَا غَمٍّ وَلَا أَذًى حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةُ يُشَاكُهَا إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطَايَاهُ»
✧ No fatigue, illness, worry, sorrow, grief, or harm befalls a believer, even a thorn that pricks him, except that Allah expiates some of his sins thereby.
«مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُشَاكُ شَوْكَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا إِلَّا رُفَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ بِهَا عَنْهُ خَطِيئَةً»
✧ No Muslim is pricked by a thorn or anything more than that except that Allah raises him a degree and wipes away a sin thereby.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2907No grade recorded
«مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُصِبْ مِنْهُ»
✧ Whomever Allah intends good for, He afflicts him.
«إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لِتَكُونَ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْمَنْزِلَةُ فَمَا يَبْلُغُهَا بِعَمَلٍ فَلَا يَزَالُ اللَّهُ يَبْتَلِيهِ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَهُ إِيَّاهَا»
✧ A man may have a rank with Allah that he does not attain by deeds, and Allah will keep testing him with what he dislikes until He brings him to it.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2909Hasan sahih
جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبِهَا لَمَمٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَشْفِيَنِي قَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتِ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ لَكِ فَشَفَاكَ وَإِنْ شِئْتِ فَاصْبِرِي وَلَا حِسَابَ عَلَيْكِ» فَقَالَتْ بَلْ أَصْبِرُ وَلَا حِسَابَ عَلَيَّ
✧ A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a touch of madness and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, supplicate Allah to cure me.' He said, 'If you wish, I will supplicate Allah for you and He will cure you, and if you wish, be patient and there will be no reckoning upon you.' She said, 'Rather, I will be patient and there will be no reckoning upon me.'
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ الصَّلَاحُ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {لَيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَا أَمَانِيِّ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ} وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عَمِلْنَا جُزِينَا بِهِ؟ فَقَالَ «غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَلَسْتَ تَمْرَضُ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَحْزَنُ؟ أَلَسْتَ تُصِيبُكَ اللَّأْوَاءُ؟ » قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «هُوَ مَا تُجْزَوْنَ بِهِ»
✧ O Messenger of Allah, how can there be righteousness after this verse: {It is not by your desires nor the desires of the People of the Book; whoever does evil will be recompensed for it}? And everything we do we are recompensed for? He said, 'May Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr. Do you not fall ill? Do you not grieve? Do you not suffer hardship?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'That is what you are recompensed with.'
أَنَّ رَجُلًا لَقِيَ امْرَأَةَ كَانَتْ بَغِيًّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَجَعَلَ يُلَاعِبُهَا حَتَّى بَسَطَ يَدَهُ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَتْ مَهْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَذْهَبَ بِالشِّرْكِ وَجَاءَ بِالْإِسْلَامِ فَتَرَكَهَا وَوَلَّى فَجَعَلَ يَلْتَفِتُ خَلْفَهُ وَيَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى أَصَابَ وَجْهُهُ حَائِطًا ثُمَّ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَالدَّمُ يَسِيلُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِالْأَمْرِ فَقَالَ ﷺ «أَنْتَ عَبْدٌ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِكَ خَيْرًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا إِذَا أَرَادَ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا عَجَّلَ عُقُوبَةَ ذَنْبِهِ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ بِعَبْدٍ شَرًّا أَمْسَكَ عَلَيْهِ ذَنْبَهُ حَتَّى يُوَافِيَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَنَّهُ عَائِرٌ»
✧ A man met a woman who had been a prostitute in the pre-Islamic era and started playing with her until he stretched his hand towards her. She said, 'Stop, for Allah has removed polytheism and brought Islam.' So he left her and turned away, then he kept looking back at her until his face hit a wall. Then he came to the Prophet ﷺ with blood flowing on his face and told him the story. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'You are a servant for whom Allah intends good.' Then he said, 'When Allah, Mighty and Majestic, intends good for a servant, He hastens the punishment for his sin, and when He intends evil for a servant, He withholds his sin until he meets the Day of Resurrection as if it were a stray.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2912No grade recorded
أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ خَرَجَ يُرِيدُ الشَّامَ فَلَمَّا دَنَا بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ بِهَا الطَّاعُونَ فَحَدَّثَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْوَجَعَ عَذَابٌ عُذِّبَ بِهِ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَإِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ لَسْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَهْبِطُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ» فَرَجَعَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ بِالنَّاسِ ذَلِكَ الْعَامَ
✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ set out for Syria, and when he drew near, he learned that the plague was there. Abd al-Rahman b. Awf narrated to him from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, 'This disease is a punishment with which those before you were punished. If it occurs in a land where you are not, do not go down to it; and if it occurs in a land where you are, do not leave fleeing from it.' So Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ returned with the people that year.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2913Hasan sahih
«لَا يَزَالُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْمُؤْمِنِ وَالْمُؤْمِنَةِ فِي جَسَدِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ حَتَّى يَلْقَى اللَّهَ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَطِيئَةٍ»
✧ Calamity keeps befalling the believing man and woman in body, wealth, and self until they meet Allah with no sin upon them.
أَنَّ ابْنَةً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَضَرَتْهَا الْوَفَاةُ فَأَخَذَهَا فَجَعَلَهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ احْتَضَنَهَا وَهِيَ تُنْزَعُ حَتَّى خَرَجَ نَفَسُهَا وَهُوَ يَبْكِي فَوَضَعَهَا فَصَاحَتْ أُمُّ أَيْمَنَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَبْكِي» فَقَالَتْ أَلَا أَرَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَبْكِي؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَبْكِ فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ رَحْمَةٌ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ تَخْرُجُ نَفْسُهُ مِنْ بَيْنَ جَنْبَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ»
✧ A daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was dying, so he took her and placed her before him, then he embraced her while she was breathing her last until her soul departed, and he was weeping. Then he laid her down, and Umm Ayman cried out. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not weep.' She said, 'Do I not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ weeping?' He said, 'I weep, but it is only mercy. The believer is in all good: his soul departs from between his sides while he praises Allah.'
«مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَالزَّرْعِ لَا تَزَالُ الرِّيحُ تُفِيئُهُ وَلَا يَزَالُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يُصِيبُهُ الْبَلَاءُ وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ كَالشَّجَرَةِ الْأَرْزِ لَا تَهْتَزُّ حَتَّى تُسْتَحْصَدَ»
✧ The likeness of the believer is like a plant: the wind keeps bending it, and the believer keeps being afflicted by calamity. And the likeness of the hypocrite is like the cedar tree: it does not shake until it is cut down.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2916No grade recorded
دَخَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَخَذَتْكَ أُمُّ مِلْدَمٍ؟ » قَالَ وَمَا أُمُّ مِلْدَمٍ؟ قَالَ «حَرٌّ يَكُونُ بَيْنَ الْجِلْدِ وَاللَّحْمِ» قَالَ وَمَا وَجَدْتُ هَذَا قَطُّ
✧ An Arab man entered upon the Prophet ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Has Umm Milham taken hold of you?" He said, "And who is Umm Milham?" He said, "A blister that forms between the skin and the flesh." He said, "I have never had this before."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2917No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِشَيْءٍ قَسَمَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا عَدْلَ فِي هَذَا؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَأُخْبِرَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ «يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مُوسَى قَدْ كَانَ يُصِيبُهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْ هَذَا ثُمَّ يَصْبِرُ»
✧ A man said about something the Prophet ﷺ distributed, 'There is no justice in this.' I said, 'By Allah, I will tell the Messenger of Allah.' So I told him, and he said, 'May Allah have mercy on Musa; he was afflicted with worse than this and was patient.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2918No grade recorded
«مَا رَأَيْتُ الْوَجَعَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ»
✧ I have not seen pain more severe on anyone than on the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ طَرَقَهُ وَجَعٌ فَجَعَلَ يَشْتَكِي وَيَتَقَلَّبُ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ عَائِشَةُ لَوْ صَنَعَ هَذَا بَعْضُنَا لَوَجِدْتَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الصَّالِحِينَ قَدْ يُشَدَّدُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يُصِيبُ مُؤْمِنًا نَكْبَةٌ مِنْ شَوْكَةٍ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا إِلَّا حُطَّتْ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةٌ وَرُفِعَ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةٌ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was struck by pain, and he began to complain and toss on his bed. Aisha said to him, 'If one of us did that, you would be upset with him.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'The righteous are indeed tested severely. No believer is afflicted by a thorn or something greater but that a sin is removed and a degree raised.'
سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى النَّاسُ عَلَى قَدْرِ دِينِهِمْ فَمَنْ ثَخُنَ دِينُهُ اشْتَدَّ بَلَاؤُهُ وَمَنْ ضَعُفَ دِينُهُ ضَعُفَ بَلَاؤُهُ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لِيُصِيبَهُ الْبَلَاءُ حَتَّى يَمْشِيَ فِي النَّاسِ مَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, 'Which people have the most severe affliction?' He said, 'The prophets, then the next best, then the next best. People are tested according to their religion. Whoever's religion is firm, his affliction is severe; whoever's religion is weak, his affliction is light. A man may be afflicted until he walks among people with no sin upon him.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2921Hasan sahih
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الْعَبْدُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا يَبْرَحُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَمْشِيَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»
✧ O Messenger of Allah, who are the people most severely tested? He said, "The prophets, then the next best and the next best. A servant is tested according to his religion. Thus, it does not cease to afflict the servant until he walks upon the earth with no sin upon him."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2922Hasan sahih
أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْبَلَايَا أَسْرَعُ إِلَى مَنْ يُحِبُّنِي مِنَ السَّيْلِ إِلَى مُنْتَهَاهُ»
✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I love you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Calamities hasten to the one who loves me faster than a flood to its end."
أَنَّ رَجُلًا تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ} فَقَالَ إِنَّا لَنُجْزَى بِكُلِّ مَا عَمِلْنَا هَلَكْنَا إِذَا فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «نَعَمْ يُجْزَى بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فِي جَسَدِهِ مِمَّا يُؤْذِيهِ»
✧ A man recited this verse: {Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it} and said, "Indeed, if we are recompensed for everything we do, we will be ruined." When that reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said, "Yes, he will be recompensed for it in this world through a calamity in his body that harms him."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2924Hasan sahih
«مَا يَزَالُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْمُؤْمِنِ وَالْمُؤْمِنَةِ فِي جَسَدِهِ وَفِي مَالِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ حَتَّى يَلْقَى اللَّهَ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَطِيئَةٍ»
✧ "Calamity does not cease to afflict the believing man and woman in their body, wealth, and children until they meet Allah with no sin upon them."
«مَا مِنْ سَقَمٍ وَلَا وَجَعٍ يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِلَّا كَانَ كَفَّارَةٌ لِذَنْبِهِ حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةُ يُشَاكُهَا وَالنَّكْبَةُ يُنْكَبُهَا»
✧ "There is no illness or pain that befalls a believer except that it is an expiation for his sin, even a thorn that pricks him or a misfortune that befalls him."
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ الصَّلَاحُ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ} فَقَالَ «رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَلَسْتَ تَمْرَضُ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَنْصَبُ؟ أَلَسْتَ يُصِيبُكَ اللَّأْوَاءُ؟ فَذَاكَ مَا تُجْزَوْنَ بِهِ»
✧ O Messenger of Allah, how can there be well-being after this verse: {Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it}? He said, "May Allah have mercy on you, O Abu Bakr. Do you not fall ill? Do you not tire? Do you not suffer hardship? That is what you are recompensed for."
«مَا يَمْرَضُ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ وَلَا مُسْلِمٌ وَلَا مَسْلَمَةٌ إِلَّا حَطَّ اللَّهُ بِذَلِكَ خَطَايَاهُ كَمَا تَنْحَطُّ الْوَرَقَةُ عَنِ الشَّجَرَةِ»
✧ "No believer, male or female, Muslim, male or female, falls ill except that Allah sheds their sins thereby, just as a leaf falls from a tree."
أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ هَذِهِ الْأَمْرَاضَ الَّتِي تُصِيبُنَا مَاذَا لَنَا مِنْهَا؟ فَقَالَ «كَفَّارَاتٌ» فَقَالَ أَيْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّتْ قَالَ «وَإِنْ شَوْكَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا» قَالَ فَدَعَا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَنْ لَا يُفَارِقَهُ الْوَعْكُ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ وَأَنْ لَا يَشْغَلَهُ عَنْ حَجٍّ وَلَا عَنْ عَمْرَةٍ وَلَا جِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ قَالَ فَمَا مَسَّ إِنْسَانٌ جَسَدَهُ إِلَّا وَجَدَ حَرَّهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ
✧ A man among the Muslims said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is our reward for these illnesses that afflict us?" He said, "They are expiations." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, even if they are few?" He said, "Even a thorn or anything above it." He said, "Then he called upon himself that fever would not leave him until he died, and that it would not distract him from Hajj, Umrah, jihad in the path of Allah, or prescribed prayer in congregation." He said, "No person touched his body except that he found its heat, until he died."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2929Hasan sahih
«إِذَا سَافَرَ ابْنُ آدَمَ أَوْ مَرِضَ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مِثْلَ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ وَهُوَ مُقِيمٌ صَحِيحٌ»
✧ "When a person travels or falls ill, Allah records for him the like of what he used to do when he was resident and healthy."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2930Hasan sahih
إِذَا أَخَذْتُ كَرِيمَتَيْ عَبْدِي فَصَبَرَ وَاحْتَسَبَ لَمْ أَرْضَ لَهُ ثَوَابًا دُونَ الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ If I take away the two precious things of My servant and he is patient and seeks reward, I will not be satisfied with any reward for him less than Paradise."
«إِذَا سَلَبْتُ مِنْ عَبْدِي كَرِيمَتَيْهِ وَهُوَ بِهِمَا ضَنِينٌ لَمْ أَرْضَ لَهُ ثَوَابًا دُونَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذَا حَمِدَنِي عَلَيْهِمَا»
✧ "If I seize the two precious things of My servant while he is attached to them, and he praises Me for them, I will not be satisfied with any reward for him less than Paradise."
«لَا يَذْهَبُ اللَّهُ بِحَبِيبَتَيْ عَبْدٍ فَيَصْبِرُ وَيَحْتَسِبُ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ "Allah does not take away the two beloved things of a servant and he is patient and seeks reward except that Allah will admit him to Paradise."
أَنَّهُمَا بَلَغَهُمَا أَنَّ رَجُلًا مَاتَ بِبَطْنٍ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَلَمْ يَبْلُغْكُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ قَتَلَهُ بَطْنُهُ لَمْ يُعَذَّبْ فِي قَبْرِهِ»
✧ They both learned that a man died of a stomach ailment, so one of them said, 'Has it not reached you that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is killed by his stomach will not be punished in his grave"?'
تُوُفِّيَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا لَيْتَهُ مَاتَ فِي غَيْرِ مَوْلِدِهِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ لِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ » إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا مَاتَ فِي غَيْرِ مَوْلِدِهِ قِيسَ لَهُ مِنْ مَوْلِدِهِ إِلَى مُنْقَطَعِ أَثَرِهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ
✧ A man died in Madinah, and the Prophet ﷺ prayed over him and said, 'Would that he had died somewhere other than his birthplace.' A man among the people said, 'Why, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'When a man dies somewhere other than his birthplace, a space is measured for him from his birthplace to the end of his trace in Paradise.'
أَتَتِ الْحُمَّى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَنْ أَنْتِ؟ » فَقَالَتْ أَنَا أُمُّ مِلْدَمٍ قَالَ «انْهَدِي إِلَى قُبَاءَ فَأْتِيهِمْ» قَالَ فَأَتَتْهُمْ فَحُمُّوا أَوْ لَقُوا مِنْهَا شِدَّةً فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى مَا لَقِينَا مِنَ الْحُمَّى قَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتُمْ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فَكَشَفَهَا عَنْكُمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ كَانَتْ طَهُورًا» قَالُوا بَلْ تَكُونُ طَهُورًا
✧ Fever came to the Prophet ﷺ and sought permission to enter upon him. He said, 'Who are you?' It said, 'I am Umm Mildam.' He said, 'Go to Quba and come to them.' It went to them and they became feverish, or they experienced severity from it. They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, do you not see what we have encountered from the fever?' He said, 'If you wish, I will supplicate to Allah and He will remove it from you, and if you wish, it will be a purification.' They said, 'Rather, let it be a purification.'
«إِذَا اشْتَكَى الْمُؤْمِنُ أَخْلَصَهُ ذَلِكَ كَمَا يُخْلِصُ الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ»
✧ When the believer falls ill, that purifies him just as the bellows removes the dross of iron.
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَمَسِسْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَتُوعَكُ وَعْكًا شَدِيدًا فَقَالَ «أَجَلْ إِنِّي أُوعَكُ مَا يُوعَكُ رَجُلَانِ مِنْكُمْ» قُلْتُ إِنَّ لَكَ أَجْرَيْنِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَجَلْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مُسْلِمٌ يُصِيبُهُ أَذًى مِنْ مَرَضٍ فَمَا سِوَاهُ إِلَّا حَطَّ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ خَطَايَاهُ كَمَا تَحُطُّ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَهَا»
✧ I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ and touched him, and I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, you are suffering a severe fever.' He said, 'Yes, I suffer fever as much as two men of you.' I said, 'You will have two rewards.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Yes.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, there is no Muslim on earth afflicted with harm from illness or anything else but that Allah removes his sins from him just as a tree sheds its leaves.'
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى أُمِّ السَّائِبِ أَوْ أُمِّ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَهِيَ تُرَفْرِفُ فَقَالَ «مَا لَكِ يَا أُمَّ السَّائِبِ أَوْ يَا أُمَّ الْمُسَيَّبِ تَرَفْرِفِينَ؟ » قَالَتِ الْحُمَّى لَا بَارِكَ اللَّهُ فِيهَا فَقَالَ ﷺ «لَا تَسُبِّي الْحُمَّى فَإِنَّهَا تُذْهِبُ خَطَايَا ابْنِ آدَمَ كَمَا يُذْهِبُ الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon Umm al-Sa'ib or Umm al-Musayyab while she was shivering. He said, 'What is the matter with you, O Umm al-Sa'ib or O Umm al-Musayyab, that you are shivering?' She said, 'The fever, may Allah not bless it.' He ﷺ said, 'Do not revile the fever, for it removes the sins of the son of Adam just as the bellows removes the dross of iron.'
أَنَّهَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهَا امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا تَسْتَطْعِمُ قَالَتْ فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي إِلَّا تَمْرَةً وَاحِدَةً فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَا فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَشَقَّتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا قَالَتْ ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ وَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرَهَا فَقَالَ ﷺ «مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَنَاتِ فَأَحْسَنَ صُحْبَتَهُنَّ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ»
✧ A woman entered upon her with her two daughters begging for food. She said, 'I found nothing but a single date, so I gave it to her. She took it and split it between her two daughters and did not eat any of it herself.' She said, 'Then she got up and left, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me, so I told him her story.' He ﷺ said, 'Whoever is tried with any of these daughters and treats them well, they will be a screen for him from the Fire.'
أَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍ بِالرَّبَذَةِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا مَالُكَ؟ فَقَالَ مَالِي عَمَلِي قُلْتُ حَدِّثَنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُمَا اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ»
✧ I came to Abu Dharr at al-Rabadha and said, 'O Abu Dharr, what is your wealth?' He said, 'My wealth is my deeds.' I said, 'Narrate to us a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that you heard from him.' He said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There are no two Muslims who have three children die before reaching puberty but that Allah admits them to Paradise by the virtue of His mercy toward them."'
أَنَّ نِسْوَةَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قُلْنَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لَا نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نَأْتِيكَ مَعَ الرِّجَالِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَوْعِدُكُنَّ بَيْتُ فُلَانَةَ» فَجَاءَ فَتَحَدَّثَ مَعَهُنَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَا يَمُوتُ لِإِحْدَاكُنَّ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَحْتَسِبُهُ إِلَّا دَخَلَتِ الْجَنَّةَ» فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ وَاثْنَتَيْنِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «وَاثْنَتَيْنِ»
✧ Some women of the Ansar said to him, 'O Messenger of Allah, we cannot come to you with the men.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Your appointment is at the house of so-and-so.' He came and spoke with them, then said, 'If any one of you has three children die and she seeks reward for that, she will enter Paradise.' A woman among them said, 'And two, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'And two.'
«لَا يَمُوتُ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلَّا تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ»
✧ No Muslim has three children die but that the Fire will not touch him except for the fulfillment of the oath.
«مَنِ احْتَسَبَ ثَلَاثَةً مِنْ صُلْبِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ Whoever seeks reward for three of his own offspring will enter Paradise.
قَالَ النِّسَاءُ غَلَبَنَا عَلَيْكَ الرِّجَالُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَاجْعَلْ لَنَا يَوْمًا فَوَعَدَهُنَّ يَوْمًا فَجِئْنَ فَوَعَظَهُنَّ فَقَالَ لَهُنَّ فِيمَا قَالَ «مَا مِنْكُنَّ امْرَأَةٌ تُقَدِّمُ ثَلَاثَةً مِنْ وَلَدِهَا إِلَّا كَانُوا لَهَا حِجَابًا مِنَ النَّارِ» قَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاثْنَيْنِ؟ وَقَدْ مَاتَ لَهَا اثْنَانِ فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَاثْنَانِ»
✧ The women said, 'The men have overtaken you, O Messenger of Allah, so appoint for us a day.' He promised them a day, and they came. He admonished them, and among what he said to them was: 'There is no woman among you who sends forth three of her children but that they will be a screen for her from the Fire.' A woman said, 'O Messenger of Allah, and two?' Two of hers had died. The Prophet ﷺ said to her, 'And two.'
«مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ لَهُ ابْنَتَانِ فَيُحْسِنُ إِلَيْهِمَا مَا صَحِبَتَاهُ أَوْ صَحِبَهُمَا إِلَّا أَدْخَلَتَاهُ الْجَنَّةَ»
"There is no man whose two daughters reach the age of puberty and he treats them kindly for the time they are together, but they will gain him admittance to Paradise." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3670)
«مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ» قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَابْنَانِ؟ قَالَ «وَابْنَانِ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever has three children and they pass away, will enter paradise." They asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what about two sons?" He replied, "And two sons."
كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَعَ بُنَيٍّ لَهُ فَفَقَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا مَاتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِأَبِيهِ «أَمَا يَسُرُّكَ أَلَا تَأْتِي بَابًا مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا وَجَدْتَهُ يَنْتَظِرُكَ»
✧ A man used to frequent the Prophet ﷺ with a young son of his, and the Prophet ﷺ missed him. They said, "He died, O Messenger of Allah." So the Prophet ﷺ said to his father, "Would it not please you that you will not come to any gate of the gates of Paradise except that you find him waiting for you?"
دَفَنْتُ ابْنِي وَمَعِي أَبُو طَلْحَةَ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ عَلَى شَفِيرِ الْقَبْرِ فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ الْخُرُوجَ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَخْرَجَنِي وَقَالَ أَلَا أُبَشِّرُكَ؟ حَدَّثَنِي الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَرْزَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا مَاتَ وَلَدُ الْعَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ قَالَ اللَّهُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ قَبَضْتُمْ وَلَدَ عَبْدِي؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ
✧ I buried my son while Abu Talha al-Khawlani was with me at the edge of the grave. When I wanted to leave, he took my hand and brought me out, saying, "Shall I give you glad tidings? Al-Dahhak b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Arzab narrated to me from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'When the child of a believing servant dies, Allah says to the angels: You have taken the child of My servant?' They say: 'Yes.'"
«مَنْ أَصَابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَأَنَا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ أَحْتَسِبُ مُصِيبَتِي فَأْجُرْنِي فِيهَا وَأَبْدِلْنِي بِهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا» فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُهَا فَجَعَلْتُ كُلَّمَا بَلَغْتُ أَبْدَلَنِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي وَمَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ؟ فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا بَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَخْطُبُهَا فَلَمْ تَزَوَّجْهُ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا عُمَرُ يَخْطُبُهَا فَلَمْ تَزَوَّجْهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَخْطُبُهَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَتْ أَخْبِرْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى وَأَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِي شَاهِدًا فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهَا فَقُلْ لَهَا أَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى فَأُسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُذْهِبَ غَيْرَتَكِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ فَتُكْفَينَ صِبْيَانَكِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكِ شَاهِدًا فَلَيْسَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكِ شَاهِدٌ وَلَا غَائِبٌ يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ» فَقَالَتْ لِابْنِهَا يَا عُمَرُ قُمْ فَزَوِّجْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَزَوَّجَهُ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْتِيهَا لِيَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَإِذَا رَأَتْهُ أَخَذَتِ ابْنَتَهَا زَيْنَبَ فَجَعَلْتُهَا فِي حِجْرِهَا فَيَنْقَلِبُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَلِمَ بِذَلِكَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ وَكَانَ أَخَاهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ يْنَ هَذِهِ الْمَقْبُوحَةُ الَّتِي قَدْ آذَيْتِ بِهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذَهَا فَذَهَبَ بِهَا فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَجَعَلَ يَضْرِبُ بِبَصَرِهِ فِي جَوَانِبِ الْبَيْتِ وَقَالَ «مَا فَعَلَتْ زَيْنَبُ؟ » قَالَتْ جَاءَ عَمَّارٌ فَأَخَذَهَا فَذَهَبَ بِهَا فَبَنَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «إِنِّي لَا أَنْقُصُكِ مِمَّا أَعْطَيْتُ فُلَانَةَ رَحَاءَيْنِ وَجَرَّتَيْنِ وَمِرْفَقَةً حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ» وَقَالَ «إِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي»
✧ "Whoever is afflicted by a calamity, let him say: 'Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. O Allah, with You I seek reward for my calamity, so reward me in it and replace it for me with something better than it.'" When Abu Salama died, I said it, and every time I reached 'replace it for me with something better than it,' I said to myself: Who is better than Abu Salama? When her waiting period ended, Abu Bakr sent to propose to her, but she did not marry him. Then 'Umar sent to propose to her, but she did not marry him. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent 'Umar b. al-Khattab to her to propose on his behalf. She said, "Inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that I am a jealous woman and that I have children, and none of my guardians is present." So 'Umar came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He said, "Return to her and say: As for your saying that you are a jealous woman, I will ask Allah to remove your jealousy. As for your saying that you have children, your children will be taken care of. As for your saying that none of your guardians is present, there is no guardian of yours, present or absent, who would dislike that." She said to her son, "O 'Umar, stand up and marry the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." So he married her. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would come to her to consummate the marriage, but when she saw him, she took her daughter Zaynab and placed her in her lap, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would leave. 'Ammar b. Yasir, who was her foster brother, learned of this, so he came to her and said, "Where is this ugly one with whom you have harmed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He took her and went away. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and entered upon her, and he began looking around the house and said, "What did Zaynab do?" She said, "'Ammar came and took her and went away." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ consummated the marriage with her and said, "I will not reduce you from what I gave so-and-so: two millstones, two jars, and a cushion stuffed with palm fiber." And he said, "If I stay seven nights with you, I will stay seven nights with my wives."
«مَا تَعُدُّونَ الرَّقُوبَ فِيكُمْ؟ » قَالَ قُلْنَا الَّذِي لَا يُولَدُ لَهُ قَالَ «لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِالرَّقُوبِ وَلَكِنِ الَّذِي لَا يُقَدِّمُ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ شَيْئًا» قَالَ «فَمَا تَعُدُّونَ الصُّرَعَةَ فِيكُمْ؟ » قُلْنَا الَّذِي لَا يَصْرَعُهُ الرِّجَالُ قَالَ «لَيْسَ ذَاكَ وَلَكِنِ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ»
✧ "What do you consider a childless man among you?" He said: We said, "The one who has no children born to him." He said, "That is not the childless one; rather it is the one who does not send ahead any of his children (i.e., none of his children die before him)." He said, "What do you consider a strong man among you?" We said, "The one whom men cannot throw down." He said, "It is not that; rather it is the one who controls himself at times of anger."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2951No grade recorded
أَنَّ الطَّاعُونَ وَقَعَ بِالشَّامِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ رِجْزٌ فَتَفَرَّقُوا عَنْهُ فَقَالَ شُرَحْبِيلُ بْنُ حَسَنَةَ إِنِّي صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعَمْرٌو أَضَلُّ مِنْ حِمَارِ أَهْلِهِ أَوْ جَمَلِ أَهْلِهِ وَقَالَ «إِنَّهَا رَحْمَةٌ رَبِّكُمْ وَدَعْوَةٌ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَمَوْتُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَاجْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا عَنْهُ»
✧ The plague occurred in Syria, and he said, "It is a punishment." So they dispersed from it. Then Shurahbil b. Hasana said, "I accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and 'Amr is more astray than the donkey of his family or the camel of his family." And he said, "It is a mercy from your Lord, the supplication of your Prophet, and the death of the righteous before you. So gather together for it and do not disperse from it."
هَلْ سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الطَّاعُونِ؟ فَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الطَّاعُونُ رِجْزٌ أُرْسِلَ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَوْ عَلَى مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَقْدُمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ»
✧ Did you hear from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the plague? Usama b. Zayd said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The plague is a punishment that was sent upon the Children of Israel or upon those before you. When you hear of it in a land, do not go forward to it; and if it occurs in a land while you are there, do not leave fleeing from it."
أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ خَرَجَ إِلَى الشَّامِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِسَرْغَ لَقِيَهُ أُمَرَاءُ الْأَجْنَادِ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ وَأَصْحَابُهُ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ أَنَّ الْوَبَاءَ قَدْ وَقَعَ بِالشَّامِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ادْعُ لِيَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ الْأَوْلِينَ فَدَعَوْتُهُمْ فَاسْتَشَارَهُمْ وَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّ الْوَبَاءَ قَدْ وَقَعَ بِالشَّامِ فَاخْتَلَفُوا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ خَرَجْتَ لِأَمْرٍ فَلَا نَرَى أَنْ تَرْجِعَ عَنْهُ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ مَعَكَ بَقِيَّةُ النَّاسِ وَأَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَا نَرَى أَنْ تُقْدِمَهُمْ عَلَى هَذَا الْوَبَاءِ فَقَالَ ارْتَفِعُوا عَنِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ ادْعُ لِيَ الْأَنْصَارَ فَدَعَوْتُهُمْ فَاسْتَشَارَهُمْ فَسَلَكُوا سَبِيلَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَاخْتَلَفُوا كَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ فَقَالَ ارْتَفِعُوا عَنِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ ادْعُ لِي مَنْ كَانَ هَاهُنَا مِنْ مَشْيَخَةِ قُرَيْشٍ مِنْ مُهَاجِرَةِ الْفَتْحِ فَدَعَوْتُهُمْ فَلَمْ يَخْتَلِفْ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلَانِ وَقَالُوا نَرَى أَنْ تَرْجِعَ بِالنَّاسِ وَلَا تُقْدِمَهُمْ عَلَى هَذَا الْوَبَاءِ فَنَادَى عُمَرُ فِي النَّاسِ إِنِّي مُصْبِحٌ عَلَى ظَهْرٍ فَأَصْبِحُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ أَفِرَارًا مِنْ قَدْرِ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَوْ غَيْرُكَ قَالَهَا يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَكْرَهُ خِلَافَهُ نَفِرُ مِنْ قَدَرِ اللَّهِ إِلَى قَدَرِ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ إِبِلٌ فَهَبَطَتْ وَادِيًا لَهُ عُدْوَتَانِ إِحْدَاهُمَا خِصِبَةٌ وَالْأُخْرَى جَدْبَةٌ أَلَيْسَ إِنْ رَعَيْتَ الْخِصْبَةَ رَعَيْتَهَا بِقَدَرِ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ رَعَيْتَ الْجَدْبَةَ رَعَيْتَهَا بِقَدَرِ اللَّهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ
✧ 'Umar b. al-Khattab went out to Syria until when he was at Sargh, the commanders of the armies met him: Abu 'Ubayda b. al-Jarrah and his companions. They informed him that the plague had occurred in Syria. Ibn 'Abbas said: 'Umar said, "Call for me the earliest Muhajirun." So I called them, and he consulted them and informed them that the plague had occurred in Syria. They differed. Some of them said, "You have set out for a matter, so we do not think you should turn back from it." Others said, "With you are the rest of the people and the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we do not think you should bring them forward to this plague." He said, "Leave me." Then he said, "Call for me the Ansar." So I called them, and he consulted them. They followed the path of the Muhajirun and differed just as they had differed. He said, "Leave me." Then he said, "Call for me whoever is here from the elders of Quraysh who were among the Muhajirun of the conquest." So I called them, and no two of them differed. They said, "We think you should return with the people and not bring them forward to this plague." 'Umar called out among the people, "I am departing in the morning, so depart in the morning." Abu 'Ubayda b. al-Jarrah said, "Fleeing from the decree of Allah?" 'Umar said, "If only someone else had said it, O Abu 'Ubayda!" 'Umar disliked opposing him. "We flee from the decree of Allah to the decree of Allah. Do you think if you had camels and they descended into a valley that had two sides, one fertile and the other barren: if you grazed them in the fertile side, you would graze them by the decree of Allah; and if you grazed them in the barren side, you would graze them by the decree of Allah?" He said, "Yes."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2954No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهَ ﷺ ذَكَرَ الطَّاعُونَ فَقَالَ «بَقِيَّةُ رِجْزٍ وَعَذَابٌ أُرْسِلَ عَلَى طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَهْرَبُوا مِنْهُ وَإِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَهْبِطُوا عَلَيْهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the plague and said, "It is a remnant of punishment and torment that was sent upon a group of the Children of Israel. When it occurs in a land while you are there, do not flee from it; and when it is in a land, do not descend upon it."
«مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا لَمْ يَزَلْ يَخُوضُ الرَّحْمَةَ حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ غُمِرَ فِيهَا»
✧ "Whoever visits a sick person continues to wade through mercy until he sits down; and when he sits down, he is immersed in it."
«إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا عَادَ أَخَاهَ الْمُسْلِمَ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي مَخْرَفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ»
✧ "When a Muslim visits his sick Muslim brother, he remains in the harvest of Paradise until he returns."
أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ زَارَ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَا عَمْرُو أَتَزُورُ حَسَنًا وَفِي النَّفْسِ مَا فِيهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا عَلِيُّ لَسْتَ بِرَبِّ قَلْبِي تَصْرِفُهُ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَمَا إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَمْنَعُنِي مِنْ أَنْ أُؤَدِّيَ إِلَيْكَ النَّصِيحَةَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنِ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَعُودُ مُسْلِمًا إِلَّا ابْتَعَثَ اللَّهُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ فِي أَيِّ سَاعَاتِ النَّهَارِ كَانَ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَأَيِّ سَاعَاتِ اللَّيْلِ كَانَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ»
✧ 'Amr b. Hurayth visited al-Hasan b. 'Ali, and 'Ali b. Abi Talib said to him, "O 'Amr, do you visit Hasan while there is in the soul what there is?" He said, "Yes, O 'Ali, you are not the lord of my heart to turn it wherever you wish." 'Ali said, "Indeed, that does not prevent me from giving you sincere advice. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'There is no Muslim person who visits a Muslim person except that Allah dispatches seventy thousand angels who pray for him in whatever hours of the day it is, until evening, and in whatever hours of the night it is, until morning.'"
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَعْرَابِيٍّ يَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ «لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ» فَقَالَ كَلَّا بَلْ حِمَّى تَفُورُ عَلَى شَيْخٍ كَبِيرٍ تُورِدُهُ الْقُبُورَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «فَنَعَمْ إِذًا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon a bedouin to visit him and said, "No harm, purification, if Allah wills." He said, "No indeed, rather a boiling fever upon an old man that will bring him to the graves." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then yes, so be it."
أَنَّ غُلَامًا يَهُودِيًّا كَانَ يَخْدُمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَمَرِضَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «اذْهَبُوا بِنَا إِلَيْهِ نَعُودُهُ» فَأَتَوْهُ وَأَبُوهُ قَاعِدٌ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ أَشْفَعُ لَكَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» فَجَعَلَ الْغُلَامُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُوهُ انْظُرْ مَا يَقُولُ لَكَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْحَمْدُ للَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَهُ مِنْ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ»
✧ A Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet ﷺ, and he fell ill. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his companions, "Come with us to visit him." They came to him while his father was sitting at his head. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Say: There is no god but Allah, so that I may intercede for you thereby on the Day of Resurrection." The boy began looking at his father, and his father said to him, "See what Abul-Qasim says to you." He said, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Praise be to Allah who saved him from the Fire of Hell."
«إِذَا عَادَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ أَوْ زَارَهُ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى طِبْتَ وَطَابَ مَمْشَاكَ وَتَبَوَّأْتَ مَنْزِلًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "When a Muslim visits his brother Muslim, or visits him, Allah the Almighty says, 'You have done well and behaved righteously. May your footsteps be blessed, and your place in Paradise be prepared.'"
كُنْتُ أُعَوِّذُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِدُعَاءِ كَانَ جِبْرِيلُ يُعَوِّذُهُ بِهِ إِذَا مَرِضَ «أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ تَنْزِلُ الشِّفَاءَ لَا شَافِيَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ اشْفِ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا» فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ جَعَلْتُ أَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ فَقَالَ ﷺ «ارْفَعِي يَدَكِ فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَنْفَعُنِي فِي الْمُدَّةِ»
✧ I used to treat the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a ruqya that Jibril used to treat him with when he fell ill: "Remove the affliction, Lord of mankind; send down healing, for there is no healer but You; heal with a healing that leaves no sickness." When he was in the illness in which he died, I began supplicating with this supplication, and he ﷺ said, "Lift your hand, for it used to benefit me during the period."
«كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَكَى قَرَأَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ وَيَنْفُثُ فَلَمَّا اشْتَدَّ وَجَعُهُ كُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَمْسَحُ عَنْهُ بِيَدِهِ رَجَاءَ بَرَكَتِهَا»
✧ When he complained of pain, he would recite over himself the mu'awwidhat and blow, and when his pain became severe, I would recite over him and wipe him with his own hand, hoping for its blessing.
أَنَّهُ شَكَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَعًا يَجِدُهُ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ « ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي تَأْلَمَ مِنْ جَسَدِكَ وَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثًا وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ»
✧ He complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of a pain he had felt since he accepted Islam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Place your hand on the part of your body that hurts and say: In the name of Allah three times, then say: I seek refuge in Allah and His power from the evil of what I find and fear, seven times."
أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ وَبِي وَجَعٌ قَدْ كَادَ يُهْلِكُنِي قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «امْسَحْ بِيَمِينِكَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَأَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ مَا كَانَ بِي فَلَمْ أَزَلْ آمُرُ بِهِ أَهْلِي وَغَيْرَهُمْ
✧ He came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Uthman said, "I had a pain that nearly destroyed me." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Wipe with your right hand seven times and say: I seek refuge in the might of Allah and His power from the evil of what I find." He said, "I said that and Allah removed what was in me, and I have kept commanding my family and others to do it."
«لَا يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أُحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَأَفْضَلَ»
✧ None of you should wish for death because of harm that befalls him in this world, but let him say: O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and take me when death is better and more virtuous for me.
أَنَّهُ شَكَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَعًا يَجِدُهُ فِي جَسَدِهِ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي تَأْلَمَ مِنْ جَسَدِكَ وَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثًا وَقُلْ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ»
✧ He complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of a pain he felt in his body since he accepted Islam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Place your hand on the part of your body that hurts and say: In the name of Allah three times, then say seven times: I seek refuge in Allah and His power from the evil of what I find and fear."
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ رَقَاهُ وَهُوَ يُوعَكُ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ وَمَنْ كُلِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ وَمَنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ وَاسْمُ اللَّهِ () وَاللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ»
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Jibril treated him with ruqya while he had a fever, saying: In the name of Allah I treat you from every disease that harms you, from every envier when he envies, and from every eye. By the name of Allah, and Allah will heal you.
قَالَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكَ لِي فِي زَوْجِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَأَخِي مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَقَدْ سَأَلْتِ اللَّهَ عَنْ آجَالٍ مَضْرُوبَةٍ وَآثَارٍ مَبْلُوغَةٍ وَأَرْزَاقٍ مَقْسُومَةٍ لَا يُعَجَّلُ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ قَبْلَ حِلِّهِ فَلَوْ سَأَلْتِ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُعِيذَكِ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ أَوْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ كَانَ خَيْرًا أَوْ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ »
✧ Umm Habibah said, "O Allah, bless me in my husband, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and my father Abu Sufyan, and my brother Mu'awiyah." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have asked Allah about fixed terms, attained ends, and apportioned provisions, none of which is hastened before its due time. If you had asked Allah to protect you from the punishment of the Fire or the punishment of the grave, it would have been better or more virtuous."
كَانَ إِذَا عَادَ الْمَرِيضَ مَسَحَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ وَقَالَ «أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ وَاشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي اشْفِ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا»
✧ When he visited a sick person, he would wipe him with his right hand and say, "Remove the affliction, Lord of mankind, and heal; You are the Healer; heal with a healing that leaves no sickness."
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَى مَرِيضًا أَوْ أُتِيَ بِمَرِيضٍ قَالَ «أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا»
✧ When the Prophet ﷺ came to a sick person or a sick person was brought to him, he would say, "Remove the affliction, Lord of mankind; heal; You are the Healer; there is no healing but Your healing; a healing that leaves no sickness."
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِالْمَرِيضِ يَدْعُو وَيَقُولُ «أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا»
✧ When the Prophet ﷺ was brought a sick person, he would supplicate and say: “Remove the affliction, Lord of the people. Heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no sickness.”
كَانَ مِمَّا يَقُولُ لِلْمَرِيضِ يَقُولُ بِبُزَاقِهِ بِإِصْبَعِهِ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تُرْبَةُ أَرْضِنَا بَرِيقَةِ بَعْضِنَا يُشْفَى سَقِيمُنَا بِإِذْنِ رَبَّنَا»
✧ Among what he used to say for the sick person—he would say it with his saliva on his finger: “In the name of Allah, the dust of our earth with the saliva of some of us, our sick one is healed by the permission of our Lord.”
كَانَ إِذَا جَاءَ الرَّجُلَ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ عَبْدَكَ يَنْكَأُ لَكَ عَدُوًّا أَوْ يَمْشِي لَكَ إِلَى صَلَاةٍ»
✧ When he came to visit a sick man, he would say: “O Allah, heal Your servant so that he may wound an enemy for You or walk to prayer for You.”
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا عَادَ مَرِيضًا جَلَسَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَبْعَ مِرَارٍ «أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيكَ» فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي أَجَلِهِ تَأْخِيرٌ عُوفِيَ مِنْ وَجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited a sick person, he would sit at his head and then say seven times: “I ask Allah the Almighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to heal you.” If there was a delay in his appointed time, he would be cured of that pain of his.
انْصَبَّتْ عَلَى يَدَيْ مَرَقَةٌ فَأَحْرَقَتْهَا فَذَهَبَتْ بِي أُمِّي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ وَهُوَ فِي الرَّحْبَةِ فَأَحْفَظُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ» وَأَكْثَرُ عِلْمِي أَنَّهُ قَالَ «أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لَا شَافِيَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ»
✧ Some broth spilled on my hands and burned them. My mother took me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we came to him while he was in al-Rahbah. I remember that he said: “Remove the affliction, Lord of the people.” And most of my knowledge is that he said: “You are the Healer; there is no healer except You.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2977No grade recorded
أَقْبَلْتُ بِكَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى لَيْلَةٍ أَوْ لَيْلَتَيْنِ طَبَخْتُ لَكَ طَبْخَةً فَفَنِيَ الْحَطَبُ فَخَرَجْتُ أَطْلُبُهُ فَتَنَاوَلْتَ الْقَدْرَ فَانْكَفَأَتْ عَلَى ذِرَاعِكَ فَأَتَيْتُ بِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاطِبٍ وَهُوَ أَوْلَ مَنْ سُمِّيَ بِكَ قَالَتْ فَتَفَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي فِيكَ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ وَدَعَا لَكَ وَقَالَ «أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ وَاشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا» قَالَتْ فَمَا قُمْتُ بِكَ مِنْ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا وَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ يَدُكَ
✧ “I brought you back from the land of Abyssinia until, when you were a night or two away from Madinah, I cooked a cooking for you and ran out of firewood. I went out to look for it, and you reached for the cooking pot, and it tipped over onto your forearm. I brought you to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, this is Muhammad b. Hatib, and he is the first to be named with your name.’” She said: “So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spat into your mouth, wiped over your head, supplicated for you, and said: ‘Remove the affliction, Lord of the people. Heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no sickness.’” She said: “I did not get up with you from his presence except that your hand was already healed.”
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا عَادَ الْمَرِيضَ جَلَسَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ «أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيكَ» فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي أَجَلِهِ تَأْخِيرٌ عُوفِيَ مِنْ وَجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited a sick person, he would sit at his head and then say seven times: “I ask Allah the Almighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to heal you.” If there was a delay in his appointed time, he would be cured of that pain of his.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2955Hasan sahih
«عُودُوَا الْمَرْضَى وَاتَّبَعُوا الْجَنَائِزَ تُذَكِّرُكُمُ الْآخِرَةَ»
✧ "Visit the sick and follow funerals; it will remind you of the Hereafter."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2980Hasan sahih
«أَعْمَارُ أُمَّتِي مَا بَيْنَ السِّتِّينَ إِلَى السَّبْعِينَ وَأَقَلُّهُمْ مَنْ يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ»
✧ “The lifespans of my nation are between sixty and seventy, and few of them exceed that.”
« أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخِيَارِكُمْ» قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «خِيَارُكُمْ أَطْوَلُكُمْ أَعْمَارًا وَأَحْسَنُكُمْ أَعْمَالًا»
✧ “Shall I not tell you who are the best among you?” They said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “The best among you are those who live longest and have the best deeds.”
قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ بَلِيٍّ فَكَانَ إِسْلَامُهُمَا جَمِيعًا وَاحِدًا وَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَشَدَّ اجْتِهَادًا مِنَ الْآخَرِ فَغَزَا الْمُجْتَهِدُ فَاسْتُشْهِدَ وَعَاشَ الْآخَرُ سَنَةً حَتَّى صَامَ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَرَأَى طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ خَارِجًا خَرَجَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَذِنَ لِلَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ آخِرَهُمَا ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَأَذِنَ لِلَّذِي اسْتُشْهِدَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَأْنِ لَكَ فَأَصْبَحَ طَلْحَةُ يُحَدِّثُ بِهِ النَّاسَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثُوهُ الْحَدِيثَ وَعَجِبُوا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَانَ أَشَدَّ الرَّجُلَيْنِ اجْتِهَادًا وَاسْتُشْهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدَخَلَ هَذَا الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلَيْسَ قَدْ مَكَثَ هَذَا بَعْدَهُ بِسَنَةٍ؟ » قَالُوا نَعَمْ
✧ Two men from Bali came to the Prophet ﷺ, and their Islam was together as one. One of them was more diligent in worship than the other. The diligent one went on a military campaign and was martyred. The other lived for a year until he fasted Ramadan, then died. Talhah b. Ubayd Allah saw a person coming out of Paradise. He gave permission to the one who died last of the two; then he came out again and gave permission to the one who was martyred; then he returned to Talhah and said: “Go back, for your time has not yet come.” In the morning, Talhah began telling the people about it. That reached the Prophet ﷺ, so they related the account to him and were amazed. They said: “O Messenger of Allah, the first of the two men was more diligent in worship and was martyred in the path of Allah, yet this one entered Paradise before him.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “Did this one not remain after him for a year?” They said: “Yes.”
«مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever develops some gray hair in the cause of Allah, it shall be a light for him in the Day of Judgement. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1635)
«مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “Whoever grows a grey hair in the path of Allah, it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2985No grade recorded
«لَا تَنْتِفُوا الشَّيْبَ فَإِنَّهُ نُورٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ كُتِبَ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةٌ وَحُطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةٌ وَرُفِعَ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةٌ»
✧ «Do not pluck grey hairs, for it is light on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever grows a grey hair in Islam, a good deed is recorded for him thereby, a misdeed is erased from him thereby, and a rank is raised for him thereby.»
لَمَّا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ تَبُوكَ سُئِلَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ فَقَالَ «لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ وَعَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from Tabuk, he was asked about the Hour, so he said: «One hundred years will not come upon people while on the surface of the earth there is a breathing soul.»
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِشَهْرٍ «تَسْأَلُونِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ وَإِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَأُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ الْيَوْمَ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say a month before he died: «You ask me about the Hour, but its knowledge is only with Allah. I swear by Allah, there is no breathing soul on the surface of the earth today that one hundred years will come upon.»
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2988No grade recorded
«تَسْأَلُونِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ»
✧ «You ask me about the Hour. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, there is no soul breathing on the earth that one hundred years will come upon.»
صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ فِي آخِرِ حَيَاتِهِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ فَقَالَ «رَأَيْتُمْ لَيْلَتَكُمْ هَذِهِ؟ فَإِنَّ عَلَى رَأْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهَا مِمَّنْ هُوَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the night prayer at the end of his life. When he said the salam, he stood and said: «Have you seen this night of yours? At the head of one hundred years, none of those who are on the surface of the earth today will remain.»
«مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ»
✧ «There is none among you, no breathing soul, that one hundred years will come upon it while it is alive.»
«تَسْأَلُونَنِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ الْيَوْمَ تَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ»
✧ «You ask me about the Hour. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, there is no soul breathing on the earth today that one hundred years will come upon it.»
«مَنْ عَمَّرَهُ اللَّهُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْعُمْرِ»
✧ “Whoever Allah grants sixty years of life, He has indeed left no excuse for him regarding his lifespan.”
«أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ هَاذِمِ اللَّذَّاتِ فَمَا ذَكَرَهُ عَبْدٌ قَطُّ وَهُوَ فِي ضِيقٍ إِلَّا وَسَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا ذَكَرُهُ وَهُوَ فِي سَعَةٍ إِلَّا ضَيِّقَهُ عَلَيْهِ»
from the Prophet ﷺ, he said: Frequently remember the destroyer of pleasures (death), for whenever a servant mentions it while in difficulty, it ˹gives him relief˺, and whenever he mentions it while in ease, it gives him ˹self-restraint.˺
«أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ هَاذِمِ اللَّذَّاتِ»
✧ «Frequently remember the destroyer of pleasures.»
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ «أَكْثِرُوا مِنْ ذِكْرِ هَاذِمِ اللَّذَّاتِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to frequently say: «Frequently remember the destroyer of pleasures.»
Sahih Ibn Hibban 2992Hasan sahih
«أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ هَاذِمِ اللَّذَّاتِ الْمَوْتِ»
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Frequently remember the destroyer of pleasures,’ meaning death.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4258)
مَرَّ بِنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نُصْلِحُ خُصًّا لَنَا فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا؟ » فَقُلْنَا خُصٌّ لَنَا وَهَى فَنَحْنُ نُصْلِحُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا أَرَى الْأَمْرَ إِلَّا أَعْجَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by us while we were repairing a hut of ours. He said: «What is this?» We said: A hut of ours that has become dilapidated, so we are repairing it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «I see the matter only as swifter than that.»
«هَذَا ابْنُ آدَمَ وَهَذَا أَجَلُهُ» وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عِنْدَ قَفَاهُ ثُمَّ بَسَطَ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ «وَثَمَّ أَمَلُهُ وَثَمَّ أَمَلُهُ»
✧ «This is the son of Adam, and this is his appointed term.» He placed his hand at the back of his neck, then spread his hand and said: «And there is his hope, and there is his hope.»
مَرَّ بِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا وَأُمِّي نُصْلِحُ خُصًّا لَنَا فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ؟ » قَالَ قُلْتُ خُصٌّ لَنَا نُصْلِحُهُ فَقَالَ «الْأَمْرُ أَسْرَعُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while my mother and I were repairing a hut of ours. He said: «What is this, O ‘Abdullah?» He said: I said: A hut of ours we are repairing. He said: «The matter is faster than that.»
«لَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ إِمَّا مُحْسِنًا فَلَعَلَّهُ يَزْدَادُ خَيْرًا وَإِمَّا مُسِيئًا فَلَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَعْتِبُ»
✧ "None of you should wish for death. If he is a doer of good, perhaps he may increase in good; and if he is an evildoer, perhaps he may seek to appease."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَابُدَّ مُتَمَنِّيًا فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death because of harm that befalls him. But if he must wish, let him say: O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and take me when death is better for me."
أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابًا نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى فِي بَطْنِهِ سَبْعًا وَقَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَنَّهُمْ مَضَوْا لَمْ يَأْكُلُوا مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا وَإِنَّمَا بَقِينَا بَعْدَهُمْ حَتَّى نِلْنَا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا مَا لَا يَدْرِي أَحَدُنَا مَا يَصْنَعُ بِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُنْفِقَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ وَإِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَيُؤْجَرُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا نَفَقَتَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ»
✧ We came to Khabbab to visit him, and he had been cauterized in his belly seven times. He said, "Were it not that the Prophet ﷺ forbade us to pray for death, I would have prayed for it." Then he mentioned those of his companions who had passed on, that they had gone without consuming any of their rewards, and that we remained after them until we attained of this world what none of us knows what to do with except to spend it on dust. And a Muslim is rewarded for everything except what he spends on dust.
«لَقِّنُوا مَوْتَاكُمْ قَوْلَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ»
✧ "Instruct your dying to say: There is no god but Allah."
«لَقِّنُوا مَوْتَاكُمْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلِمَتِهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ يَوْمًا مِنَ الدَّهْرِ وَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مَا أَصَابَهُ»
✧ "Instruct your dying to say: There is no god but Allah. For whoever's last words are 'There is no god but Allah' at death will enter Paradise one day, even if he is afflicted before that with whatever afflicts him."
«إِذَا حَضَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ فَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تُؤَمِّنُ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ» قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ «قُولِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَأَعْقِبْنَا عُقْبَى صَالِحَةً» قَالَتْ فَأَعْقَبَنِي اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ
✧ "When you are present with a dying person, say good, for the angels say 'Amen' to what you say." She said: When Abu Salamah died, I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what should I say?" He said, "Say: O Allah, forgive him and grant us a good successor." She said: And Allah gave me Muhammad ﷺ as a successor.
«كُنَّا مَقْدَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا حُضِرَ الْمَيِّتُ آذَنَّاهُ فَحَضَرَهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ حَتَّى يُقْبَضَ فَإِذَا قُبِضَ انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فَرُبَّمَا طَالَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ حَبْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا خَشِينَا مَشَقَّةَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ لِبَعْضٍ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ كُنَّا لَا نُؤْذِنُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِأَحَدٍ حَتَّى يُقْبَضَ فَإِذَا قُبِضَ آذَنَّاهُ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ مَشَقَّةٌ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا حَبْسٌ قَالَ فَفَعَلْنَا فَكُنَّا لَا نُؤْذِنُهُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ فَيَأْتِيهِ فَيُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ فَرُبَّمَا انْصَرَفَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ وَرُبَّمَا مَكَثَ حَتَّى يُدْفَنَ الْمَيِّتُ» قَالَ «وَكُنَّا عَلَى ذَلِكَ حِينًا ثُمَّ قُلْنَا وَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّا لَا نُحْضِرُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَحَمَلْنَا إِلَيْهِ جَنَائِزَ مَوْتَانَا حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا عِنْدَ بَيْتِهِ لَكَانَ ذَلِكَ أَرْفَقَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَيْسَرَ عَلَيْهِ فَفَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ فَكَانَ الْأَمْرُ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ»
✧ We used to be the ones who would inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a deceased person was brought before him. He would then come and seek forgiveness for the deceased until they were buried. Once the burial was complete, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and those with him would depart. Sometimes, the delay in the departure of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was prolonged. When we became concerned about the burden of waiting, some people said to each other, "By Allah, if we do not inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about someone's death until after the burial, it will not cause any hardship or inconvenience for him." They then proceeded to act upon this and began to inform him only after the burial had taken place. Thereafter, he would come, offer the prayer for the deceased, and seek forgiveness for them. Sometimes he would depart immediately afterwards, and sometimes he would stay until the deceased was buried." The narrator then added, "We continued in this manner for some time. Then we said, 'By Allah, if we do not inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and carry our deceased to him until he offers the funeral prayer at their graveside, it would be even more compassionate and easier for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' We then began to do this. And this practice has continued to this day."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَءُوا عَلَى مَوْتَاكُمْ يس»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Recite Surah Yasin upon your deceased."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3008No grade recorded
«مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحِبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ لَمْ يُحِبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ»
✧ "Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him; and whoever does not love to meet Allah, Allah does not love to meet him."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3009No grade recorded
«مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ» فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِنَّا نَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ فَذَاكَ كَرَاهِيَتُنَا لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا وَلَكِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا حُضِرَ فَبُشِّرَ بِمَا أَمَامَهُ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ وَأَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَإِنَّ الْكَافِرَ إِذَا حُضِرَ فَبُشِّرَ بِمَا أَمَامَهُ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ وَكَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ»
✧ "Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him; and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him." 'A'ishah said, "We hate death, so is that hating to meet Allah?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "No, but when the believer is at the point of death and is given glad tidings of what lies ahead, he loves to meet Allah and Allah loves to meet him. And when the disbeliever is at the point of death and is given tidings of what lies ahead, he hates to meet Allah and Allah hates to meet him."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3010No grade recorded
«مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ» قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ كَرَاهِيَةُ الْمَوْتِ؟ فَكُلُّنَا نَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ «لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا بُشِّرَ بِرَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانِهِ وَجَنَّتِهِ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ وَأَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَإِنَّ الْكَافِرَ إِذَا بُشِّرَ بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ وَسَخَطِهِ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ وَكَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ»
✧ "Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him; and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him." She said: I said, "O Prophet of Allah, is it hatred of death? For all of us hate death." He said, "It is not that, but when the believer is given glad tidings of Allah's mercy, pleasure, and Paradise, he loves to meet Allah and Allah loves to meet him. And when the disbeliever is given tidings of Allah's punishment and wrath, he hates to meet Allah and Allah hates to meet him."
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ فَرَأَى ابْنًا لَهُ يَرْشَحُ جَبِينُهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَمُوتُ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِعَرَقِ الْجَبِينِ»
✧ He entered and saw a son of his with his forehead sweating, and he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'The believer dies with sweat on his forehead.'"
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ «مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنِ الْمُسْتَرِيحُ وَالْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ «الْعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَذَاهَا إِلَى رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ الْعَبْدُ الْفَاجِرُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلَادُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ»
✧ A funeral procession passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, "One is at rest, and one is rested from." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, who is the one at rest and the one rested from?" He said, "The believing servant rests from the toil and harm of this world to Allah's mercy, and the one rested from is the wicked servant; the servants, lands, trees, and animals rest from him."
«إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ حَضَرَتْهُ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ فَإِذَا قُبِضَتْ نَفْسُهُ جُعِلَتْ فِي حَرِيرَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ فَيُنْطَلَقُ بِهَا إِلَى بَابِ السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا وَجَدْنَا رِيحًا أَطْيَبَ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَيُقَالَ دَعُوهُ يَسْتَرِيحُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي غَمٍّ فَيُسْأَلُ مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟ مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟ مَا فَعَلَتْ فُلَانَةُ؟
✧ "When death comes to a believer, the angels of mercy attend him. When his soul is taken, it is placed in white silk and taken up to the gate of heaven. They say, 'We have never found a sweeter scent than this.' It is said, 'Leave him to rest, for he was in distress.' Then he is asked, 'What did so-and-so do? What did so-and-so do? What did so-and-so do?'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3013bNo grade recorded
«أَرْوَاحُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ تُجْمَعُ بِالْجَابِيَتِيْنِ وَأَرْوَاحُ الْكُفَّارِ تُجْمَعُ بِبُرْهُوتَ سَبِخَةٌ بِحَضْرَمَوْتَ
✧ “The souls of the believers are gathered in al-Jābiyatayn, and the souls of the disbelievers are gathered in Barhūt, a brackish well in Ḥaḍramawt.”
«إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا قُبِضَ أَتَتْهُ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ بِحَرِيرَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ فَتَقُولُ اخْرُجِي إِلَى رَوْحِ اللَّهِ فَتَخْرُجُ كَأَطْيَبِ رِيحِ مِسْكٍ حَتَّى إِنَّهُمْ لِيُنَاوِلُهُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا يَشُمُّونَهُ حَتَّى يَأْتُونَ بِهِ بَابَ السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا هَذِهِ الرِّيحُ الطَّيِّبَةُ الَّتِي جَاءَتْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ؟ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ سَمَاءً إِلَّا قَالُوا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَأْتُونَ بِهِ أَرْوَاحَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَلَهُمْ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْغَائِبِ بِغَائِبِهِمْ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ دَعُوهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَرِيحَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي غَمِّ الدُّنْيَا فَيَقُولُ قَدْ مَاتَ أَمَا أَمَاتَكُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ ذُهِبَ بِهِ إِلَى أُمِّهِ الْهَاوِيَةِ وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَيَأْتِيهُ مَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ بِمُسْحٍ فَيَقُولُونَ اخْرُجِي إِلَى غَضِبِ اللَّهِ فَتَخْرُجُ كَأَنْتَنِ رِيحِ جِيفَةٍ فَتَذْهَبُ بِهِ إِلَى بَابِ الْأَرْضِ»
✧ “When the believer’s soul is taken, the angels of mercy come to it with white silk and say, ‘Come out to the mercy of Allah.’ It comes out with a scent like the finest musk, so that they pass it one to another, smelling it, until they bring it to the gate of heaven. They say, ‘What is this sweet fragrance that has come from the earth?’ And they do not come to any heaven but they say the like of that, until they bring it to the souls of the believers. They rejoice over it more than a family rejoices over its absent member when he returns. They say, ‘What did so-and-so do?’ They say, ‘Leave him until he rests, for he was in the distress of the world.’ He says, ‘Has he died? Did he not die?’ They say, ‘He was taken to his mother, the Pit (al-Hāwiya).’ As for the disbeliever, the angels of punishment come to him with coarse cloth and say, ‘Come out to the wrath of Allah.’ It comes out with the foulest stench of a corpse, and they take it to the gate of the earth.”
«لَا يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَلَا يَدْعُو بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ إِنَّهُ إِذَا مَاتَ انْقَطَعَ عَمَلُهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَزِيدُ الْمُؤْمِنَ عُمُرُهُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا»
✧ “None of you should wish for death or pray for it before it comes, for when he dies his deeds cease, and the believer’s life only increases him in good.”
«إِذَا مَاتَ الْإِنْسَانُ انْقَطَعَ عَمَلُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ صَدَقَةٍ جَارِيَةٍ أَوْ عِلْمٍ يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ أَوْ وَلَدٍ صَالِحٍ يَدْعُو لَهُ»
✧ “When a person dies, his deeds cease except from three: ongoing charity, knowledge that is benefited from, or a righteous child who supplicates for him.”
قَدِمَ الطُّفَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدَّوْسِيُّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلُمَّ إِلَى حِصْنٍ وَعَدَدٍ وَعِدَّةٍ قَالَ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ حِصْنٌ فِي رَأْسِ الْجَبَلِ لَا يُؤْتَى إِلَّا فِي مِثْلِ الشِّرَاكِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمَعَكَ مَنْ وَرَاءَكَ؟ » قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ قَدِمَ الطُّفَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ رَهْطِهِ فَحُمَّ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ حِمَّى شَدِيدَةً فَجَزِعَ فَأَخَذَ شَفْرَةً فَقَطَعَ بِهَا رَوَاجِبَهُ فَتَشَخَّبَتْ حَتَّى مَاتَ فَدُفِنَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ جَاءَ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّائِمُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فِي شَارَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ وَهُوَ مُخَمِّرٌ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الطُّفَيْلُ أَفُلَانٌ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ كَيْفَ فَعَلْتَ؟ قَالَ صَنَعَ بِي رَبِّي خَيْرًا غَفَرَ لِي بِهِجْرَتِي إِلَى نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَمَا فَعَلَتْ يَدَاكَ؟ قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَبِّي لَنْ نُصْلِحَ مِنْكَ مَا أَفْسَدْتَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ قَالَ فَقَصَّ الطُّفَيْلُ رُؤْيَاهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ «اللَّهُمَّ وَلِيَدَيْهِ فَاغْفِرْ اللَّهُمَّ وَلِيَدَيْهِ فَاغْفِرْ اللَّهُمَّ وَلِيَدَيْهِ فَاغْفِرْ»
✧ Al-Ṭufayl b. ʿAmr al-Dawsī came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Makkah and said, “O Messenger of Allah, come to a fortress, number, and equipment.” Abū al-Zubayr said: A fortress on the mountaintop that could only be reached by something like a sandal strap. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, “Do you have with you those behind you?” He said, “I do not know.” He turned away from him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Madinah, al-Ṭufayl b. ʿAmr came as an emigrant to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and with him was a man from his tribe. That man fell ill with a severe fever and became impatient. He took a blade and cut his fingertips, and they bled until he died. He was buried. Then he appeared in a dream to al-Ṭufayl b. ʿAmr in a good appearance, covering his hand. Al-Ṭufayl said to him, “So-and-so?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “How did you fare?” He said, “My Lord did good to me: He forgave me because of my emigration to His Prophet ﷺ.” He said, “What happened to your hands?” He said, “My Lord said to me, ‘We will never set right what you corrupted of yourself.’” Al-Ṭufayl related his vision to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands: “O Allah, forgive his hands. O Allah, forgive his hands. O Allah, forgive his hands.”
«إِذَا مَاتَ صَاحِبُكُمْ فَدَعُوهُ»
✧ “When your companion dies, leave him be.”
«إِذَا مَاتَ صَاحِبُكُمْ فَدَعُوهُ»
✧ “When your companion dies, leave him be.”
«اذْكُرُوا مَحَاسِنَ مَوْتَاكُمْ وَكُفُّوا عَنْ مَسَاوِئِهِمْ»
✧ “Mention the good qualities of your dead and refrain from their faults.”
مَا فَعَلَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ؟ قَالُوا قَدْ مَاتَ
✧ “What did Yazīd b. Qays do, upon him be the curse of Allah?” They said, “He has died.”
«لَا تَسُبُّوا الْأَمْوَاتَ فَتُؤْذُوا الْأَحْيَاءَ»
✧ “Do not revile the dead, for you would hurt the living.”
مَرُّوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا شَرًّا فَقَالَ ﷺ «وَجَبَتْ» وَمَرُّوا بِأُخْرَى فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ ﷺ «وَجَبَتْ» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا وَجَبَتْ؟ قَالَ «مَرُّوا بِتِلْكَ فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا شَرًّا فَوَجَبَتِ النَّارُ وَمَرُّوا بِهَذِهِ فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا فَوَجَبَتِ الْجَنَّةُ وَأَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ»
✧ They passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a funeral and they spoke ill of it, so he ﷺ said, “It is affirmed.” They passed by another and they spoke well of it, so he ﷺ said, “It is affirmed.” ʿUmar said, “O Messenger of Allah, what is affirmed?” He said, “You spoke ill of that one, so the Fire is affirmed; you spoke well of this one, so Paradise is affirmed. You are Allah’s witnesses on the earth.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3024Hasan sahih
مُرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَأُثْنِيَّ عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا مِنْ مَنَاقِبِ الْخَيْرِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَبَتْ أَنْتُمْ شُهُودُ اللهِ فِي الأَرْضِ
✧ A funeral was brought past the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and it was praised with good qualities of virtue. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “It is affirmed. You are Allah’s witnesses on the earth.”
مُرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ ﷺ وَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا شَرًّا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَجَبَتْ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قُلْتَ لِهَذَا وَجَبَتْ وَقُلْتَ لِهَذَا وَجَبَتْ فَقَالَ شَهَادَةُ الْقَوْمِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ شُهَدَاءُ اللهِ فِي الأَرْضِ
✧ A funeral procession passed by the Prophet ﷺ, and the deceased was praised with good, so he ﷺ said, 'It has become incumbent.' Then another funeral procession passed by him, and the deceased was spoken of with evil, so the Prophet ﷺ said, 'It has become incumbent.' It was said, 'O Messenger of God, you said for this one, "It has become incumbent," and you said for this one, "It has become incumbent."' He said, 'The testimony of the people, and the believers are the witnesses of God on earth.'
«مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ فَيَشْهَدُ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ مِنْ جِيرَتِهِ الْأَدْنَيْنَ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا إِلَّا قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا قَدْ قَبِلْتُ عِلْمَكُمْ فِيهِ وَغَفَرْتُ لَهُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ»
✧ 'There is no Muslim who dies and four households of his closest neighbors testify that they know nothing but good of him except that God, Majestic and Exalted, says, "I have accepted your knowledge of him and have forgiven him for what you do not know."'
مَاتَ رَجُلٌ فَمَرُّوا بِجَنَازَتِهِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا شَرًّا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَجَبَتْ» وَمَرُّوا بِأُخْرَى فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَجَبَتْ» فَسَأَلَهُ عُمَرُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «أَنْتُمْ شُهُودُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ»
✧ A man died, and they brought his funeral procession past the Prophet ﷺ, and they praised him with evil, so the Prophet ﷺ said, 'It has become incumbent.' And they brought another, and they praised her with good, so the Prophet ﷺ said, 'It has become incumbent.' Umar asked him about that, so he said, 'You are the witnesses of God on earth.'
أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَقَدْ وَقَعَ بِهَا مَرَضٌ فَهُمْ يَمُوتُونَ مَوْتًا ذَرِيعًا فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ جَنَازَةٌ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ وَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأُخْرَى فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبُهَا شَرًّا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ وَجَبَتْ قَالَ أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ وَمَا وَجَبَتْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ بِخَيْرٍ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ» قَالَ قُلْنَا وَثَلَاثَةٌ قَالَ «وَثَلَاثَةٌ» قَالَ فَقُلْنَا وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ «وَاثْنَانِ» وَلَمْ نَسْأَلَهُ عَنِ الْوَاحِدِ
✧ I came to Madinah when a disease had struck it, and people were dying rapidly. I sat with Umar b. al-Khattab, and a funeral procession passed by him and its owner was praised with good, so Umar said, 'It has become incumbent.' Then another was brought and its owner was spoken of with evil, so Umar said, 'It has become incumbent.' Abu al-Aswad said, 'What has become incumbent, O Commander of the Believers?' He said, 'As the Messenger of God ﷺ said, "Any Muslim for whom four people testify to good, God will surely admit him to Paradise."' He said, 'We said, "And three?" He said, "And three."' He said, 'Then we said, "And two?" He said, "And two." And we did not ask him about one.'
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ قَبَّلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مَيِّتٌ
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas and ‘Aishah that Abu Bakr kissed the Prophet ﷺ when he died. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1457)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3030Hasan sahih
دَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْمَسْجِدَ وَعُمَرُ يُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ حِينَ دَخَلَ بَيْتَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ وَهُوَ بَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ بُرْدَ حِبَرَةٍ كَانَ مُسَجًّى بِهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ ثُمَّ أَكَبَّ عَلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَهُ وَقَالَ «بِأَبِي أَنْتَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَا يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ مَوْتَتَيْنِ لَقَدْ مِتَّ الْمُوتَةَ الَّتِي لَا تَمُوتُ بَعْدَهَا»
✧ Abu Bakr entered the mosque while Umar was speaking to the people, when he entered the house of the Prophet ﷺ in which he had died, which is the house of Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ. He uncovered his face from a striped Yemeni cloak that was covering him, looked at his face, then bent over him and kissed him, and said, 'May my father be your ransom, by God, God will not combine two deaths upon you. You have died the death after which you will not die.'
«إِذَا جَمَّرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ فَأَوْتِرُوا»
✧ 'When you perfume the deceased, do so an odd number of times.'
دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نَغْسِلُ ابْنَتَهُ فَقَالَ «اغْسِلْنَهَا ثَلَاثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ ذَلِكَ بِمَاءٍ وَسِدْرٍ وَاجْعَلْنَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ كَافُورًا أَوْ شَيْئًا مِنْ كَافُورٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ فَآذِنَّنِي» قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا آذَنَّاهُ قَالَتْ فَأَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا حِقْوَهُ وَقَالَ «أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ entered upon us while we were washing his daughter, and he said, 'Wash her three times, or five times, or more than that if you see fit, with water and lote-tree leaves, and put camphor or something of camphor in the last. When you are finished, inform me.' She said, 'When we finished, we informed him.' She said, 'He threw his waist-wrapper to us and said, "Wrap her in it as an inner garment."'
تُوُفِّيَتِ ابْنَةٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اغْسِلْنَهَا بِالْمَاءِ وَالسِّدْرِ ثَلَاثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ رَأَيْتُنَّ ذَلِكَ وَاجْعَلْنَ فِي آخِرِهِنَّ شَيْئًا مِنْ كَافُورٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ فَآذِنَّنِي» فَآذَنَّاهُ فَأَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا حِقْوَهُ وَقَالَ «أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ»
✧ A daughter of the Messenger of God ﷺ died, and he said, 'Wash her with water and lote-tree leaves three times, or five times, or more than that if you see fit, and put something of camphor in the last of them. When you are finished, inform me.' So we informed him, and he threw his waist-wrapper to us and said, 'Wrap her in it as an inner garment.'
كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ طَلَعَتْ جَنَازَةٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ» قُلْنَا مَا يَسْتَرِيحُ وَيُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ «الْمُؤْمِنُ يَمُوتُ وَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ أَوْصَابِ الدُّنْيَا وَبَلَائِهَا وَمُصِيبَاتِهَا وَالْكَافِرُ يَمُوتُ فَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلَادُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ»
✧ We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a funeral procession passed by. The Prophet ﷺ said, "The believer finds rest and is relieved from the afflictions, trials, and calamities of this world when they die. As for the disbeliever, the people, the land, the trees, and the animals find rest and relief from them."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «كُفِّنَ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ سَحُولِيَّيْنِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was shrouded in two Suhuli garments.
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حِينَ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ فَتَمَثَّلْتُ بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ
✧ I was with Abu Bakr when death came to him, and I recited this line of poetry.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was shrouded in three white Suhuli garments, with no shirt and no turban among them.
إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَطَبَ يَوْمًا فَذَكَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قُبِضَ فَكُفِّنَ فِي كَفَنٍ غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ وَقُبِّرَ لَيْلًا فَزَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُقْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ بِلَيْلٍ أَوْ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُضْطَرَّ إِلَى ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ «إِذَا وَلِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ gave a sermon one day and mentioned a man among his companions who had died and was shrouded in a poor shroud and buried at night. The Prophet ﷺ forbade that a man be buried at night or prayed over unless compelled to do so, and he said, 'When one of you takes charge of his brother, let him make his shroud good.'
لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ جَمَعَ نِسَاءَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي بَيْتٍ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَامَ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْنَا فَرَدَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنَا رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَيْكُنَّ قَالَتْ فَقُلْنَا مَرْحَبًا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «تُبَايِعْنَنِي عَلَى أَنْ لَا تُشْرِكْنَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا تَزْنِينَ وَلَا تَسْرِقْنَ الْآيَةُ»؟ قَالَتْ فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَتْ فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ مِنْ خَارِجِ الْبَيْتِ وَمَدَدْنَا أَيْدِيَنَا مِنْ دَاخِلِ الْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ قَالَتْ «وَأَمَرَنَا بِالْعِيدِ وَأَنْ نُخْرِجَ فِيهِ الْحُيَّضَ وَالْعُتَّقَ وَلَا جُمُعَةَ عَلَيْنَا وَنَهَانَا عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَازَةِ»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, he gathered the women of the Ansar in a house. Umar bin Al-Khattab sent for us, and he stood at the door and greeted us with peace. We returned the greeting to him, and then he said, "I am the Messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to you." We said, "Welcome to the Messenger of Allah and the Messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "Will you pledge allegiance to me that you will not associate anything with Allah, and that you will not commit adultery or steal?" We said, "Yes." He then extended his hand from outside the house, and we extended our hands from inside the house. Then he said, "O Allah, bear witness." She said, "He commanded us to celebrate Eid, and that we should go out during menstruation and post-natal bleeding, and that Jumu'ah prayer is not obligatory upon us. He also forbade us from following funeral processions."
«أَسْرِعُوا بِجَنَائِزِكُمْ فَإِنْ تَكُ خَيْرًا تُقَدِّمُونَهَا إِلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ تَكُ شَرًّا تَضَعُونَهَا عَنْ رِقَابِكُمْ»
✧ «Hasten with your funerals, for if it is good you are advancing it toward it, and if it is evil you are removing it from your necks.»
شَهِدْتُ جَنَازَةَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ وَخَرَجَ زِيَادٌ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْ سَرِيرِهِ وَرِجَالٌ يُسْتَقْبَلُونَ السَّرِيرَ وَيُدَاسُونَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رُوَيْدًا رُوَيْدًا بَارِكَ اللَّهُ فِيكُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا فِي بَعْضِ الْمِرْبَدِ لَحِقَنَا أَبُو بَكْرَةَ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ فَلَمَّا رَأَى أُولَئِكَ وَمَا يَصْنَعُونَ حَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَغْلَتَهُ وَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِمْ بِسَوْطِهِ وَقَالَ «خَلُّوا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّا نَكَادُ أَنْ نَرْمُلَ بِهَا رَمَلًا» قَالَ فَجَاءَ الْقَوْمُ وَأَسْرَعُوا الْمَشْيَ وَأَسْرَعَ زِيَادٌ الْمَشْيَ
✧ I attended the funeral of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Samurah, and Ziyad came out walking in front of his bier, with men facing the bier and being trampled on their heels, saying: 'Slowly, slowly, may Allah bless you,' until when we were in part of the mirbad, Abu Bakrah caught up with us on a mule. When he saw those people and what they were doing, he charged his mule at them and aimed his whip at them and said: «Make way, for by the One in Whose hand is my soul, I saw us with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we were almost running with it at a fast pace.» He said: Then the people came and hastened their walking, and Ziyad hastened his walking.
«لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَأَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَكَادُ أَنْ يُرْمَلَ بِالْجَنَائِزِ رَمَلًا»
✧ «I saw us, when I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, almost running with funerals at a fast pace.»
أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا «يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَ الْجَنَازَةِ»
✧ He saw the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr and 'Umar, ؓ, «walking in front of the funeral.»
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَانُوا «يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَ الْجَنَازَةِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr and 'Umar used to «walk in front of the funeral.»
رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ «يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَ الْجَنَازَةِ»
✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr and 'Umar «walking in front of the funeral.»
أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْجَنَازَةِ قَالَ «وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ»
✧ 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar used to walk in front of the funeral. He said: «The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to walk in front of it, as did Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman.»
«الرَّاكِبُ فِي الْجَنَازَةِ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ وَالْمَاشِي حَيْثُ شَاءَ مِنْهَا وَالطِّفْلُ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ»
✧ «The rider in a funeral is behind the funeral, and the walker is wherever he wishes in relation to it, and the child is prayed over.»
«إِذَا وُضِعَتِ الْجَنَازَةُ وَاحْتَمَلَهَا الرِّجَالُ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِهِمْ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ صَالِحَةً قَالَتْ قَدِّمُونِي وَإِنْ كَانَتْ غَيْرَ صَالِحَةٍ قَالَتْ يَا وَيْلَهَا أَيْنَ يَذْهَبُونَ بِهَا يَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا الْإِنْسَانَ وَلَوْ سَمِعَهَا الْإِنْسَانُ لَصَعِقَ»
✧ «When the funeral is placed and the men carry it on their shoulders, if it was righteous it says: 'Send me forward,' and if it was not righteous it says: 'Woe to it! Where are they taking it?' Its voice is heard by everything except the human, and if the human heard it, he would faint.»
«إِذَا وُضِعَتِ الْجَنَازَةُ وَاحْتَمَلَهَا الرِّجَالُ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِهِمْ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ صَالِحَةً قَالَتْ قَدِّمُونِي وَإِنْ كَانَتْ غَيْرَ صَالِحَةٍ قَالَتْ يَا وَيْلَهَا أَيْنَ يَذْهَبُونَ بِهَا يَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا الْإِنْسَانَ وَلَوْ سَمِعَهَا الْإِنْسَانُ لَصَعِقَ»
✧ «When the funeral is placed and the men carry it on their shoulders, if it was righteous it says: 'Send me forward,' and if it was not righteous it says: 'Woe to it! Where are they taking it?' Its voice is heard by everything except the human, and if the human heard it, he would faint.»
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3040No grade recorded
«أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِاتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ وَعِيَادَةِ الْمَرْضَى وَتَشْمِيتِ الْعَاطِسِ وَإِبْرَارِ الْمُقْسِمِ وَنُصْرَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ وَإِفْشَاءِ السَّلَامِ وَإِجَابَةِ الدَّاعِي»
✧ «The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to follow funerals, visit the sick, respond to the sneezer, fulfill the oath of the one who swears, help the oppressed, spread peace, and accept the invitation of the one who invites.»
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3051No grade recorded
«إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا حَتَّى تُخَلِّفَكُمْ أَوْ تُوضَعَ»
✧ "When you see the funeral, stand up until it passes you by or is set down."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3052No grade recorded
«إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا لَهَا حَتَّى تُخَلِّفَكُمْ»
✧ "When you see the funeral, stand up for it until it passes you by."
سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تَمُرُّ بِنَا جَنَازَةُ الْكَافِرِ أَفَنَقُومُ لَهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ فَقُومُوا لَهَا فَإِنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ تَقُومُونَ لَهَا إِنَّمَا تَقُومُونَ إِعْظَامًا لِلَّذِي يَقْبِضُ الْأَرْوَاحَ»
✧ A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, saying: "O Messenger of Allah, the funeral of a disbeliever passes by us; should we stand up for it?" He said: "Yes, stand up for it. Indeed, you are not standing for it; you are standing out of reverence for the One who seizes the souls."
كَانَ «يَقُومُ فِي الْجَنَازَةِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ»
✧ He ﷺ used to stand for the funeral, then he sat down.
«قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood for the funerals until they were set down, then he sat.
شَهِدْتُ جَنَازَةً فِي بَنِي سَلِمَةَ فَقُمْتُ فَقَالَ لِي نَافِعُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ اجْلِسْ فَإِنِّي سَأُخْبِرُكَ فِي هَذَا بِثَبْتٍ
✧ I attended a funeral among the Banu Salimah, so I stood up. Nafiʿ b. Jubayr said to me: "Sit down, for I will inform you about this with certainty."
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ مَرَّتْ بِنَا جَنَازَةٌ فَقَامَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبْنَا لِنَحْمِلَ إِذَا هِيَ جَنَازَةُ يَهُودِيٍّ قَالَ «إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ فَزَعًا فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ جَنَازَةً فَقُومُوا»
✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a funeral passed by us, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for it. When we went to carry it, it turned out to be the funeral of a Jew. He said: «Death has terror, so when you see a funeral, stand up.»
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3059Hasan sahih
أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا وَقَالَ «عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ؟ » قَالُوا عَلَيْهِ دِينَارَانِ فَقَالَ صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ قَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ إِلَيَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هُمَا عَلَيَّ فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ
✧ A funeral was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ so that he might pray over it, and he said: "Does he owe a debt?" They said: "He owes two dinars." He said: "Pray over your companion." Abu Qatadah said: "They are mine, O Messenger of Allah; they are upon me." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ advanced and prayed over him.
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا» فَقَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ أَنَا أَكْفُلُ بِهِ قَالَ «بِالْوَفَاءِ؟ » قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا
✧ A man was brought to the Prophet ﷺ so that he might pray over him, and he said: "Pray over your companion, for he owes a debt." Abu Qatadah said: "I will be responsible for it." He said: "With fulfillment?" He said: "With fulfillment." So he ﷺ prayed over him, and he owed eighteen or seventeen dirhams.
«نَفْسُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مُعَلَّقَةٌ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ»
✧ "The soul of the believer is suspended as long as he owes a debt."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا ذَكَرَ السَّاعَةَ احْمَرَّتْ وَجْنَتَاهُ وَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ وَعَلَا صَوْتُهُ كَأَنَّهُ مُنْذِرُ جَيْشٍ قَالَ صُبِّحْتُمْ مُسِّيتُمْ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ «أَنَا أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَلِأَهْلِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ دَيْنًا أَوْ ضَيَاعًا فَعَلَيَّ وَإِلَيَّ فَأَنَا أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ»
✧ "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the Hour (Day of Judgment), his cheeks would turn red, his anger would intensify, and his voice would rise as if he were warning of an approaching army. He would say, 'You have experienced both morning and evening.' He would also say, 'I am more deserving of the believers than themselves. Whoever leaves behind wealth, it belongs to their family, and whoever leaves behind a debt or dependents, it is my responsibility and mine alone. I am more deserving of the believers.'"
كَانَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ سَأَلَ «هَلْ لَهُ وَفَاءٌ؟ » فَإِذَا قِيلَ نَعَمْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا قِيلَ كَلَّا قَالَ «صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ» فَلَمَّا فَتْحَ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ الْفُتُوحَ قَالَ «أَنَا أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ مَنْ تَرَكَ دَيْنًا فَعَلَيَّ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَلِلْوَارِثِ»
✧ In the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when a man died owing a debt, he would ask: "Does he have anything to fulfill it?" If it was said: "Yes," he would pray over him; and if it was said: "No," he would say: "Pray over your companion." When Allah granted His Messenger the conquests, he said: "I am more entitled to the believers than their own selves. Whoever leaves a debt, it is upon me; and whoever leaves wealth, it is for the heirs."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَأُتِيَ بِمَيِّتٍ فَقَالَ «أَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ؟ » فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ دِينَارَانِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not pray over a man who died while owing a debt. A deceased person was brought to him, and he said, “Does he owe a debt?” They said, “Yes, two dinars.”
«وَاللَّهِ مَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى سَهْلِ ابْنِ بَيْضَاءَ إِلَّا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ»
✧ “By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pray over Sahl b. Bayda’ except in the mosque.”
أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ سَعْدٌ قَالَتْ ادْخُلُوا بِهِ الْمَسْجِدَ حَتَّى أُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَأُنْكِرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ «صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى ابْنِ بَيْضَاءَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ»
✧ When Sa'd died, 'A'ishah said, “Bring him into the mosque so that I may pray over him.” That was objected to, and she said, “By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over Ibn Bayda’ in the mosque.”
«صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا فَقَامَ عَلَيْهَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَسَطَهَا»
✧ “I prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ over a woman who died in her postpartum bleeding. He stood in prayer at her middle.”
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَى لِلنَّاسِ النَّجَاشِيَّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَخَرَجَ بِهِمْ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى فَصَفَّ بِهِمْ وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ announced the death of the Negus to the people on the day he died. He went out with them to the prayer ground, arranged them in rows, and said four takbirs.
كَانَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ يُكَبِّرُ عَلَى جَنَائِزِنَا أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ خَمْسًا فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «كَبَّرَهَا أَوْ كَبَّرَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ»
✧ Zayd b. Arqam used to say four takbirs over our funerals, then he would say five. We asked him about that, and he said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said them.”
كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ»
✧ He used to say in the prayer over funerals: “O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our present and our absent, our young and our old, our male and our female. O Allah, whomever of us You keep alive, keep him alive upon faith, and whomever of us You cause to die, cause him to die upon Islam.”
صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَجَهَرَ حَتَّى أَسْمَعَنَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَتْ أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «سُنَّةٌ وَحَقٌّ»
✧ I prayed behind Ibn 'Abbas over a funeral. He recited the Opening of the Book aloud until he made us hear it. When he finished, I took his hand and asked him about that. He said, “It is a sunnah and a truth.”
شَهِدْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَتَقْرَأُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي سُنَّةٌ وَحَقٌّ»
✧ I witnessed Ibn 'Abbas praying over a funeral. He recited the Opening of the Book. When he finished, I said to him, “Do you recite the Opening of the Book?” He said, “Yes, O son of my brother, it is a sunnah and a truth.”
كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ كَانَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي إِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا فَزِدْ فِي إِحْسَانِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسِيئًا فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ وَلَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُ»
✧ When he prayed over a funeral, he would say: “O Allah, Your servant and the son of Your servant used to testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is Your servant and Messenger, and You know him better than I do. If he was a doer of good, increase his good deeds, and if he was a doer of evil, forgive him, and do not deprive us of his reward, and do not cause us to be tempted after him.”
أَنَّهُ صَلَّى عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ فِي ذِمَّتِكَ وَحَبْلِ جِوَارِكَ فَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ أَنْتَ أَهْلُ الْوَفَاءِ وَالْحَقِّ اللَّهُمَّ فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ»
✧ He prayed over a man and said: “O Allah, so-and-so the son of so-and-so is in Your protection and the rope of Your neighborhood, so protect him from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the Fire. You are worthy of faithfulness and truth. O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, for You are the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”
صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَحَفِظْتُ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ وَأَكْرِمْ مَنْزِلِهِ وَأَوْسَعْ مُدْخَلَهُ وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ وَأَبْدِلْهُ بِدَارِهِ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ وَأَهْلًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَزَوْجَةً خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجَتِهِ وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعِذْهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ» حَتَّى تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ ذَلِكَ الْمَيِّتَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over a funeral, and I memorized from his supplication while he was saying: “O Allah, forgive him, have mercy on him, pardon him, honor his dwelling, expand his entrance, wash him with water, snow, and hail, and purify him from sins as a white garment is purified from filth. Replace his home with a home better than his home, a family better than his family, and a wife better than his wife. Admit him into Paradise and protect him from the Fire and from the punishment of the grave,” until I wished that I were that deceased person.
«إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمْ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ فَأَخْلِصُوا لَهُ الدُّعَاءَ»
✧ «When you pray over the deceased, make your supplication sincerely for him.»
«إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمْ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ فَأَخْلِصُوا لَهَا الدُّعَاءَ»
✧ «When you pray over the funeral, make your supplication sincerely for it.»
«مَنْ شَهِدَ الْجَنَازَةَ حَتَّى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَلَهُ قِيرَاطٌ وَمَنْ شَهِدَهَا حَتَّى تُدْفَنَ فَلَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْقِيرَاطَانِ؟ قَالَ «مِثْلُ جَبَلَيْنِ عَظِيمَيْنِ»
✧ «Whoever attends the funeral until the prayer is offered over it will have a qirat, and whoever attends it until it is buried will have two qirats.» It was said: O Messenger of God, what are two qirats? He said: «Like two great mountains.»
أَنَّهُ كَانَ قَاعِدًا مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَاطَّلَعَ صَاحِبُ الْمَقْصُورَةِ قَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ أَلَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ تَبِعَ جَنَازَةً مِنْ بَيْتِهَا حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ تَبِعَهَا حَتَّى يَدْفِنَهَا كَانَ لَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ كُلُّ قِيرَاطٍ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ وَمَنْ رَجَعَ عَنْهَا بَعْدَمَا يُصَلِّي وَلَمْ يَتْبَعْهَا كَانَ لَهُ قِيرَاطٌ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard saying: "Whoever follows a funeral from the house until they pray over it, and then follows it until it is buried, will have two Qirats, with each Qirat similar to the size of Mount Uhud. And whoever goes back after praying over it and does not follow it, will have one Qirat similar to the size of Mount Uhud."
«مَنِ اتَّبَعَ جَنَازَةَ مُسْلِمٍ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ حَتَّى يُوضَعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يَرْجِعُ وَلَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ وَهُمَا مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ وَمَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوضَعَ فِي الْقَبْرِ فَلَهُ قِيرَاطٌ»
✧ «Whoever follows the funeral of a Muslim out of faith and seeking reward until he prays over it, then sits until it is placed in its grave, will return with two qirats of reward, each like Uhud. Whoever prays over it and then returns before it is placed in the grave will have one qirat.»
«مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَمُوتُ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةٌ يَبْلُغُونَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا مِائَةً فَيَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا شُفِّعُوا فِيهِ»
✧ «There is no one who dies and a group of Muslims reaching one hundred pray over him and intercede for him except that their intercession is accepted for him.»
أَنَّهُ مَاتَ ابْنٌ لَهُ بِقُدَيْدٍ أَوْ بِعُسْفَانَ فَقَالَ يَا كُرَيْبُ انْظُرْ مَا اجْتَمَعَ لَهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا نَاسٌ قَدِ اجْتَمَعُوا فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ يَكُونُونَ أَرْبَعِينَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ اخْرُجُوا بِهِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ فَيَقُومُ عَلَى جَنَازَتِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلًا لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا شَفَّعَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ»
✧ A son of his died at Qudayd or at 'Usfan, and he said: O Kurayb, see how many people have gathered for him. He said: I went out and found that people had gathered, and I informed him. He said: Are they forty? I said: Yes. He said: Take him out, for I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: «There is no Muslim who dies and forty men who do not associate anything with God stand over his funeral except that God grants them intercession for him.»
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «صَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرِ فُلَانَةَ فَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed over the grave of so-and-so and said the takbir four times.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «صَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرِ امْرَأَةٍ قَدْ دُفِنَتْ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed over the grave of a woman who had been buried.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «صَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرٍ بَعْدَمَا دُفِنَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed over a grave after it had been buried.
أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَلْتَقِطُ الْأَذَى مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَمَاتَ فَفَقَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟ » قَالُوا مَاتَ قَالَ «هَلَّا كُنْتُمْ آذَنْتُمُونِي بِهِ» فَكَأَنَّهُمُ اسْتَخَفُّوا شَأْنَهُ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «انْطَلِقُوا فَدُلُّونِي عَلَى قَبْرِهِ» فَذَهَبَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْقُبُورَ مَمْلُوءَةٌ ظُلْمَةً عَلَى أَهْلِهَا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُنَوِّرُهَا عَلَيْهِمْ بِصَلَاتِي»
✧ A man used to cause harm in the mosque, and then he died. The Prophet ﷺ missed him and asked, "What happened to so-and-so?" They said, "He died." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Why didn't you inform me?" They seemed to have concealed his matter. He then said to his companions, "Go and guide me to his grave." So, he went and prayed over him and said, "Verily, these graves are filled with darkness for their inhabitants, but Allah illuminates them for them with my prayers."
خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا وَرَدْنَا الْبَقِيعَ إِذَا هُوَ بِقَبْرٍ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا فُلَانَةُ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ «أَلَا آذَنْتُمُونِي بِهَا؟ » قَالُوا كُنْتُ قَائِلًا صَائِمًا قَالَ «فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا لَا أَعْرِفَنَّ مَا مَاتَ مِنْكُمْ مَيِّتٌ مَا كُنْتُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ إِلَّا آذَنْتُمُونِي بِهِ فَإِنَّ صَلَاتِي عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةٌ» قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْقَبْرَ فَصَفَفْنَا خَلْفَهُ وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعًا
✧ We went out with the Messenger of God ﷺ. When we reached al-Baqi', he came to a grave and asked about it. They said: So-and-so. He recognized her and said: «Would you not have informed me about her?» They said: You were taking a nap and fasting. He said: «Do not do that. Let me not find that any of you has died while I am among you except that you inform me, for my prayer over him is a mercy.» Then he came to the grave, and we lined up behind him, and he said the takbir over it four times.
أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ «صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَبْرٍ مَنْبُوذٍ فَصَفَّهُمْ خَلْفَهُ»
✧ Someone who prayed with the Messenger of God ﷺ over a grave of an abandoned child informed me, and he lined them up behind him.
«انْتَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى قَبْرٍ مَنْبُوذٍ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ came to the grave of an abandoned child and prayed over it, and we prayed with him.
«أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَبْرٍ مَنْبُوذٍ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to an abandoned grave and prayed over it, and we prayed with him.
«صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَبْرِ رَجُلٍ بَعْدَمَا دُفِنَ بِلَيْلَةٍ قَامَ هُوَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ وَكَانَ قَدْ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ قَالُوا فُلَانٌ دُفِنَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَصَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over the grave of a man after he had been buried for a night. He stood, he and his Companions, and he had asked about him. They said, 'So-and-so was buried last night,' so they prayed over him.
خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ «فَرَأَى قَبْرًا جَدِيدًا فَصَفَفْنَا خَلْفَهُ وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعًا»
✧ "We went with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Al-Baqi, and he saw a new grave, so we stood behind it and performed the funeral prayer four times."
«أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَتْ لَهُ جِرَاحَةٌ فَأَتَى قَرْنًا لَهُ فَأَخَذَ مِشْقَصًا فَذَبَحَ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ»
✧ A man had a wound, so he went to his quiver and took an arrowhead and slaughtered himself with it, and the Prophet ﷺ did not pray over him.
أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَاعْتَرَفَ بِالزِّنَى فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَبِكَ جُنُونٌ؟ » قَالَ لَا
✧ A man from Aslam came to the Prophet ﷺ and confessed to adultery, but he turned away from him until he testified against himself four times. Then the Prophet ﷺ said to him, 'Is there madness in you?' He said, 'No.'
«أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَتْ بِهِ جِرَاحَةٌ فَأَتَى قَرْنًا لَهُ فَأَخَذَ مِشْقَصًا فَذَبَحَ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ»
✧ A man had a wound, so he went to his quiver and took an arrowhead and slaughtered himself with it, and the Prophet ﷺ did not pray over him.
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أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «صَلَّى عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed over the Negus.
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«صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ لَمَّا بَلَغَهُ وَفَاتُهُ» وَكُنْتُ فِي الصَّفِّ الثَّانِي
✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed over the Negus when news of his death reached him, and I was in the second row.
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أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَى لِلنَّاسِ النَّجَاشِيَّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَخَرَجَ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى فَصَفَّ بِهِمْ وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ announced the death of the Negus to the people on the day he died, and he went out to the prayer place, lined them up, and said four takbirs.
«إِنَّ أَخًا لَكُمْ قَدْ مَاتَ فَقُومُوا فَصَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ فَصَفَفْنَا عَلَيْهِ صَفَّيْنِ
✧ Indeed, a brother of yours has died, so stand and pray over him. He said: So we lined up behind him in two rows.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «صَلَّى عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعًا»
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet ﷺ offered the funeral prayer for Najashi and said four Takbir. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1538)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَعَى النَّجَاشِيَّ يَوْمَ تُوُفِّيَ وَقَالَ «اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِأَخِيكُمْ» ثُمَّ خَرَجَ بِالنَّاسِ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى فَصَفُّوا وَرَاءَهُ وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ announced the death of the Negus on the day he died and said, 'Seek forgiveness for your brother.' Then he went out with the people to the prayer place, they lined up behind him, and he said four takbirs.
«أَنْبَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّ أَخَاكُمْ النَّجَاشِيَّ تُوُفِّيَ فَقُومُوا فَصَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَصَفُّوا خَلْفَهُ وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًا وَهُمْ لَا يَظُنُّونَ إِلَّا أَنَّ جَنَازَتَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us that your brother the Negus has died, so stand and pray over him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood and they lined up behind him, and he said four takbirs while they did not think except that his bier was before him.
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا دُعِيَ إِلَى جَنَازَةٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهَا فَإِنْ أُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا قَامَ فَصَلَّى وَإِنْ أُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا شَرًّا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهَا «شَأْنُكُمْ بِهَا» وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهَا
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was invited to a funeral, he would ask about it. If [the deceased] was praised with good, he would stand and pray; and if [the deceased] was mentioned with evil, he would say to its family: "It is your affair," and he would not pray over it.
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أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ «أَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ؟ » قَالُوا نَعَمْ دِينَارَيْنِ
✧ A funeral was brought to the Prophet ﷺ so that he might pray over it, and he said: "Does he owe a debt?" They said: "Yes, two dinars."
«إِذَا تَبِعَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَلَا يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ»
✧ When one of you follows a funeral, let him not sit until it is placed down.
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا كَانَ مَعَ الْجَنَازَةِ لَمْ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ أَوْ تُدْفَنَ»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was with a funeral, he would not sit until it was placed in the niche or buried.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3106No grade recorded
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ مَعَ الْجَنَازَةِ لَمْ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ أَوْ حَتَّى تُدْفَنَ»
✧ "When the Messenger of Allahﷺ used to be with a funeral, he would not sit until it was placed in the grave or until it was buried." Abu Muawiyah doubted.
«يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ يَتْبَعُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ»
✧ Three things follow the deceased: two return, and one remains with him. His family, his wealth, and his deeds follow him; his family and wealth return, and his deeds remain.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3108Hasan sahih
«لِابْنِ آدَمَ ثَلَاثَةٌ أَخِلَّاءُ أَمَّا خَلِيلٌ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَنْفَقَتْ فَلَكَ وَمَا أَمْسَكَتْ فَلَيْسَ لَكَ فَهَذَا مَالُهُ وَأَمَّا خَلِيلٌ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا مَعَكَ فَإِذَا أَتَيْتَ بَابَ الْمَلِكِ تَرَكْتُكَ وَرَجَعْتُ فَذَلِكَ أَهْلُهُ وَحَشَمُهُ وَأَمَّا خَلِيلٌ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا مَعَكَ حَيْثُ دَخَلْتَ وَحَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَهَذَا عَمَلُهُ فَيَقُولُ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَأَهْوَنَ الثَّلَاثَةِ عَلَيَّ»
✧ The son of Adam has three companions. One companion says: 'What you spent is yours, and what you kept is not yours' – that is his wealth. Another companion says: 'I am with you; but when you reach the king's door, I will leave you and return' – that is his family and relatives. The third companion says: 'I am with you wherever you enter and wherever you leave' – that is his deeds. He will say: 'You were the least of the three in my eyes.'
كَانَ إِذَا وَضَعَ الْمَيِّتَ فِي الْقَبْرِ قَالَ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ»
✧ When he placed the deceased in the grave, he said: 'In the name of Allah and upon the religion of the Messenger of Allah.'
«إِذَا وَضَعْتُمْ مَوْتَاكُمْ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَقُولُوا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ»
✧ When you place your dead in the niche, say: 'In the name of Allah and upon the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah.'
«إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَطَبَ يَوْمًا فَذَكَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ كُفِّنَ فِي كَفَنٍ غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ وَدُفِنَ لَيْلًا فَزَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنَّ يُقْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ لَيْلًا إِلَّا أَنْ يُضْطَرَّ الْإِنْسَانُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ»
✧ He heard Jabir ibn Abdullah saying, "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ delivered a sermon one day and mentioned a man from his companions who was wrapped in a non-perfumed shroud and buried at night. The Prophet ﷺ reprimanded that the man should not be buried at night, except if there is a necessity for it."
«لِلْقَبْرِ ضَغْطَةٌ لَوْ نَجَا مِنْهَا أَحَدٌ لَنَجَا مِنْهَا سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ»
✧ The grave has a squeeze; if anyone were to escape it, Sa'd b. Mu'adh would have escaped it.
«إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ إِنَّهُ يَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ نِعَالِهِمْ حِينَ يُوَلُّونَ عَنْهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ وَكَانَ الصِّيَامُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَكَانَتِ الزَّكَاةُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَكَانَ فِعْلُ الْخَيْرَاتِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَالصِّلَةِ وَالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ إِلَى النَّاسِ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ فَيُؤْتَى مِنْ قِبَلِ رَأْسِهِ فَتَقُولُ الصَّلَاةُ مَا قِبَلِي مَدْخَلٌ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ الصِّيَامُ مَا قِبَلِي مَدْخَلٌ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَتَقُولُ الزَّكَاةُ مَا قِبَلِي مَدْخَلٌ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى مِنْ قِبَلِ رِجْلَيْهِ فَتَقُولُ فَعَلُ الْخَيْرَاتِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَالصِّلَةِ وَالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ إِلَى النَّاسِ مَا قِبَلِي مَدْخَلٌ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ اجْلِسْ فَيَجْلِسُ وَقَدْ مُثِّلَتْ لَهُ الشَّمْسُ وَقَدْ أُدْنِيَتْ لِلْغُرُوبِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ أَرَأَيْتَكَ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي كَانَ فِيكُمْ مَا تَقُولُ فِيهِ وَمَاذَا تَشَهَّدُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ؟ فَيَقُولُ دَعُونِي حَتَّى أُصَلِّيَ فَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّكَ سَتَفْعَلُ
✧ When the deceased is placed in his grave, he hears the sound of their sandals as they turn away. If he is a believer, prayer is at his head, fasting is on his right, zakah is on his left, and deeds of goodness—charity, maintaining ties, kindness, and benevolence to people—are at his feet. He is approached from his head, and prayer says: 'There is no entrance from my side.' Then he is approached from his right, and fasting says: 'There is no entrance from my side.' Then from his left, and zakah says: 'There is no entrance from my side.' Then from his feet, and the deeds of goodness—charity, maintaining ties, kindness, and benevolence to people—say: 'There is no entrance from my side.' Then it is said to him: 'Sit up,' and he sits up. The sun is shown to him as if near setting. It is said to him: 'What do you say about this man who was among you? What do you say about him, and what testimony do you give against him?' He says: 'Leave me so that I may pray.' They say: 'You will do so.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3114No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ حِينَ خَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَإِذَا النَّاسُ قِيَامٌ يُصَلُّونَ وَإِذَا هِيَ قَائِمَةٌ تُصَلِّي فَقُلْتُ مَا لِلنَّاسِ؟ فَأَشَارَتْ بِيَدِهَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَقَالَتْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَقُلْتُ آيَةٌ؟ فَأَشَارَتْ أَيْ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ فَقُمْتُ حَتَّى تَجَلَّانِي الْغَشْيُ فَجَعَلْتُ أُصُبُّ الْمَاءَ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُ لَمْ أَرَهُ إِلَّا قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا حَتَّى الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ وَلَقَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّكُمْ تُفْتَنُونَ فِي الْقُبُورِ مِثْلَ أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ لَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ ذَلِكَ قَالَتْ أَسْمَاءُ يُؤْتَى أَحَدُكُمْ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ مَا عِلْمُكَ بِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ أَوِ الْمُوقِنُ فَلَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ ذَلِكَ قَالَتْ أَسْمَاءُ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ جَاءَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالْهُدَى فَأَجَبْنَا وَآمَنَّا وَاتَّبَعْنَا فَيُقَالُ لَهُ نَمْ صَالِحًا قَدْ عَلِمْنَا إِنْ كُنْتَ لَمُؤْمِنًا وَأَمَّا الْمُنَافِقُ أَوِ الْمُرْتَابُ لَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ ذَلِكَ قَالَتْ أَسْمَاءُ فَيَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ شَيْئًا فَقُلْتُهُ»
✧ I went to 'A'ishah when the sun eclipsed. The people were standing praying, and she was standing praying. I said: 'What is with the people?' She pointed with her hand toward the sky and said: 'Glory be to Allah.' I said: 'A sign?' She gestured: 'Yes.' She said: 'So I stood until I was overcome by fainting, and I began pouring water over my head. When the Messenger of Allah finished, he praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: "There is nothing I had not seen except that I have seen it in this station of mine, even Paradise and Hellfire. It has been revealed to me that you will be tested in your graves, like or close to the trial of the Dajjal—I do not know which of them Asma' said. One of you will be approached and asked: 'What knowledge do you have of this man?' As for the believer or the certain one—I do not know which of them Asma' said—he says: 'Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. He came to us with clear proofs and guidance, so we answered, believed, and followed.' It is said to him: 'Sleep well. We knew that you were a believer.' As for the hypocrite or the doubter—I do not know which of them Asma' said—he says: 'I do not know. I heard people saying something, so I said it.'"
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ فَتَّانَيِ الْقَبْرِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَتُرَدُّ عَلَيْنَا عُقُولُنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَ « نَعَمْ كَهَيْئَتِكُمُ الْيَوْمَ» قَالَ فَبِفِيهِ الْحَجَرُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the two testers of the grave, and 'Umar b. al-Khattab said: 'Will our minds be restored to us, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Yes, as you are today.' He said: 'Then he will be silenced.'
«إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَيِّتُ الْقَبْرَ مُثِّلَتْ لَهُ الشَّمْسُ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِهَا فَيَقُولُ دَعُونِي أُصَلِّي»
✧ When the deceased enters the grave, the sun is shown to him at its setting, and he says: 'Leave me so that I may pray.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3117Hasan sahih
«إِذَا قُبِرَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَوِ الْإِنْسَانُ أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ أَسْوَدَانِ أَزْرَقَانِ يُقَالُ لِأَحَدِهِمَا الْمُنْكَرُ وَالْآخَرُ النَّكِيرُ فَيَقُولَانِ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ مُحَمَّدٍ؟ فَهُوَ قَائِلٌ مَا كَانَ يَقُولُ فَإِنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا قَالَ هُوَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَيَقُولَانِ لَهُ إِنْ كُنَّا لِنَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَتَقُولُ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يَفْسَحُ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فِي سَبْعِينَ ذِرَاعًا وَيُنَوَّرُ لَهُ فِيهِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ نَمْ فَيَنَامُ كَنَوْمَةِ الْعَرُوسِ الَّذِي لَا يُوقِظُهُ إِلَّا أَحَبُّ أَهْلِهِ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ مَضْجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ شَيْئًا فَكُنْتُ أَقُولُهُ فَيَقُولَانِ لَهُ إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ لِلْأَرْضِ الْتَئِمِي عَلَيْهِ فَتَلْتَئِمُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى تَخْتَلِفَ فِيهَا أَضْلَاعُهُ فَلَا يَزَالُ مُعَذَّبًا حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ مَضْجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ»
✧ When one of you—or the person—is buried, two black, blue-eyed angels come to him. One is called Munkar and the other Nakir. They say to him: 'What did you say about this man Muhammad?' He will say what he used to say. If he was a believer, he says: 'He is the servant of Allah and His Messenger. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.' They say: 'We knew that you would say that.' Then his grave is widened for him seventy cubits by seventy cubits, and it is illuminated for him. Then it is said to him: 'Sleep.' He sleeps like the sleep of a bride whom no one wakes except the dearest of her family, until Allah raises him from that resting place. If he was a hypocrite, he says: 'I do not know. I heard people saying something, and I said it.' They say: 'We knew that you would say that.' Then it is said to the earth: 'Close in on him,' and it closes in on him until his ribs interlace. He remains punished until Allah raises him from that resting place.
«إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ نِعَالِهِمْ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ»
✧ Indeed the deceased hears the pattering of their sandals when they turn away departing.
فِي قَوْلِهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا {فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا} قَالَ «عَذَابُ الْقَبْرِ»
✧ Regarding His saying, Mighty and Exalted, {then for him is a straitened livelihood}, he said: “The torment of the grave.”
«إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَتَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نِعَالِهِمْ أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ فَيُقْعِدَانِهِ فَيَقُولَانِ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟ فِي مُحَمَّدٍ فَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ فَيَقُولُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَقْعَدِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكَ اللَّهُ مَقْعَدًا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَذُكِرَ لَنَا أَنَّهُ يَفْسَخُ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَيُمْلَأُ عَلَيْهِ خَضِرًا إِلَى يَوْمِ يَبْعَثُونَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ «وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ وَالْمُنَافِقُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟ فَيَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي كُنْتُ أَقُولُ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فَيُقَالُ لَا دَرَيْتَ وَلَا تَلَيْتَ ثُمَّ يُضْرَبُ بِمِطْرَاقٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ضَرْبَةً بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ فَيَصِيحُ صَيْحَةً يَسْمَعُهَا مَنْ عَلَيْهَا غَيْرَ الثَّقَلَيْنِ»
✧ “When the servant is placed in his grave and his companions turn away from him—so much so that he hears the knocking of their sandals—two angels come to him, make him sit up, and say: ‘What did you use to say about this man, about Muhammad?’ As for the believer, he says: ‘I bear witness that he is the servant of Allah and His Messenger.’ It is then said to him: ‘Look at your seat in the Fire; Allah has replaced it for you with a seat in Paradise.’” Qatadah said: “It was mentioned to us that his grave is widened for him by seventy cubits and filled with greenery until the day they are resurrected.” Then he returned to the hadith of Anas b. Malik; he said: “As for the disbeliever and the hypocrite, it is said to him: ‘What did you use to say about this man?’ He says: ‘I do not know; I used to say what the people say.’ It is said: ‘You neither knew nor followed.’ Then he is struck with an iron hammer with a blow between his ears, and he cries out with a cry heard by whoever is upon the earth except the two heavy ones (jinn and humans).”
«يُسَلَّطُ عَلَى الْكَافِرِ فِي قَبْرِهِ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ تِنِّينًا تَنْهَشُهُ وَتَلْدَغُهُ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ فَلَوْ أَنَّ تِنِّينًا مِنْهَا نَفَخَتْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَا أَنْبَتَتْ خَضِرًا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Ninety-nine dragons will be set upon the disbeliever in his grave, tearing and biting him until the Day of Judgment. If one dragon were to breathe in the earth, it would not grow anything green."
«إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ فِي قَبْرِهِ لَفِي رَوْضَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ وَيُرْحَبُ لَهُ قَبْرُهُ سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَيُنَوَّرُ لَهُ كَالْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ أَتَدْرُونَ فِيمَا أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَى} أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْمَعِيشَةُ الضَّنْكَةُ؟ » قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «عَذَابُ الْكَافِرِ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهُ يُسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ تِنِّينًا أَتَدْرُونَ مَا التِّنِّينُ؟ سَبْعُونَ حَيَّةً لِكُلِّ حَيَّةٍ سَبْعُ رُءُوسٍ يِلْسَعُونَهُ وَيَخْدِشُونَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “The believer in his grave is in a green garden, his grave is widened for him to seventy cubits, and it is illuminated for him like the moon on the night of the full moon. Do you know about what this verse was revealed: {then for him is a straitened livelihood, and We will raise him on the Day of Resurrection blind}? Do you know what the straitened livelihood is?” They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: “The torment of the disbeliever in his grave. By the One in whose hand is my soul, ninety-nine dragons are set upon him. Do you know what a dragon is? Seventy serpents, for each serpent seven heads, stinging him and scratching him until the Day of Resurrection.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3123No grade recorded
أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ عَائِشَةَ وَذُكِرَ لَهَا أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ الْحَيِّ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكْذِبْ وَلَكِنَّهُ نَسِيَ أَوْ أَخْطَأَ إِنَّمَا مَرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى يَهُودِيَّةٍ يُبْكَى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ «» إِنَّهُمْ يَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَتُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهَا
✧ She heard Aishah when it was mentioned to her that Abd Allah says that the deceased is tormented by the weeping of the living. Aishah said: May Allah forgive Abu Abd al-Rahman. Indeed he did not lie, but he forgot or erred. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ only passed by a Jewish woman who was being wept over and said: “They are weeping over her, and she is being tormented in her grave.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3124No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ صَوْتًا حِينَ غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ «هَذِهِ أَصْوَاتُ الْيَهُودِ تُعَذَّبُ فِي قُبُورِهَا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ heard a sound when the sun had set and said: “These are the voices of the Jews being tormented in their graves.”
دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا فِي حَائِطٍ مِنْ حَوَائِطِ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ فِيهِ قُبُورٌ مِنْهُمْ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «اسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلِلْقَبْرِ عَذَابٌ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيُعَذَّبُونَ فِي قُبُورِهِمْ تَسْمَعُهُ الْبَهَائِمُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me while I was in one of the walled gardens of Banu al-Najjar, in which were graves of theirs, and he was saying: “Seek refuge in Allah from the torment of the grave.” I said: O Messenger of Allah, is there a torment for the grave? He said: “Yes, and they are being tormented in their graves; the beasts hear it.”
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ حَائِطًا مِنْ حَوَائِطِ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ فَسَمِعَ صَوْتًا مِنْ قَبْرٍ قَالَ «مَتَى دُفِنَ صَاحِبُ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ؟ » فَقَالُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَسُرَّ بِذَلِكَ وَقَالَ « لَوْلَا أَنْ لَا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ»
✧ He entered a walled garden of Banu al-Najjar and heard a sound from a grave. He said: “When was the occupant of this grave buried?” They said: In the Jahiliyyah. He was pleased with that and said: “Were it not that you would not bury one another, I would have called upon Allah to make you hear the torment of the grave.”
خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَفِي يَدِهِ كَهَيْئَةِ الدَّرَقَةِ فَوَضَعَهَا ثُمَّ بَالَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ انْظُرُوا إِلَيْهِ يَبُولُ كَمَا تَبُولُ الْمَرْأَةُ قَالَ فَسَمِعَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «وَيْحَكَ مَا عَلِمْتَ مَا أَصَابَ صَاحِبَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانُوا إِذَا أَصَابَهُمْ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ قَرَضُوا بِالْمَقَارِيضِ فَنَهَاهُمْ فَعُذِّبَ فِي قَبْرِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us with something like a leather shield in his hand. He set it down and then urinated toward it. Some of the people said: Look at him, he urinates as a woman urinates. He said: The Prophet ﷺ heard him and said: “Woe to you! Do you not know what befell the man of the Children of Israel? When any of them was affected by urine, they would cut it off with scissors. He forbade them, and he was tormented in his grave.”
مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى قَبْرَيْنِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُمَا لَيُعَذَّبَانِ وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «بَلَى أَمَا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ يَسْعَى بِالنَّمِيمَةِ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَكَانَ لَا يَسْتَنْزِهُ مِنْ بَوْلِهِ» ثُمَّ أَخَذَ عُودًا فَكَسَرَهُ بِاثْنَيْنِ ثُمَّ غَرَزَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا عَلَى قَبْرٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَعَلَّهُ يُخَفِّفُ عَنْهُمَا الْعَذَابَ مَا لَمْ يَيْبَسَا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by two graves and said: “They are being tormented, and they are not tormented for something major.” Then he said: “Yes, one of them used to go about with tale-bearing, and the other did not guard himself from his urine.” Then he took a stalk, split it in two, and stuck each piece on a grave. Then he said: “Perhaps it will lighten their torment as long as they do not dry out.”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِقَبْرَيْنِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي غَيْرِ كَبِيرٍ فِي النَّمِيمَةِ وَالْبَوْلِ» ثُمَّ دَعَا بِجَرِيدَةٍ فَكَسَرَهَا فَوَصَلَهَا عَلَيْهِمَا وَقَالَ «عَسَى أَنْ يُخَفَّفَ عَنْهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَيْبَسَا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by two graves and said: “These two are being tormented for something not major: tale-bearing and urine.” Then he called for a palm branch, split it, and placed it on them, and said: “Perhaps it will lighten their torment as long as they do not dry out.”
«إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا مَاتَ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ مَقْعَدُهُ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَمَنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَمَنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ يُقَالُ هَذَا مَقْعَدُكَ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “When one of you dies, his seat is shown to him morning and evening. If he is one of the people of Paradise, then one of the people of Paradise, and if he is one of the people of the Fire, then one of the people of the Fire. It is said: This is your seat until Allah raises you to it on the Day of Resurrection.”
«لَوْلَا أَنْ لَا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ»
✧ «If it were not that you would not bury one another, I would have called upon Allah to make you hear the punishment of the grave.»
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3132Hasan sahih
أَنَّ عُمَرَ لَمَّا طُعِنَ عَوَّلَتْ عَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةُ فَقَالَ لَهَا عُمَرُ يَا حَفْصَةُ أَمَا سَمِعْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْمُعَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِ يُعَذَّبُ» فَقَالَتْ بَلَى
✧ When ʿUmar was stabbed, Ḥafṣa began wailing over him. ʿUmar said to her, "O Ḥafṣa, have you not heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The one over whom wailing is done is punished'?" She said, "Yes."
«إِنَّ الْكَافِرَ لِيَزْدَادَ عَذَابًا بِبَعْضِ بُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ «Indeed, the disbeliever is increased in punishment by some of the weeping of his family over him.»
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3134Hasan sahih
«الْمَيِّتُ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ الْحَيِّ»
✧ «The dead person is punished by the weeping of the living.»
«الْمَيِّتُ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ «The dead person is punished by the weeping of his family over him.»
حَضَرْتُ جَنَازَةَ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ فَجَاءَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَجَلَسَ وَجَاءَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَجَلَسَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ أَلَا تَنْهَى هَؤُلَاءِ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ I attended the funeral of Abān b. ʿUthmān. Ibn ʿUmar came and sat down, and Ibn ʿAbbās came and sat down. Ibn ʿUmar said, "Will you not prohibit these people from weeping? For I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Indeed, the dead person is punished by the weeping of his family over him.'"
خَرَجْنَا مَعَ عُمَرَ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالْبَيْدَاءِ إِذَا رَاكِبٌ فِي ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ انْظُرْ مَنِ الرَّاكِبُ فَجِئْتُ فَإِذَا صُهَيْبٌ مَعَهُ أَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ لِيَ ادْعُ لِي صُهَيْبًا فَصَحِبَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأُصِيبَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ وَاأَخَاهُ وَاصَاحِبَاهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَا صُهَيْبُ لَا تَبْكِي فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يُعَذَّبُ الْمَيِّتِ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ "We went out with Umar until we were in the open desert. Then, we saw someone riding in the shade of a tree. Umar said, 'O Abdullah ibn Abbas, see who the rider is.' So, I went and found that it was Suhaib, and his family was with him. He asked me to pray for him, so I accompanied him until we entered the city. Then, Umar was injured and he said, 'Where is his brother and his companion?' Umar said, 'O Suhaib, do not cry, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'The deceased is punished by the weeping of his family over him.'"
عَنْ كَذَّابِينَ وَلَا مُكَذَّبَيْنِ وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مَا يَكْفِيَكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ {وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى} وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَزِيدُ الْكَافِرَ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ On the authority of liars or deniers, and you have in the Qurʾān what suffices you from that: {And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another} (35:18). But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah increases the disbeliever [in punishment] by the weeping of his family over him."
لَهُمْ لَا تَبْكُوا فَإِنَّ بُكَاءَ الْحَيِّ عَذَابٌ لِلْمَيِّتِ قَالَتْ عَمْرَةُ فَسَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِيَهُودِيَّةٍ وَأَهْلُهَا يَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهَا «» إِنَّهُمْ لَيَبْكُونَ وَإِنَّهَا لَتُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهَا «»
✧ He said to them, "Do not weep, for the weeping of the living is punishment for the dead." ʿAmrah said, "I asked ʿĀʾishah, and she said, 'May Allah have mercy on him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ only said that about a Jewish woman whose family were weeping over her: "Indeed, they are weeping, and she is being punished in her grave."'"
«كُلُّ ابْنِ آدَمَ يَأْكُلُهُ التُّرَابُ إِلَّا عَجْبَ الذَّنَبِ مِنْهُ خُلِقَ وَفِيهِ يُرَكَّبُ»
✧ «Every son of Adam is eaten by the earth except the coccyx; from it he was created, and in it he will be recomposed.»
«فِي الْإِنْسَانِ عَظْمٌ لَا تَأْكُلُهُ الْأَرْضُ أَبَدًا مِنْهُ يُرَكَّبُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» قَالُوا وَأَيُّ عَظْمٍ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «عَجْبُ الذَّنَبِ»
✧ «In the human being there is a bone that the earth never consumes; from it he will be recomposed on the Day of Resurrection.» They said, "Which bone is it, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "The coccyx."
«يَأْكُلُ التُّرَابُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ إِلَّا عَجْبَ ذَنْبِهِ» قِيلَ وَمَا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «مِثْلُ حَبَّةِ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْهُ يَنْشَأُ»
✧ «The earth consumes everything of the human being except his coccyx.» It was said, "What is it, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Like a mustard seed; from it he will be created."
«إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ يَقُولُ قَدِّمُونِي قَدِّمُونِي وَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ يَقُولُ يَا وَيْلَتِي أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ بِي؟ » يُرِيدُ الْمُسْلِمَ وَالْكَافِرَ
✧ When a servant is placed on his bier, he says: 'Hasten me forward, hasten me forward.' And when a servant is placed on his bier, he says: 'Woe to me! Where are you taking me?' He means the Muslim and the disbeliever.
«أَرْبَعٌ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَنْ يَدَعَهَا النَّاسُ النِّيَاحَةُ وَالتَّعَايُرُ أَوِ التَّعَايُرُ فِي الْأَنْسَابِ وَمُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَالْعَدْوَى جَرِبَ بَعِيرٌ فِي مِئَةِ بَعِيرٍ فَمَنْ أَعْدَى الْأَوْلَ؟ »
✧ Four things are from Jahiliyyah that the people will never abandon: wailing, boasting or defaming one another by lineage, saying, 'We were given rain by such and such a star,' and contagious disease. A camel had mange among a hundred camels; who infected the first one?
«أَرْبَعٌ فِي أُمَّتِي مِنْ أَهْوَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَا يَتْرُكُونَهُنَّ الْفَخْرُ فِي الْأَحْسَابِ وَالطَّعْنُ فِي الْأَنْسَابِ وَالِاسْتِسْقَاءُ بِالنُّجُومِ وَالنِّيَاحَةُ وَالنَّائِحَةُ إِذَا لَمْ تَتُبْ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهَا يُقَامُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَيْهَا سِرْبَالٌ مِنْ قَطِرَانٍ وَدِرْعٌ مِنْ جَرَبٍ»
✧ Four things are in my Ummah from the customs of Jahiliyyah that they will not abandon: boasting about noble descent, defaming lineages, seeking rain by the stars, and wailing. And the wailing woman, if she does not repent before her death, will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of tar and a coat of mange.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3144No grade recorded
لَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ غَرِيبٌ فِي أَرْضِ غُرْبَةٍ لَأَبْكِيَنَّ بُكَاءً يُتَحَدَّثُ عَنْهُ وَكُنْتُ قَدْ هَيَّأْتُ الْبُكَاءُ عَلَيْهِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْمُسْعِدَاتِ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُسْعِدَنِي فَاسْتَقْبَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «تُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تُدْخِلِي الشَّيْطَانَ بَيْتًا أَخْرَجَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ» قَالَتْ فَكَفَفْتُ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ وَلَمْ أَبْكِ
✧ When Abu Salamah died, I said, 'A stranger in a strange land—I will weep for him with such weeping that it will be talked about.' I had prepared to weep over him when a woman from the Mus'idat (women who assist in wailing) came wanting to join me in wailing. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ met her and said, 'Do you want to let the devil into a house from which Allah has expelled him?' She said, 'So I refrained from weeping and did not weep.'
لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَلَا يَعْصِينَكَ فِي مَعْرُوفٍ} قَالَتْ كَانَ مِنْهُ النِّيَاحَةُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا آلَ فُلَانٍ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ كَانُوا أَسْعَدُونِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَلَابُدَّ لِي مِنْ أَنْ أُسْعِدَهُمْ فَقَالَ «إِلَّا آلَ فُلَانٍ»
✧ When the verse {When the believing women come to you to give you their pledge} up to His saying {and they do not disobey you in what is right} was revealed, she said, 'Part of that was wailing.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, except the family of so-and-so, for they helped me in wailing during Jahiliyyah, and I must help them in return.' He said, 'Except the family of so-and-so.'
أَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ حَيْثُ بَايَعَهُنَّ أَنْ لَا يَنُحْنَ فَقُلْنَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ نِسَاءً أَسْعَدْنَنَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَنُسْعِدُهُنَّ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا إِسْعَادَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَا شِغَارَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَا عَقْرَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَا جَلَبَ وَلَا جَنَبَ وَمَنِ انْتَهَبَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ took a pledge from the women when they gave him their allegiance that they would not wail. They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, there are women who helped us in wailing during Jahiliyyah; shall we help them in Islam?' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'There is no helping in wailing in Islam, and no shighar marriage in Islam, and no hamstringing of animals in Islam, and no jalab and no janab, and whoever plunders is not one of us.'
لَمَّا جَاءَ نَعْيُ زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ وَجَعْفَرٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَوَاحَةَ جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعْرَفُ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْحُزْنُ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ نِسَاءُ جَعْفَرٍ يَنُحْنَ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ أَكْثَرْنَ بُكَاءَهُنَّ قَالَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَنْهَاهُنَّ فَمَكَثَ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ نَهَاهُنَّ فَأَبَيْنَ أَنْ يُطِعْنَهُ فَأَمَرَهُ الثَّانِيَةَ أَنْ يَنْهَاهُنَّ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ غَلَبْنَهُ قَالَ «فَاحْثُ فِي وُجُوهِهِنَّ التُّرَابَ»
✧ When Naiy is said to have come, Mayers and Abdullah bin Rawaha Allah's Messenger (saw) sat with sadness recognized in his face. Then a man came to him and said, "These are the women of Mayer's, crying over him, and they have increased their weeping." He ordered him to stop them, so he stayed there for a while and then returned and mentioned that he ordered them to stop. They refused to obey him, so he ordered him for the second time to stop them. He mentioned that they had defeated him. He said, "Scold them in their faces with dust."
لَمَّا أُصِيبَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «تَسَلَّمِي ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ اصْنَعِي بَعْدُ مَا شِئْتِ»
✧ When Ja'far b. Abi Talib was struck (i.e., martyred), the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me, saying, 'Observe three days (of mourning), then do whatever you wish after that.'
«لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ ضَرَبَ الْخُدُودَ وَشَقَّ الْجُيُوبَ وَدَعَا بِدَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ»
✧ He is not one of us who strikes the cheeks, tears the front openings of garments, or calls with the call of Jahiliyyah.
أَنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى حِينَ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ «إِذَا انْطَلَقْتُمْ بِجِنَازَتِي فَأَسْرِعُوا الْمَشْيَ وَلَا تُتْبِعُونِي بِجَمْرٍ وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا عَلَى لَحْدِي شَيْئًا يَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ التُّرَابِ وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا عَلَى قَبْرِي بِنَاءً وَأُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ حَالِقَةٍ أَوْ سَالِقَةٍ أَوْ خَارِقَةٍ» قَالُوا سَمِعْتَ فِيهِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
✧ When Abu Musa was on his deathbed, he said, 'When you carry my bier, walk quickly, and do not follow me with burning coals, and do not place anything over my grave that would come between me and the earth, and do not build a structure over my grave. I call you to witness that I am free of every woman who shaves her head, wails loudly, or tears her clothes.' They said, 'Did you hear something about this?' He said, 'Yes, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'
لَمَّا حَضَرَ أَبُو مُوسَى صَاحُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ سَلَقَ وَلَا خَرَقَ وَلَا حَلَقَ»
✧ When Abu Musa was dying, they cried out over him. He said, 'The Prophet ﷺ said: He is not one of us who wails, tears his clothes, or shaves his head.'
وَجِعَ أَبُو مُوسَى وَجَعَلَ يُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ وَرَأْسُهُ فِي حِجْرِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَصَاحَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهَا شَيْئًا فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ أَنَا بَرِيءٌ مِمَّنْ بَرِئَ مِنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «بَرِئَ مِنَ الْحَالِقَةِ وَالسَّالِقَةِ وَالشَّاقَّةِ»
✧ Abu Musa became ill and kept losing consciousness, his head in the lap of a woman from his family. A woman cried out, and he could not respond to her. When he regained consciousness, he said, 'I am free of whoever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ freed himself from, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ freed himself from the woman who shaves her head, wails loudly, and tears her clothes.'
رَأَيْتُ أُبَيًّا رَأَى رَجُلًا تَعَزَّى بِعَزَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَعَضَّهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَدْ أَرَى فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ فِي نَفْسِكَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُهَا أَنْ لَا أَقُولَهَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ تَعَزَّى بِعَزَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَعِضُّوهُ وَلَا تَكْنُوا»
✧ Ubayy saw a man consoling himself with the consolation of Jahiliyyah, so he cursed him with an explicit obscenity—though he did not (actually) do so—then said, 'I can see in yourselves, or in yourself, that I could not help but say it when I heard it. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever consoles himself with the consolation of Jahiliyyah, curse him with an explicit obscenity and do not use a euphemism.'
يَا أُمَّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكِ بِمَا لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ بَلَى قَالَ «لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَقَ أَوْ خَرَقَ أَوْ سَلَقَ»
✧ O Umm 'Abd Allah, shall I not tell you what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed? She said, 'Yes.' He said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who shaves her head, tears her clothes, or wails loudly.'
«لَمَّا جَاءَ نَعْيُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَوَاحَةَ جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعْرَفُ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْحُزْنُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَأَنَا أَطَّلِعُ مِنْ شَقِّ الْبَابِ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ نِسَاءَ جَعْفَرٍ قَدْ كَثُرَ بُكَاؤُهُنَّ فَأَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَنْهَاهُنَّ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَذَهَبَ الرَّجُلُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ قَدْ نَهَيْتُهُنَّ وَإِنَّهُنَّ لَمْ يَطِعْنَنِي حَتَّى كَانَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ فَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ » احْثُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِنَّ التُّرَابَ « قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقُلْتُ أَرْغَمَ اللَّهُ بِأَنْفِكَ مَا أَنْتَ بِفَاعِلٍ مَا يَذْكُرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
✧ When the news of the death of Ja'far b. Abi Talib, Zayd b. Harithah, and 'Abd Allah b. Rawahah came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down and sadness was recognizable on his face. 'A'ishah said: 'And I was peeking from the crack of the door.' A man came to him and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the women of Ja'far's family have been weeping excessively.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to forbid them. 'A'ishah said: 'So the man went, then came back and said: I forbade them, but they did not obey me.' This happened until the third time. She claimed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Throw dust into their mouths.' 'A'ishah said: 'So I said: May Allah rub your nose in the dust! You are not going to do what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned.'
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَعَنَ الْخَامِشَةَ وَجْهَهَا وَالشَّاقَّةَ جَيْبَهَا وَالدَّاعِيَةَ بِالْوَيْلِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the woman who scratches her face, tears her garment, and calls for woe.
كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَأُتِيَ بِجِنَازَةٍ يُبْكَى عَلَيْهَا فَعَابَ ذَلِكَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَانْتَهَرَهُنَّ فَقَالَ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ مُرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ وَمَعَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَنِسَاءٌ يَبْكِينَ عَلَيْهَا فَزَجَرَهُنَّ وَانْتَهَرَهُنَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُنَّ يَا عُمَرُ فَإِنَّ الْعَيْنَ دَامِعَةٌ وَالنَّفْسَ مُصَابَةٌ وَالْعَهْدَ قَرِيبٌ»
✧ I was sitting with Ibn 'Umar when a funeral procession was brought, and women were weeping over it. Ibn 'Umar disapproved of that and rebuked them. Salamah b. al-Azraq said: 'I testify about Abu Hurayrah that I heard him say: A funeral procession passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was with him, and 'Umar b. al-Khattab was with him, and women were weeping over it. He scolded them and rebuked them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Let them be, O 'Umar, for the eye sheds tears, the soul is afflicted, and the time of parting is near.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3158No grade recorded
أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِابْنَةِ زَيْنَبَ وَنَفْسُهَا تَقَعْقَعُ كَأَنَّهَا فِي شَنٍّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلَهُ مَا أَعْطَى وَكُلٌّ إِلَى أَجَلٍ» قَالَ فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَرِقُّ أَوْلَمْ تَنْهَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا هِيَ رَحْمَةٌ جَعَلَهَا اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِ عِبَادِهِ وَإِنَّمَا يَرْحَمُ اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الرُّحَمَاءَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me, so I brought him the daughter of Zaynab while her soul was rattling as if it were in a waterskin. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'To Allah belongs what He takes, and to Him belongs what He gives, and everything has an appointed term.' He said: 'His eyes shed tears.' Sa'd b. 'Ubadah said to him: 'O Messenger of Allah, do you weep? Did you not forbid weeping?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'This is only a mercy that Allah has placed in the hearts of His servants. Allah has mercy on only the merciful among His servants.'
اشْتَكَى سَعْدٌ شَكْوَى فَأَتَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعُودُهُ مَعَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَسَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ وَجَدَهُ فِي غَشْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ قَدْ قَضَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَبَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا بَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَكَوْا فَقَالَ «أَلَا تَسْمَعُونَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لَا يُعَذِّبِ بِدَمْعِ الْعَيْنِ وَلَا بِحُزْنِ الْقَلْبِ وَلَكِنْ يُعَذِّبُ بِهَذَا أَوْ يَرْحَمُ» وَأَشَارَ إِلَى لِسَانِهِ
✧ Saad complained, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to him accompanied by Abdurrahman ibn Awf, Saad ibn Abi Waqqas, and Abdullah ibn Masood. When they entered, they found him unconscious. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, he has passed away!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then wept, and when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wept, they also wept. He said, "Do you not hear? Indeed, Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, does not punish with the tears of the eyes or the sorrow of the heart, but He punishes with this," and he pointed to his tongue.
لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ ابْنُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَاحَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ هَذَا مِنَّا لَيْسَ لِصَارِخٍ حَظٌّ الْقَلْبُ يَحْزَنُ وَالْعَيْنُ تَدْمَعُ وَلَا نَقُولُ مَا يُغْضِبُ الرَّبَّ»
✧ When the son of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, Usama bin Zaid started crying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is not from us, the one whose heart is filled with sadness and eyes are streaming with tears, and he does not say anything that angers the Lord."
«ثَلَاثٌ هِيَ الْكُفْرُ بِاللَّهِ النِّيَاحَةُ وَشَقُّ الْجَيْبِ وَالطَّعْنُ فِي النَّسَبِ»
✧ Three things are disbelief in Allah: wailing, tearing the garment, and defaming lineage.
«ثَلَاثٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَا يَتْرُكُهُنَّ أَهْلُ الْإِسْلَامِ النِّيَاحَةُ وَالِاسْتِسْقَاءُ بِالْأَنْوَاءِ وَالتَّعَايُرُ»
✧ «Three things are from the deeds of the Age of Ignorance that the people of Islam will not abandon: wailing, seeking rain by the stars, and reviling one another's lineage.»
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُبْنَى عَلَى الْقَبْرِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade building over a grave.
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ تَجْصِيصِ الْقُبُورِ وَالْكِتَابِ عَلَيْهَا وَالْبِنَاءِ عَلَيْهَا وَالْجُلُوسِ عَلَيْهَا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade plastering graves, writing on them, building over them, and sitting on them.
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ تَقْصِيصِ الْقُبُورِ وَأَنْ يُبْنَى عَلَيْهَا أَوْ يُجْلَسَ عَلَيْهَا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade plastering graves and building over them or sitting on them.
«لَأَنَّ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ فَتُحْرِقَ ثِيَابَهُ حَتَّى تَخْلُصَ إِلَيْهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَقْعُدَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ»
✧ For one of you to sit on a live coal that burns his clothes until it reaches his skin is better for him than sitting on a grave.
«كَسْرُ عَظْمِ الْمَيِّتِ كَكَسْرِهِ حَيًّا»
✧ Breaking the bone of a dead person is like breaking it when he is alive.
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُقَصَّصَ الْقُبُورُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade plastering graves.
زَارَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَبْرَ أُمِّهِ فَبَكَى وَأَبْكَى مَنْ حَوْلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ أَزُورَ قَبْرَهَا فَأَذِنَ لِي فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْهُ أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهَا فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لِي فَزُورُوَا الْقُبُورَ فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ»
✧ The Prophet 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. Then I asked Him for permission to seek forgiveness for her, but He did not grant me permission. So visit graves, for they remind you of death."
حَدَّثَنَا بَشِيرُ بْنُ الْخَصَاصِيَةَ وَكَانَ اسْمُهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ زَحْمُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا اسْمُكَ؟ » قَالَ زَحْمٌ
✧ Bashir b. al-Khasasiyyah—his name in the pre-Islamic era was Zahm b. Ma'bad—narrated to us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Zahm."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ الْمَقْبَرَةَ فَقَالَ « السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَلَاحِقُونَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ entered the graveyard and said, "Peace be upon you, O abode of a believing people. Indeed we, if Allah wills, shall join you."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُلَّمَا كَانَتْ لَيْلَتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ فَيَقُولُ «السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَتَانَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ مَا تُوعَدُونَ غَدًا مُؤَجَّلُونَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأَهْلِ بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ»
✧ Whenever it was her night with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he would go out at the end of the night to al-Baqi' and say, "Peace be upon you, O abode of a believing people. What you were promised has come to you, and we, if Allah wills, shall join you. O Allah, forgive the people of Baqi' al-Gharqad."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَرَجُوا إِلَى الْمَقَابِرِ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا «السَّلَامُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدَّارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَلَاحِقُونَ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَنَحْنُ لَكُمْ تَبَعٌ نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْعَافِيَةَ»
✧ When they went out to the graveyards, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught them to say, "Peace be upon the inhabitants of this abode from among the believers and Muslims. Indeed we, if Allah wills, shall join you. You are our predecessors and we are your followers. We ask Allah for well-being for us and for you."
«أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْرَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَيِّ ابْنِ سَلُولٍ بَعْدَمَا أُدْخِلَ حُفْرَتَهُ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ وَنَفَثَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ رِيقِهِ وَأَلْبَسَهُ قَمِيصَهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to the grave of 'Abd Allah b. Ubayy b. Salul after he had been placed in his burial pit. He ordered that he be brought out, then placed him on his knee, blew some of his saliva onto him, and clothed him with his shirt.
أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ لَمَّا مَاتَ جَاءَ ابْنُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَعْطِنِي قَمِيصَكَ حَتَّى أُكَفِّنَهُ فِيهِ وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ قَالَ فَأَعْطَاهُ قَمِيصَهُ وَقَالَ «إِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَآذِنِّي حَتَّى أُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ» فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ آذَنَهُ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ جَذَبَهُ عُمَرُ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ نَهَاكَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنَا بَيْنَ خِيَرَتَيْنِ قَالَ اللَّهُ {اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ} » قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ} قَالَ فَتَرَكَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ
✧ When 'Abd Allah b. Ubayy died, his son came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Give me your shirt so that I may shroud him in it, and pray over him, and seek forgiveness for him." So he gave him his shirt and said, "When you are finished, inform me so that I may pray over him." When he had finished, he informed him. When he wanted to pray over him, 'Umar pulled him and said, "Has Allah not forbidden you to pray over the hypocrites?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "I am between two choices. Allah said: 'Ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them' [Quran 9:80]." Then the verse was revealed: "And do not pray over any of them who has died, ever, nor stand at his grave" [Quran 9:84]. So he abandoned praying over him.
لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ أَتَى ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَيِّ ابْنِ سَلُولٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ قَدْ وَضَعْنَاهُ فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا قَامَ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ قُمْتُ فِي صَدْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَتُصَلِّي عَلَى عَدُوِّ اللَّهِ الْقَائِلِ يَوْمَ كَذَا كَذَا وَكَذَا وَالْقَائِلِ يَوْمَ كَذَا كَذَا وَكَذَا أُعَدِّدُ أَيَّامَهُ الْخَبِيثَةَ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «عَنِّي يَا عُمَرُ» حَتَّى إِذَا أَكْثَرْتُ قَالَ «عَنِّي يَا عُمَرُ فَإِنِّي قَدْ خُيِّرْتُ فَاخْتَرْتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ {اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ} وَلَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي زِدْتُ عَلَى السَّبْعِينَ غُفِرَ لَهُ لَزِدْتُ» قَالَ عُمَرُ فَعَجَبًا لِجُرْأَتِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَلَمَّا قَالَ لِي ذَلِكَ انْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهُ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ مَشَى مَعَهُ فَقَامَ عَلَى حُفْرَتِهِ حَتَّى دُفِنَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا لَبِثَ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا {وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ} فَمَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى مُنَافِقٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَلَا قَامَ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ
✧ "I heard Umar ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, saying: When Abdullah ibn Ubay died, his son Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn Ubay ibn Salul came to the Messenger of Allahﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, this is Abdullah ibn Ubay, we have buried him, so please pray for him. The Messenger of Allahﷺ stood up to pray for him. When he stood up to pray, I stood in front of the chest of the Messenger of Allahﷺ and I said: O Prophet of Allah, are you praying for the enemy of Allah who said such and such on such and such day, and the one who said such and such on such and such day, I number his evil days. The Messenger of Allahﷺ smiled and said: Leave me, O Umar. When I persisted, he said: Leave me, O Umar. I was given a choice, and I chose, for Allah says, 'Ask forgiveness for them, or do not ask forgiveness for them.' If I knew that by adding more than seventy, he would be forgiven, I would have added more." Umar said: I was amazed at my boldness to the Messenger of Allahﷺ but Allah and His Messenger know best. When he said that to me, I turned away from him and prayed for him, then I walked with him and stood by his grave until he was buried. Then he turned away, and by Allah, he did not stay except for a short while until Allah revealed, "And never pray [the funeral prayer, O Muhammad], over any of them who has died - ever - or stand at his grave." So the Messenger of Allahﷺ did not pray for a hypocrite after that, nor did he stand at his grave."
قَبَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَانْصَرَفْنَا مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا حَاذَى بَابَهُ وَتَوَسَّطَ الطَّرِيقَ إِذَا نَحْنُ بِامْرَأَةٍ مُقْبِلَةٍ فَلَمَّا دَنَتْ إِذَا هِيَ فَاطِمَةُ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا أَخْرَجَكِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ مِنْ بَيْتِكِ؟ » قَالَتْ أَتَيْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَهْلَ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ فَعَزَّيْنَا مَيِّتَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَعَلَّكِ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى؟ » قَالَتْ مُعَاذَ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ تَذْكُرُ فِيهَا مَا تَذْكُرُ قَالَ «لَوْ بَلَغْتِ مَعَهُمُ الْكُدَى مَا رَأَيْتِ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَرَاهَا جَدُّكَ أَبُو أَبِيكِ»
✧ We buried a deceased person with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day. When we finished, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ departed and we departed with him. When he was opposite his door and in the middle of the road, we saw a woman approaching. When she came near, it was Fatimah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "What brought you out, O Fatimah, from your house?" She said, "I came, O Messenger of Allah, to the family of this house and consoled them for their deceased." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Perhaps you reached the graveyard with them?" She said, "I seek refuge in Allah! I heard you mention about it what you mention." He said, "If you had reached the graveyard with them, you would not have seen Paradise until your grandfather, your father's father, sees it."
«لَعَنَ اللَّهُ زَائِرَاتِ الْقُبُورِ»
✧ "May Allah curse women who visit graves."
«لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَائِرَاتِ الْقُبُورِ وَالْمُتَّخِذَاتِ عَلَيْهَا الْمَسَاجِدَ وَالسُّرُجَ»
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed women who visit graves and those who take them as places of worship and put lanterns on them."
«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 worship and put lanterns on them."
لَمَّا كَانَ مَرَضُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ بَعْضُ نِسَائِهِ كَنِيسَةً رَأَيَاهَا بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَأُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ قَدْ أَتَتَا أَرْضَ الْحَبَشَةِ فَذَكَرْنَ كَنِيسَةً رَأَيْنَهَا بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ يُقَالُ لَهَا مَارِيَةُ وَذَكَرْنَ مِنْ حُسْنِهَا وَتَصَاوِيرَ فِيهَا فَرَفَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ أُولَئِكَ إِذَا مَاتَ مِنْهُمُ الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ بَنَوْا عَلَى قَبْرِهِ مَسْجِدًا ثُمَّ صَوَّرُوا فِيهِ تِلْكَ الصُّوَرَ وَأُولَئِكَ شِرَارُ الْخَلْقِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى»
✧ During the illness of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, some of his wives mentioned a church they had seen in the land of Abyssinia. Umm Salamah and Umm Habibah had come to the land of Abyssinia, and they mentioned a church they had seen there called Maria, and they mentioned its beauty and the images in it. The Prophet ﷺ raised his head and said, "Those people, when a righteous man among them dies, build a mosque over his grave and then make those images in it. Those are the worst of creation in the sight of Allah, Exalted is He."
«لَعَنَ اللَّهُ قَوْمًا اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ»
✧ «Allah cursed a people who took the graves of their prophets as places of worship»
«إِنِّي نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ وَعَنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِي أَنْ تُمْسِكُوهَا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَعَنِ الظُّرُوفِ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ فِي سِقَاءٍ وَقَدْ رُخِّصَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فِي زِيَارَةِ قَبْرِ أُمِّهِ وَإِنَّمَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ أَنْ تُمْسِكُوا لُحُومَ الْأَضَاحِي فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِيُوَسِّعَ ذُو السَّعَةِ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى مَنْ لَمْ يُضَحِّ وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنِ الظُّرُوفِ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ سِقَاءٍ فَلَا يُحِلُّ ظَرْفٌ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُحَرِّمُهُ»
✧ I had forbidden you three things: visiting graves, keeping the meat of sacrificial animals beyond three days, and using certain vessels except what is in a waterskin. Permission has been given to Muhammad ﷺ to visit his mother's grave. I had forbidden you to keep the meat of sacrificial animals beyond three days so that those of you with abundance might distribute it to those who did not sacrifice. I had forbidden you certain vessels except what is made of waterskin, for no vessel makes anything lawful or unlawful.
خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ لِيُقَاتِلَهُمْ فَقَالَ لِي أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَا جَابِرُ لَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ فِي نُظَّارِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ إِلَى مَا يَصِيرُ أَمْرُنَا فَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَوْلَا أَنِّي أَتْرُكُ بَنَاتٍ لِي بَعْدِي لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا فِي النَّظَّارِينَ إِذْ جَاءَ ابْنُ عَمَّتِي بِأَبِي وَخَالِي عَادَلَهُمَا عَلَى نَاضِحٍ فَدَخَلَ بِهِمَا الْمَدِينَةَ لِيَدْفِنَهُمَا فِي مَقَابِرِنَا إِذْ لَحِقَ رَجُلٌ يُنَادِي «أَلَا إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَرْجِعُوا بِالْقَتْلَى فَتَدْفِنُوهَا فِي مَصَارِعِهَا حَيْثُ قُتِلَتْ» قَالَ فَرَجَعْنَاهُمَا مَعَ الْقَتْلَى حَيْثُ قُتِلَتْ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ went out from Madinah to the polytheists to fight them, and my father 'Abd Allah said to me, "O Jabir, it would not harm you to be among the onlookers of the people of Madinah until you know what becomes of our affair. For I, by Allah, were it not that I leave behind daughters after me, I would have loved to be killed before you." While I was among the onlookers, my paternal cousin came with my father and my maternal uncle, balancing them on a weak camel, and entered Madinah with them to bury them in our graveyard. Then a man caught up, calling out: "Indeed the Prophet ﷺ commands you to return with the slain and bury them in their places of falling, where they were killed." He said: So we returned them with the slain to where they were killed.
«مَنْ جُرِحَ جُرْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَدْمَى اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ دَمٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحِ مِسْكٍ وَمَنْ جُرِحَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ طُبِعَ بِطَابَعِ الشُّهَدَاءِ»
✧ «Whoever is wounded with a wound in the way of Allah will come on the Day of Resurrection bleeding, with the color the color of blood and the fragrance the fragrance of musk. And whoever is wounded in the way of Allah is stamped with the seal of the martyrs»
«مَنْ تَعُدُّونَ الشُّهَدَاءَ فِيكُمْ؟ » قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ قَالَ «إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَ أُمَّتِي إِذًا لَقَلِيلٌ» قَالُوا مَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ وَمَنْ مَاتَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ وَمَنْ مَاتَ فِي الطَّاعُونِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ وَمَنْ مَاتَ فِي بَطْنٍ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ»
✧ «Whom do you consider martyrs among you?» They said, "O Messenger of Allah, whoever is killed in the way of Allah is a martyr." He said, «Then the martyrs of my community would be few.» They said, "Who then, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, «Whoever is killed in the way of Allah is a martyr, whoever dies in the way of Allah is a martyr, whoever dies in the plague is a martyr, and whoever dies of a stomach disease is a martyr»
«مَنْ تَعُدُّونَ الشُّهَدَاءَ فِيكُمْ؟ » قَالُوا مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ قَالَ ﷺ «وَمَنْ مَاتَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ وَمَنْ مَاتَ فِي طَاعُونٍ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ»
✧ «Whom do you consider martyrs among you?» They said, "Whoever is killed in the way of Allah is a martyr." He ﷺ said, «And whoever dies in the way of Allah is a martyr, and whoever dies in the plague is a martyr»
«الشَّهِيدُ خَمْسَةٌ الْمَبْطُونُ وَالْمَطْعُونُ وَالْغَرِقُ وَصَاحِبُ الْهَدْمِ وَالشَّهِيدُ»
✧ «The martyr is five: the one who dies of a stomach disease, the one who dies in the plague, the one who drowns, the one who dies under a collapsed building, and the martyr»
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَاءَ يَعُودُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ غُلِبَ عَلَيْهِ فَصَاحَ بِهِ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ فَاسْتَرْجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «غُلِبْنَا عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا الرَّبِيعِ» فَصَاحَ النِّسْوَةُ وَبَكَيْنَ وَجَعَلَ ابْنُ عَتِيكٍ يُسَكِّتُهُنَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُنَّ فَإِذَا وَجَبَ فَلَا تَبْكِيَنَّ بَاكِيَةٌ» فَقَالُوا وَمَا الْوُجُوبُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا مَاتَ» قَالَتِ ابْنَتُهُ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ شَهِيدًا فَإِنَّكَ كُنْتَ قَدْ قَضَيْتَ جِهَازَكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَوْقَعَ أَجْرَهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ نِيَّتِهِ وَمَا تَعُدُّونَ الشَّهَادَةَ؟ » قَالُوا الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الشَّهَادَةُ سَبْعٌ سِوَى الْقَتْلِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الْمَبْطُونُ شَهِيدٌ وَالْغَرِيقُ شَهِيدٌ وَصَاحِبُ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْمَطْعُونُ شَهِيدٌ وَالْحَرِيقُ شَهِيدٌ وَالَّذِي يَمُوتُ تَحْتَ الْهَدْمِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ بِجَمْعٍ شَهِيدٌ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit 'Abd Allah b. Thabit and found that he had been overcome. He called out to him, but he did not answer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We belong to Allah and to Him we return," and said, «We have been overcome concerning you, O Abu al-Rabi'.» The women cried out and wept, and Ibn 'Atik began to silence them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «Leave them. When it becomes obligatory, no weeping woman should weep.» They said, "What is the obligation, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, «When he dies.» His daughter said, "By Allah, I had hoped that you would be a martyr, for you had prepared your equipment." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «Indeed Allah has placed his reward according to his intention. What do you consider martyrdom?» They said, "Being killed in the way of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «Martyrdom is seven besides being killed in the way of Allah: the one who dies of a stomach disease is a martyr, the one who drowns is a martyr, the one with pleurisy is a martyr, the one who dies in the plague is a martyr, the one who burns is a martyr, the one who dies under a collapsed building is a martyr, and a woman who dies in childbirth is a martyr»
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَاءَ يَعُودُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ غُلِبَ عَلَيْهِ فَصَاحَ بِهِ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ فَاسْتَرْجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «غُلِبْنَا عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا الرَّبِيعِ» فَصَاحَتِ النِّسْوَةُ وَبَكَيْنَ وَجَعَلَ ابْنُ عَتِيكٍ يُسَكِّتُهُنَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُنَّ فَإِذَا وَجَبَ فَلَا تَبْكِينَّ بَاكِيَةٌ» قَالُوا وَمَا الْوُجُوبُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا مَاتَ» قَالَتِ ابْنَتُهُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ شَهِيدًا فَإِنَّكَ كُنْتَ قَدْ قَضَيْتَ جِهَازَكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَوْقَعَ أَجْرَهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ نِيَّتِهِ وَمَا تَعُدُّونَ الشَّهَادَةَ؟ » قَالُوا الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الشَّهَادَةُ سَبْعٌ سِوَى الْقَتْلِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الْمَبْطُونُ شَهِيدٌ وَالْغَرِيقُ شَهِيدٌ وَصَاحِبُ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْمَطْعُونُ شَهِيدٌ وَصَاحِبُ الْحَرِيقِ شَهِيدٌ وَالَّذِي يَمُوتُ تَحْتَ الْهَدْمِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ بِجَمْعٍ شَهِيدٌ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit 'Abd Allah b. Thabit and found that he had been overcome. He called out to him, but he did not answer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We belong to Allah and to Him we return," and said, «We have been overcome concerning you, O Abu al-Rabi'.» The women cried out and wept, and Ibn 'Atik began to silence them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «Leave them. When it becomes obligatory, no weeping woman should weep.» They said, "What is the obligation, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, «When he dies.» His daughter said, "By Allah, I had hoped that you would be a martyr, for you had prepared your equipment." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «Indeed Allah has placed his reward according to his intention. What do you consider martyrdom?» They said, "Being killed in the way of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «Martyrdom is seven besides being killed in the way of Allah: the one who dies of a stomach disease is a martyr, the one who drowns is a martyr, the one with pleurisy is a martyr, the one who dies in the plague is a martyr, the one who burns is a martyr, the one who dies under a collapsed building is a martyr, and a woman who dies in childbirth is a martyr»
«مَنْ جُرِحَ جُرْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ رِيحُهُ كَرِيحِ الْمِسْكِ لَوْنُهُ لَوْنَ الزَّعْفَرَانِ عَلَيْهِ طَابَعُ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَمَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ مُخْلِصًا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ أَجْرَ شَهِيدٍ وَإِنَّ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ»
✧ «Whoever is wounded with a wound in the way of Allah will come on the Day of Resurrection with his fragrance like the fragrance of musk, his color the color of saffron, and upon him the seal of the martyrs. And whoever asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah will give him the reward of a martyr even if he dies on his bed»
«مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ بِصِدْقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ»
✧ «Whoever asks Allah for martyrdom with sincerity, Allah will convey him to the ranks of the martyrs even if he dies on his bed»
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَيْنَا هُوَ فِي بَيْتِهَا وَعِنْدَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَمْ صَدَقَةُ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنَ التَّمْرِ؟ قَالَ «كَذَا وَكَذَا» قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَإِنَّ فُلَانًا تَعَدَّى عَلَيَّ وَأَخَذَ مِنِّي كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «فَكَيْفَ إِذَا سَعَى عَلَيْكُمْ مَنْ يَتَعَدَّى عَلَيْكُمْ أَشَدَّ مِنْ هَذَا التَّعَدِّي» فَخَاضَ الْقَوْمُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْهُمْ فَكَيْفَ بِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا غَائِبًا فِي إِبِلِهِ وَمَاشِيَتِهِ وَزَرْعِهِ وَنَخْلِهِ فَأَدَّى زَكَاةَ مَالِهِ فَتَعَدَّى عَلَيْهِ الْحَقَّ فَكَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَنْ أَدَّى زَكَاةَ مَالِهِ طَيْبَةً بِهَا نَفْسُهُ يُرِيدُ بِهَا وَجْهَ اللَّهِ وَالدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُغَيِّبُ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ فَتَعَدَّى عَلَيْهِ الْحَقَّ فَأَخَذَ سِلَاحَهُ فَقَاتَلَ فَقُتِلَ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ»
✧ The Prophetﷺ was at her house with some of his companions when a man came to him and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how much charity for dates is so and so?" The Prophet replied, "Such and such." The man said, "But so and so has wronged me and taken from me this and that." The Prophetﷺ then said, "What will you do when someone who wrongs you does more harm than this?" The people then discussed this matter, and a man among them asked, "What should we do, O Messenger of Allah, when a person from among us is absent with his camels, cattle, crops, and palm trees, and he pays Zakah on his wealth, yet someone wrongs him? What should he do?" The Prophetﷺ replied, "Whoever pays his Zakah willingly, seeking the pleasure of Allah and the home of the Hereafter, and does not conceal anything from it, establishes prayer, and gives Zakah, then if someone transgresses against him, he should take his weapon and fight. If he is killed, he will be a martyr."
«مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ»
✧ «Whoever is killed defending his wealth is a martyr»
«مَنْ ظَلَمَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ شِبْرًا طَوَّقَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ»
✧ “Whoever usurps a span of land, Allah will collar him on the Day of Resurrection with it from seven earths.”
لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ قَاتَلَ أَخِي قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَارْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ سَيْفُهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي ذَلِكَ رَجُلٌ مَاتَ بِسِلَاحِهِ وَشَكُّوا فِي بَعْضِ أَمْرِهِ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَقَفَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ أَرْجُزَ بِكَ فَأَذِنَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَعْلَمُ مَا تَقُولُ
✧ On the day of Khaybar, my brother fought fiercely alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and his sword recoiled upon him and killed him. The companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about that, “A man died by his own weapon,” and they were doubtful about some of his affair. Salamah said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ departed from Khaybar, and I said, “O Messenger of Allah, permit me to recite rajab verses for you.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ permitted me, and Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “I know what you say.”
كَانَ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قَتْلَى أُحُدٍ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ وَيَقُولُ «أَيُّهُمَا أَكْثَرُ أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ؟ » فَإِذَا أُشِيرَ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا قَدَّمَهُ فِي اللَّحْدِ قَالَ ﷺ «أَنَا شَهِيدٌ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» وَأَمَرَ بِدَفْنِهِمْ بِدِمَائِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَمْ يُغَسَّلُوا
✧ He used to pair together two of the slain of Uhud in a single cloth and say, “Which of them had taken more of the Qur’an?” When one of them was pointed to, he would place him first in the grave. He ﷺ said, “I am a witness over these on the Day of Resurrection.” He ordered that they be buried with their blood and did not pray over them, nor were they washed.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ يَوْمًا فَصَلَّى عَلَى أَهْلِ أُحُدٍ صَلَاتَهُ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي فَرَطٌ لَكُمْ وَأَنَا شَهِيدٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى حَوْضِي الَْآنَ وَإِنِّي قَدْ أُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ أَوْ مَفَاتِيحَ الْأَرْضِ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُشْرِكُوا بَعْدِي وَلَكِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ تَتَنَافَسُوا فِيهَا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one day and prayed over the slain of Uhud as he prayed over the dead, then he went to the pulpit and said: “I am a forerunner for you, and I am a witness over you. By Allah, I am looking at my cistern now. Indeed, I have been given the keys of the treasures of the earth, or the keys of the earth.” By Allah, I do not fear that you will associate partners with Allah after me, but I fear that you will compete with one another over it.”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى عَلَى قَتْلَى أُحُدٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ وَقَعَدَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَرَطٌ وَإِنِّي عَلَيْكُمْ لِشَهِيدٌ وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُشْرِكُوا بَعْدِي وَلَكِنِّي قَدْ أُعْطِيتُ اللَّيْلَةَ مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَأَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَتَنَافَسُوا فِيهَا» ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed over the slain of Uhud, then departed and sat on the pulpit, praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: “O people, I am before you as a forerunner, and I am a witness over you. By Allah, I do not fear that you will associate partners with Allah after me, but I have been given tonight the keys of the treasures of the earth and the heaven, and I fear that you will compete with one another over them.” Then he entered his house and did not come out until Allah, Mighty and Exalted, took his soul.
أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي قَتْلَى أُحُدٍ حَمَلُوا قَتْلَاهُمْ فَنَادَى مُنَادِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنْ رُدُّوا الْقَتْلَى إِلَى مَصَارِعِهِمْ»
✧ that he said regarding those killed at Uhud: They carried their slain, then the caller of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called out: «Return the slain to their places of falling»
«صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْبَيْتِ بَيْنَ السَّارِيَتَيْنِ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed in the House between two pillars.”
دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ الْكَعْبَةَ وَمَعَهُ بِلَالٌ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ فَأَغْلَقُوا عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَابَ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا سَأَلْتُ بِلَالًا قُلْتُ أَيْنَ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ رَأَيْتُهُ «صَلَّى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حِينَ دَخَلَ بَيْنَ الْعَمُودَيْنِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ» ثُمَّ لُمْتُ نَفْسِي أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ سَأَلْتُهُ كَمْ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
✧ On the day of the conquest, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the Ka’bah, and with him were Bilal and Uthman ibn Talhah. They locked the door from inside. When they came out, I asked Bilal, “Where did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray?” He said, “I saw him pray facing forward when he entered, between the two pillars on his right.” Then I blamed myself for not asking him how many units the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed.
دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْبَيْتَ وَمَعَهُ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَبِلَالٌ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ فَأَجَافُوا الْبَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ فُتِحَ فَكُنْتُ أَوْلَ مَنْ دَخَلَ فَلَقِيتُ بِلَالًا فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «بَيْنَ الْعَمُودَيْنِ الْمُقَدَّمَيْنِ» فَنَسِيتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ كَمْ صَلَّى
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the House, and with him were Usamah ibn Zayd, Bilal, and Uthman ibn Talhah. They shut the door on themselves for a long time, then it was opened. I was the first to enter. I met Bilal and said, “Where did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray?” He said, “Between the two front pillars.” And I forgot to ask him how many units he prayed.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ الْكَعْبَةَ هُوَ وَأُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ وَبِلَالُ بْنُ رَبَاحٍ مَعَهُ فَأَغْلَقَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَمَكَثَ فِيهَا قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَسَأَلْتُ بِلَالًا حِينَ خَرَجَ أَيْنَ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «جَعَلَ عَمُودًا عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَعَمُودَيْنِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَثَلَاثَةَ أَعْمِدَةٍ وَرَاءَهُ» وَكَانَ الْبَيْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى سِتَّةِ أَعْمِدَةٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the Ka’bah, and with him were Usamah ibn Zayd, Uthman ibn Talhah, and Bilal ibn Rabah. He locked it and stayed inside. Ibn Umar said: I asked Bilal when he came out, “Where did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray?” He said, “He placed one pillar to his left and two pillars to his right, and three pillars behind him.” At that time the House had six pillars.
رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ دَاخِلَ الْبَيْتِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ السَّارِيَتَيْنِ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا فَقُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قُلْتُ أَيْنَ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «هَاهُنَا»
✧ I saw Ibn Umar entering the House, until when he was between the two pillars he prayed four units. I stood at his side, and when he finished I said, “Where did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray?” He said, “Here.”
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ مِقْدَارُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَذْرُعٍ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ would pray while between him and the qiblah there was a distance of three cubits.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «دَخَلَ الْكَعْبَةَ وَفِيهَا سِتُّ سَوَارِي فَقَامَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ سَارِيَةٍ وَدَعَا وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ entered the Ka'bah, in which there were six pillars. He stood by each pillar and supplicated, but he did not pray.
قُلْتُ لِعَطَاءٍ أَسَمِعْتَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا أُمِرْتُمْ بِالطَّوَافِ وَلَمْ تُؤْمَرُوا بِدُخُولِهِ؟ قَالَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَنْهَى عَنْ دُخُولِهِ وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ
✧ I said to 'Ata': Did you hear Ibn 'Abbas say: You have only been commanded to circumambulate, not to enter it? He said: He did not forbid entering it, but I heard him say:
«صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْبَيْتِ وَسَيَأْتِي مَنْ يَنْهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ جَالِسٌ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed inside the House, and there will come someone who forbids that, while Ibn Abbas was sitting at his side.”