8. ✧ Funerals
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 951No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ أَوْصَى: إِذَا حُضِرْتُ فَأَجْلِسُوا عِنْدِي مَنْ يُلَقِّنُنِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَسْرِعُوا بِي إِلَى حُفْرَتِي، وَلَا تَنْعُونِي إِلَى النَّاسِ، فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ نَعْيًا كَنَعْيِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ
✧ that he bequeathed: When I am near death, sit by me one who will prompt me with La ilaha illa Allah, and hasten with me to my grave, and do not announce my death to the people, for I fear that would be an announcement like the announcement of the Jahiliyyah
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 952No grade recorded
إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ كَئِيبٌ، فَقَالَ: مَا لِي أَرَاكَ كَئِيبًا ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَمٍّ لِي الْبَارِحَةَ فُلَانٍ، وَهُوَ يَكِيدُ بِنَفْسِهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: فَهَلَّا لَقَّنْتَهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ؟ قَالَ: قَدْ فَعَلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: فَقَالَهَا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ هِيَ لِلْأَحْيَاءِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: هِيَ أَهْدَمُ لِذُنُوبِهِمْ، هِيَ أَهْدَمُ لِذُنُوبِهِمْ
✧ Abu Bakr ؓ entered upon the Prophet ﷺ and he was gloomy, so he said: Why do I see you gloomy? He said: O Messenger of Allah, I was with a cousin of mine last night, so-and-so, and he was in the throes of death. He ﷺ said: Did you not prompt him with La ilaha illa Allah? He said: I did, O Messenger of Allah. He ﷺ said: And did he say it? He said: Yes. He ﷺ said: Paradise is guaranteed for him. Abu Bakr ؓ said: O Messenger of Allah, how is it for the living? He ﷺ said: It is more destructive of their sins, it is more destructive of their sins
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 953No grade recorded
مَرِضَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ؓ فَأَتَاهُ أَصْحَابُهُ يَعُودُونَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَجْلِسُونِي، فَأَجْلَسُوهُ فَقَالَ: كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلَامِهِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، هَدَمَتْ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَهَا مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَالْخَطَايَا، فَلَقِّنُوهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ، قَالُوا: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، فَكَيْفَ هِيَ لِلْأَحْيَاءِ ؟ قَالَ: أَهْدَمُ وَأَهْدَمُ
✧ Mu'adh b. Jabal ؓ fell ill, and his companions came to visit him. He said: Sit me up. So they sat him up. Then he said: A word I heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ: "Whoever's last words at death are 'There is no god but God alone, with no partner,' it demolishes the sins and errors that came before it. So prompt your dying ones with it." They said: O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, how is it for the living? He said: It demolishes even more, even more.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 954No grade recorded
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فَرَأَيْتُ بِهِ الْمَوْتَ، فَقُلْتُ: هَيْجٌ، هَيْجٌ: مَنْ لَا يَزَالُ دَمْعُهُ مُصَنَّعًا فَإِنَّهُ فِي مَرَّةٍ مَدْفُوقُ فَقَالَ ؓ: لَا تَقُولِي ذَلِكَ، وَلَكِنْ قُولِي: وَجَاءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّ ذَلِكَ مَا كُنْتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ
✧ I entered upon Abu Bakr ؓ and saw death upon him. I said: "Hayj, hayj: one whose tears are ever prepared will one day be poured out." He ؓ said: Do not say that, but say: "And the agony of death comes with the truth—that is what you used to flee from."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 955No grade recorded
تَحَدَّثُوا عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَتْ فِيهِمْ أَعَاجِيبُ. ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ: خَرَجَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ، فَأَتَوْا مَقْبَرَةً مِنْ مَقَابِرِهِمْ فَقَالُوا: لَوْ صَلَّيْنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَدَعَوْنَا اللهَ تَعَالَى يُخْرِجُ إِلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَمْوَاتِ يُخْبِرُنَا عَنِ الْمَوْتِ ؟ قَالَ: فَفَعَلُوا، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ أَطْلَعَ رَجُلٌ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ قَبْرٍ حَبَشِيٍّ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ أَثَرُ السُّجُودِ، فَقَالَ: يَا هَؤُلَاءِ، مَا أَرَدْتُمْ إِلَيَّ، فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ مُتُّ مُنْذُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ، فَمَا سَكَنَتْ عَنِّي حَرَارَةُ الْمَوْتِ حَتَّى كَانَ الْآنَ، فَادْعُوا اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا كُنْتُ
✧ They were talking about the Children of Israel, for there were wonders among them. Then he began to narrate, saying: A group of them went out and came to one of their graveyards. They said: What if we pray two rak'ahs and ask God Almighty to bring out one of the dead to tell us about death? He said: So they did. While they were thus, a man raised his head from a grave—an Abyssinian, between whose eyes was the trace of prostration. He said: O you people, what do you want from me? By God, I died a hundred years ago, and the heat of death has not left me until now. So ask God Almighty to return me as I was.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 956No grade recorded
رَوَاهُ عَبْدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ
✧ 'Abd narrated it, from Abu Bakr.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 957No grade recorded
حَدِّثُوا عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَا حَرَجَ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ فِيهِمُ الْأَعَاجِيبُ
✧ Report about the Children of Israel, and there is no sin, for among them were wonders.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 958No grade recorded
عَادَ سَلْمَانُ ؓ مَرِيضًا، فَرَآهُ قَدِ اشْتَدَّ فِي نَزْعِهِ فَقَالَ: يَا مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ، ارْفُقْ بِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ مُؤْمِنٌ. فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ: إِنِّي بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ رَفِيقٌ
✧ Salman ؓ visited a sick man and saw that he was in the throes of death. He said: O Angel of Death, be gentle with him, for he is a believer. The man said: He says, 'I am gentle with every believer.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 959No grade recorded
مُعَالَجَةُ مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ أَشَدُّ مِنْ أَلْفِ ضَرْبَةٍ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَمَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يَمُوتُ إِلَّا وَكُلُّ عِرْقٍ مِنْهُ يَأْلَمُ عَلَى حِدَةٍ. قَالَ الْحَارِثُ: أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ فَإِنَّ الْكَرْبَ عَظِيمٌ، وَالْهَوْلَ شَدِيدٌ، وَأَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ عَدُوُّ اللهِ مِنْهُ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ
✧ The pain of the Angel of Death is more severe than a thousand strikes with a sword. There is no believer who dies but every vein of his aches separately. Al-Harith said: I think he said: And give him glad tidings of Paradise, for the distress is great and the terror is severe, and the closest the enemy of God is to him is at that hour.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 960No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ غَزَا خُرَاسَانَ، فَأَقَامَ سَنَتَيْنِ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَلَا يَجْمَعُ، فَحَضَرَتِ ابْنَ عَمٍّ لَهُ الْوَفَاةُ فَذَهَبَ يَعُودُهُ، فَقَالَ
✧ He raided Khurasan and stayed two years praying two rak'ahs and not combining. A cousin of his was dying, so he went to visit him and said...
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 961No grade recorded
إِنَّ مَوْتَ الْمُؤْمِنِ بِعَرَقِ الْجَبِينِ
✧ The death of the believer is with the sweat of the forehead.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 962No grade recorded
مَوْتُ الْمُؤْمِنِ عَرَقُ الْجَبِينِ، إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ تَبْقَى عَلَيْهِ خَطَايَا مِنْ خَطَايَاهُ يُجَازَى بِهَا عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ، فَيَعْرَقُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ جَبِينُهُ
✧ The death of the believer is the sweat of the forehead: the believer still has some sins for which he is recompensed at death, and his forehead sweats from that.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 963No grade recorded
وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، مِثْلَهُ.:
✧ And Musaddad said: Yazid b. Zuray' narrated to us, Yunus narrated to us, the like of it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 964No grade recorded
مَوْتُ الْمُؤْمِنِ بِعَرَقِ الْجَبِينِ
✧ The death of the believer is with the sweat of the forehead.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 965No grade recorded
تُحْفَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْمَوْتُ
✧ The gift of the believer is death.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 966No grade recorded
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ بِهِ.:
✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abu Hammam narrated to us, Mu'awiya b. 'Amr narrated to us, Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us with it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 967No grade recorded
مَا مِنْ مَيِّتٍ يَمُوتُ وَيُقْرَأُ عِنْدَهُ يس إِلَّا هَوَّنَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ
✧ There is no deceased person who dies and Surah Yasin is recited at his side except that Allah, the Exalted, makes it easy for him.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 968No grade recorded
مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ بِالْبَقِيعِ جَاثِمَةٍ عَلَى قَبْرٍ تَبْكِي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا أَمَةَ اللهِ، اتَّقِي اللهَ وَاصْبِرِي، فَقَالَتْ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أَنَا الْحَزْنَى الثَّكْلَى، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمَةَ اللهِ، اتَّقِي اللهَ وَاصْبِرِي، فَقَالَتْ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، قَدْ سَمِعْتُ، فَانْصَرِفْ عَنِّي، قَالَ: فَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاتَّبَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: مَا قَالَ لَكِ الرَّجُلُ الذَّاهِبُ ؟ قَالَتْ: قَالَ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: فَهَلْ عَرَفْتِيهِ ؟ قَالَتْ: لَا، قَالَ: فَذَاكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَثَبَتْ مُسْرِعَةً وَهِيَ تَقُولُ: أَنَا أَصْبِرُ، أَنَا أَصْبِرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الْأُولَى، الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الْأُولَى
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a woman at al-Baqi' who was crouching by a grave, weeping. He ﷺ said: "O slave woman of Allah, fear Allah and be patient." She said: "O servant of Allah, I am the bereaved and the childless." He said: "O slave woman of Allah, fear Allah and be patient." She said: "O servant of Allah, I have heard, so leave me." He said: "So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on, and a man from his companions followed him, and he stood by the woman and said to her: 'What did the man who went away say to you?' She said: 'He said to me such and such.' He said: 'Did you recognize him?' She said: 'No.' He said: 'That was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' She jumped up quickly, saying: 'I will be patient, I will be patient, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Patience is at the first shock, patience is at the first shock.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 969No grade recorded
مَنِ احْتَسَبَ ثَلَاثَةً مِنْ وَلَدِهِ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ، أَدْخَلَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ
✧ Whoever expects recompense for three of his children who died before reaching the age of accountability, Allah, the Exalted, will admit him to Paradise by the virtue of His mercy to them.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 970No grade recorded
مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا ثَلَاثَةُ أَوْلَادٍ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ، إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُمَا اللهُ تَعَالَى الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمَا
✧ There are no two believers who have three children die before reaching the age of accountability except that Allah, the Exalted, will admit them both to Paradise by the virtue of His mercy to them.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 971No grade recorded
مَنْ قَدَّمَ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ ثَلَاثَةً صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا حَجَبُوهُ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ تَعَالَى مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ Whoever sends ahead three of his children, being patient and expecting recompense, they will screen him from the Fire by the permission of Allah, the Exalted.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 972No grade recorded
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلْأَنْصَارِ ؓ: مَا الرَّقُوبُ فِيكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: الَّذِي لَا وَلَدَ لَهُ، قَالَ: لَيْسَ ذَاكُمْ بِالرَّقُوبِ، الرَّقُوبُ الَّذِي يَقْدَمُ عَلَى رَبِّهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - وَلَمْ يُقَدِّمْ أَحَدًا مِنْ وَلَدِهِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to the Ansar ؓ: "What is the meaning of 'raqūb' among you?" They said: "The one who has no child." He said: "That is not the raqūb. The raqūb is the one who comes to his Lord - Mighty and Glorious - and has not sent ahead any of his children."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 973No grade recorded
وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى مَجْلِسٍ مِنْ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ فَقَالَ: يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ، مَا الرَّقُوبُ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood over a gathering of Banu Salima and said: "O Banu Salima, what is the raqūb?" And he mentioned the like of it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 974No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَهِيَ تَطْبُخُ حَيْسًا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ كَانُوا لَهُ حِجَابًا مِنَ النَّارِ، قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَاثْنَانِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: ثَلَاثَةٌ، قُلْتُ: وَاثْنَانِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: ثَلَاثَةٌ، ثُمَّ سَكَتَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: اثْنَانِ يَا أُمَّ مُبَشِّرٍ، اثْنَانِ يَا أُمَّ مُبَشِّرٍ
✧ He entered upon her while she was cooking khayṣ, and he ﷺ said: "Whoever has three children die who did not reach the age of accountability, they will be a screen for him from the Fire." She said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what about two?' He ﷺ said: 'Three.' I said: 'What about two?' He ﷺ said: 'Three.' Then he fell silent, then he ﷺ said: 'Two, O Umm Mubashshir, two, O Umm Mubashshir.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 975No grade recorded
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، بِهَذَا.:
✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr narrated to us with this.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 976No grade recorded
وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أُمِّ مُبَشِّرٍ، فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ مُخْتَصَرًا
✧ Ibn 'Ammar narrated to us, 'Abd al-Wahhab narrated to us, al-Muthanna narrated to us, from 'Amr b. Shu'ayb, from Sa'id b. al-Musayyib, from Umm Mubashshir, and he mentioned the like of it in abbreviated form.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 977No grade recorded
مَنْ تَعُدُّونَ الرَّقُوبَ فِيكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: الَّذِي لَا وَلَدَ لَهُ، قَالَ ﷺ: لَا، بَلِ الَّذِي لَا فَرَطَ بِهِ
✧ Whom do you consider the childless among you? They said: The one who has no child. He ﷺ said: No, rather it is the one who has no child who has died before him.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 978No grade recorded
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، بِهَذَا.:
✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr narrated to us with this.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 979No grade recorded
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ الرِّفَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ بِهِ.:
✧ And Abu Hisham al-Rifa'i narrated to us, Abu Khalid narrated to us with it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 980No grade recorded
إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَمَعَهَا ابْنٌ لَهَا مَرِيضٌ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ادْعُ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَشْفِيَ ابْنِي هَذَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: هَلْ لَكِ فَرَطٌ ؟ قَالَتْ: بَلْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، قَالَ ﷺ: جُنَّةٌ حَصِينَةٌ، جُنَّةٌ حَصِينَةٌ
✧ A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ with a sick son of hers, and said: O Messenger of Allah, supplicate Allah Almighty to heal this son of mine. He ﷺ said: Do you have a child who has died? She said: Yes, in Islam. He ﷺ said: A strong shield, a strong shield.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 981No grade recorded
لَقَدِ اسْتَجَنَّ جُنَّةً حَصِينَةً مَنْ سَلَفَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْأَوْلَادِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ
✧ Indeed, he has taken refuge in a strong shield, the one for whom three children have died in Islam.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 982No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَعَهَّدُ الْأَنْصَارَ، وَيَعُودُهُمْ، وَيَسْأَلُ عَنْهُمْ، فَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مَاتَ لَهَا ابْنٌ فَجَزِعَتْ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَتَاهَا ﷺ فَأَمَرَهَا بِتَقْوَى اللهِ تَعَالَى وَالصَّبْرِ. فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ رَقُوبَةٌ لَا أَلِدُ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِي وَلَدٌ غَيْرَهُ. فَقَالَ ﷺ: الرَّقُوبُ الَّتِي يَبْقَى وَلَدُهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: مَا مِنِ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَا مُسْلِمَةٍ يَمُوتُ لَهَا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ إِلَّا يُدْخِلُهُمَا الْجَنَّةَ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَاثْنَانِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: وَاثْنَانِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to look after the Ansar, visit them, and ask about them. We were informed that a woman from the Ansar had a son who died and she was greatly distressed over him. He ﷺ came to her and ordered her to fear Allah Almighty and be patient. She said: O Messenger of Allah, I am a childless woman who does not give birth, and I had no child other than him. He ﷺ said: The truly childless is the one whose child remains alive. Then he ﷺ said: There is no Muslim man or Muslim woman for whom three children die but that Allah will admit them both to Paradise. Umar ؓ said: May my father be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah, and two? He ﷺ said: And two.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 983No grade recorded
وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُجَالِسُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ ابْنٌ لَهُ خُمَاسِيٌّ، فَمَاتَ، فَجَزِعَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ لَا تَأْتِيَ بَابًا مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا وَجَدْتَهُ يَدْعُوكَ إِلَيْهِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: فَهُوَ كَمَا أَقُولُ لَكَ
✧ There was a man from the Ansar who used to sit with the Prophet ﷺ, and with him was a son of his who was five years old. The boy died, and he was greatly distressed over him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Would it please you that you would not come to any gate of the gates of Paradise except that you would find him calling you to it? He said: Yes. He ﷺ said: It is as I tell you.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 984No grade recorded
مَنْ مَاتَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وُقِيَ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ
✧ Whoever dies on Friday is protected from the punishment of the grave.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 985No grade recorded
مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا وَكَتَمَ عَلَيْهِ طَهَّرَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ، فَإِنْ كَفَّنَهُ كَسَاهُ اللهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - مِنَ السُّنْدُسِ
✧ Whoever washes a dead person and conceals his faults, Allah Almighty will purify him from his sins. And if he shrouds him, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - will clothe him from fine silk.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 986No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ مِنْ غُسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ ؟ فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ نَجَّسْتُمْ صَاحِبَكُمْ إِذًا
✧ I asked Ibn Abbas ؓ about performing ghusl after washing a dead body? He said: You have then made your companion impure.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 987No grade recorded
يَكْفِي مِنْهُ الْوُضُوءُ
✧ Wudu' suffices for it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 988No grade recorded
كَانَ الْحَسَنُ لَا يَرَى عَلَى الَّذِي يُغَسِّلُ الْمَيِّتَ غُسْلًا
✧ Al-Hasan did not consider that the one who washes a dead person needs to perform ghusl.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 989No grade recorded
خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: وَمَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا، وَأَدَّى الْأَمَانَةَ فِيهِ، كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعَرَةٍ مِنْهُ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ، وَرُفِعَ لَهُ بِهَا مِائَةُ دَرَجَةٍ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ: وَكَيْفَ يُؤَدِّي الْأَمَانَةَ فِيهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: يَسْتُرُ عَوْرَتَهُ، وَيَكْتُمُ شَيْنَهُ، فَإِنْ هُوَ لَمْ يَكْتُمْ شَيْنَهُ، وَلَمْ يَسْتُرْ عَوْرَتَهُ أَبْدَى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَوْرَتَهُ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْخَلَائِقِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ gave us a sermon and mentioned the hadith, and in it: "Whoever washes a deceased person and fulfills the trust in it, for every hair of it he will have the freeing of a slave, and a hundred degrees will be raised for him by it." Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ said: "How does he fulfill the trust in it, O Messenger of God?" He ﷺ said: "He covers his private parts and conceals his blemishes. If he does not conceal his blemishes and does not cover his private parts, God Almighty will expose his private parts before all creatures."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 990No grade recorded
إِذَا مُتُّ فَاغْسِلُونِي، وَكَفِّنُونِي، وَحَنِّطُونِي، وَأَجْمِرُونِي، وَلَا تَذُرُّوا عَلَى كَفَنِي حَنُوطًا، وَلَا تَتْبَعُونِي بِمِجْمَرٍ
✧ "When I die, wash me, shroud me, embalm me, perfume me with incense, and do not scatter embalming spices on my shroud, and do not follow me with a censer."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 991No grade recorded
أَنَّهَا أَمَرَتْ أَنْ تُبَخَّرَ ثِيَابُهَا عَلَى مِجْمَرَةٍ، وَلَا تُتْبَعَ بِمِجْمَرٍ، وَأَوْصَتْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ: لَا تَجْعَلُوا عَلَى نَعْشِي حَنُوطًا
✧ She ordered that her clothes be perfumed with incense on a censer, and that she not be followed with a censer. She also instructed Asma' bt. Abi Bakr: "Do not put embalming spices on my bier."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 992No grade recorded
خَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ
✧ The best shroud is a full suit (hulla).
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 993No grade recorded
لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ كُفِّنَ حَمْزَةُ ؓ فِي نَمِرَةٍ، إِذَا خَمَّرَ رَأْسَهُ بَدَتْ رِجْلَاهُ، وَإِذَا خُمِّرَ رِجْلَاهُ بَدَا رَأْسُهُ
✧ On the day of Uhud, Hamzah ؓ was shrouded in a striped cloak; when his head was covered, his feet showed, and when his feet were covered, his head showed.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 994No grade recorded
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، بِهَذَا.::
✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaybah narrated to us with this.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 995No grade recorded
كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ أَبْيَضَيْنِ سَحُولِيَّيْنِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was shrouded in two white Suhuli garments.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 996No grade recorded
جِئْتُ حِينَ حَضَرَ أَبِي الْوَفَاةُ، فَقَالَ: لَا تُكَفِّنُونَنِي فِي قَمِيصٍ مَخِيطٍ. قَالُوا: لَا بُدَّ، فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى الْقَصَّارِ، وَلِأَبِي قَمِيصٌ فِي الْقِصَارَةِ، فَأُتِيَ بِهِ، فَأُلْبِسَ، وَذُهِبَ بِهِ، فَأَغْلَقْتُ بَابِي وَاتَّبَعْتُهُ، وَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي، فَوَجَدْتُ الْقَمِيصَ فِي الْبَيْتِ، فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى الَّذِينَ غَسَّلُوا أَبِي فَقُلْتُ: كَفَّنْتُمُوهُ فِي قَمِيصِهِ. قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قُلْتُ: هُوَ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ
✧ I came when my father was dying, and he said: "Do not shroud me in a sewn shirt." They said: "It is necessary." So I sent to the fuller, and my father had a shirt at the fuller's. It was brought, and he was dressed in it, and it was taken away. I locked my door and followed it, then returned to my house and found the shirt in the house. I sent to those who washed my father and said: "Did you shroud him in his shirt?" They said: "Yes." I said: "Is it this one?" They said: "Yes."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 997No grade recorded
قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ: أَخْبِرْنَا يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْمَشْيِ مَعَ الْجِنَازَةِ، أَيُّ ذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: وَاللهِ إِنَّ فَضْلَ الْمَاشِي خَلْفَهَا عَلَى الْمَاشِي أَمَامَهَا كَفَضْلِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ عَلَى التَّطَوُّعِ. قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ ؓ: فَوَاللهِ مَا جَلَسْتُ مُنْذُ شَهِدْتُ جِنَازَةً شَهِدَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ فَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَهَا. فَقَالَ: يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لَهُمَا، إِنَّ خِيَارَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ﷺ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ ثُمَّ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ الْخَيِّرَ أَيْنَ هُوَ ؟ وَلَئِنْ كُنْتَ رَأَيْتَهُمَا فَعَلَا ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ فَعَلَا وَهُمَا يَعْلَمَانِ أَنَّ فَضْلَ الْمَاشِي خَلْفَهَا عَلَى الْمَشْيِ أَمَامَهَا كَفَضْلِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ عَلَى التَّطَوُّعِ، كَمَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ دُونَ غَدٍ لَيْلَةً، وَلَكِنَّهُمَا أَحَبَّا أَنْ يَنْبَسِطَ النَّاسُ، وَكَرِهَا أَنْ يَتَضَايَقُوا، وَقَدْ عَلِمَا أَنَّهُمَا يُقْتَدَى بِهِمَا. قَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ حَمْلِ الْجِنَازَةِ، أَوَاجِبٌ عَلَى مَنْ شَهِدَهَا ؟ قَالَ ؓ: لَا، وَلَكِنَّهُ خَيْرٌ، مَنْ شَاءَ أَخَذَ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ، فَإِذَا كُنْتَ مَعَ جِنَازَةٍ فَقَدِّمْهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ، وَاجْعَلْهَا نُصْبًا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْكَ، فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ مَوْعِظَةٌ، وَتَذْكِرَةٌ، وَعِبْرَةٌ، فَإِنْ بَدَا لَكَ أَنْ تَحْمِلَهَا فَانْظُرْ مُؤَخَّرَ السَّرِيرِ الْأَيْسَرِ فَاجْعَلْهُ عَلَى مَنْكِبِكَ الْأَيْمَنِ، فَإِذَا انْتَهَيْتَ إِلَى الْمَقْبَرَةِ فَقُمْ وَلَا تَقْعُدْ، فَإِنَّكَ تَرَى أَمْرًا عَظِيمًا، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: أَخُوكَ أَخُوكَ، كَانَ يُنَافِسُكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَيُشَاحُّكَ فِيهَا، فَضَايَقَ فِي سُهُولَةِ الْأَرْضِ قُصُورًا، أُدْخِلَ فِي قَبْرٍ تَحْتَ جَوْفِ قَبْرٍ مُحَرَّفٍ عَلَى جَنْبِهِ، فَقُمْ وَلَا تَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تَشُنَّ عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ شَنًّا، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَدَعْكَ النَّاسُ، وَلَيْسُوا بِتَارِكِيكَ، وَقَالُوا: مَا هَذَا وَاللهِ بِشَيْءٍ، فَقُمْ وَلَا تَقْعُدْ حَتَّى يُدَلَّى فِي حُفْرَتِهِ وَإِنْ قَاتَلُوكَ قِتَالًا.
✧ Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said to Ali ؓ: "Tell us, O Abu al-Hasan, about walking with the funeral procession. Which is best?" Ali ؓ said: "By God, the superiority of walking behind it over walking in front of it is like the superiority of the obligatory prayer over the voluntary prayer." Abu Sa'id ؓ said: "By God, I have not sat since I attended a funeral procession attended by Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ, and I saw Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ walking in front of it." He said: "May God forgive them. The best of this nation after its Prophet ﷺ are Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ, then God knows best where the good is. If you saw them do that, they did it while knowing that the superiority of walking behind it over walking in front of it is like the superiority of the obligatory prayer over the voluntary prayer, just as we know that after tomorrow there is a night. But they liked the people to spread out and disliked them being cramped, and they knew that they would be followed as examples." He said: "O Abu al-Hasan, tell me about carrying the funeral bier: is it obligatory on those who attend it?" He ؓ said: "No, but it is good. Whoever wishes takes it, and whoever wishes leaves it. When you are with a funeral procession, put it before you and make it a focus between your eyes, for it is an admonition, a reminder, and a lesson. If you decide to carry it, look at the rear left side of the bier and place it on your right shoulder. When you reach the graveyard, stand and do not sit, for you will see a great matter. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: 'Your brother, your brother; he competed with you in the world and contended with you in it, and was constrained in the spaciousness of the earth with palaces. He has been placed in a grave under the interior of a grave, turned on his side. So stand and do not sit until you pour the dust upon him. If the people do not let you, and they will not let you, and they say: "By God, this is nothing," then stand and do not sit until he is lowered into his pit, even if they fight you fiercely.'"
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 998No grade recorded
إِنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ عَادَ حَسَنًا، وَعِنْدَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ... الْحَدِيثَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو: مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْمَشْيِ أَمَامَ الْجِنَازَةِ ؟ فَقَالَ: فَضْلُ الْمَاشِي خَلْفَهَا عَلَى الْمَاشِي أَمَامَهَا كَفَضْلِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ عَلَى التَّطَوُّعِ. قَالَ: فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَهَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُمَا كَرِهَا أَنْ يُحْرِجَا النَّاسَ
✧ Amr b. Hurayth visited al-Hasan while Ali ؓ was with him... the hadith. Amr said to him: "What do you say about walking in front of the funeral procession?" He said: "The superiority of walking behind it over walking in front of it is like the superiority of the obligatory prayer over the voluntary prayer." He said: "But I saw Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ walking in front of it." He said: "They disliked causing hardship to the people."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 999No grade recorded
مَنْ وَافَقَ صِيَامُهُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَعَادَ مَرِيضًا، وَشَهِدَ جِنَازَةً، وَأَعْتَقَ، وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ
✧ Whoever's fasting coincides with Friday, and he visits a sick person, and attends a funeral, and frees a slave, Paradise becomes due for him.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1000No grade recorded
إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُجَازَى بِهِ الْعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَنْ يُغْفَرَ لِجَمِيعِ مَنْ تَبِعَ جِنَازَتَهُ
✧ The first thing a believing servant is rewarded with after his death is that forgiveness is granted to all who followed his funeral procession.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1001No grade recorded
مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَامَ يَوْمًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - وَالْيَوْمُ بِسَبْعِمِائَةِ يَوْمٍ، وَمَنْ شَهِدَ جِنَازَةَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ، فَكَأَنَّمَا صَامَ يَوْمًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - وَالْيَوْمُ بِسَبْعِمِائَةِ يَوْمٍ
✧ Whoever prays over a funeral is as if he fasted a day in the path of Allah – Mighty and Majestic – and the day is as seven hundred days. And whoever attends the funeral of a Muslim man is as if he fasted a day in the path of Allah – Mighty and Majestic – and the day is as seven hundred days.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1002No grade recorded
مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَلَهُ قِيرَاطٌ، وَمَنْ مَشَى مَعَهَا حَتَّى تُدْفَنَ فَلَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ
✧ Whoever prays over a funeral gets a qirat, and whoever walks with it until it is buried gets two qirats.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1003No grade recorded
مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَلَهُ قِيرَاط وَمَنْ مَشَى مَعَهَا حَتَّى تُدْفَنَ فَلَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ
✧ Whoever prays over a funeral gets a qirat, and whoever walks with it until it is buried gets two qirats.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1004No grade recorded
مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ جِنَازَةَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلَّا كَانَ لَهُ قِيرَاطٌ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، فَإِنْ قَعَدَ حَتَّى صَلَّوْا عَلَيْهَا كَانَ لَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، كُلُّ قِيرَاطٍ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ
✧ No Muslim attends the funeral of a Muslim man without receiving a qirat of reward. If he sits until they pray over it, he receives two qirats of reward, each qirat like Uhud.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1005No grade recorded
مَنْ تَبِعَ جِنَازَةً فَأَخَذَ بِجَوَانِبِ السَّرِيرِ الْأَرْبَعِ غَفَرَ لَهُ أَرْبَعِينَ ذَنْبًا، كُلُّهَا كَبِيرَةٌ
✧ Whoever follows a funeral and takes hold of the four sides of the bier, forty sins are forgiven for him, all of them major.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1006No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ؓ فِي جِنَازَةِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ قَائِمًا بَيْنَ الْعَمُودَيْنِ الْمُتَقَدِّمَيْنِ، وَاضِعًا السَّرِيرَ عَلَى كَاهِلِهِ
✧ I saw Sa‘d b. Abī Waqqāṣ ؓ at the funeral of ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. ‘Awf ؓ standing between the two front poles, placing the bier on his shoulder.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1007No grade recorded
إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ الصَّمْتَ عِنْدَ ثَلَاثٍ: عِنْدَ تِلَاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ، وَعِنْدَ الزَّحْفِ، وَعِنْدَ الْجِنَازَةِ
✧ Indeed Allah, Exalted is He, loves silence at three times: during recitation of the Qur’an, during battle, and during a funeral.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1008No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ رَأَى ابْنَ عُمَرَ، وَعُبَيْدَ بْنَ عُمَيْرٍ يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَ الْجِنَازَةِ بِأَعْلَى مَكَّةَ يَتَقَدَّمَانِ فَيَجْلِسَانِ، فَإِذَا جَازَتْ بِهِمَا قَامَا
✧ He saw Ibn ‘Umar and ‘Ubayd b. ‘Umayr walking in front of the funeral in upper Makkah, going ahead, then sitting down; when it passed them, they stood up.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1009No grade recorded
أَوْصَى أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ: إِذَا أَنَا مُتُّ، فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا عَلَيَّ فُسْطَاطًا، وَلَا تَتْبَعُونِي بِنَارٍ، وَأَسْرِعُوا بِي
✧ Abū Hurayrah ؓ bequeathed: When I die, do not set up a tent over me, do not follow me with fire, and hasten with me.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1010No grade recorded
خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي جِنَازَةٍ فَرَأَى نِسْوَةً، فَقَالَ: أَتَحْمِلْنَهُ ؟، قُلْنَ: لَا، قَالَ: أَتُدْلِينَهُ ؟، قُلْنَ: لَا، قَالَ: فَارْجِعْنَ مَأْزُورَاتٍ غَيْرَ مَأْجُورَاتٍ
✧ We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a funeral, and he saw some women and said: 'Will you carry him?' They said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you lower him?' They said: 'No.' He said: 'Then go back, burdened with sin, not rewarded.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1011No grade recorded
خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَنْ تَبِعَ جِنَازَةً فَلَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ يَخْطُوهَا حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ، وَمَحْوُ مِائَةِ أَلْفِ سَيِّئَةٍ، وَرَفْعُ مِائَةِ أَلْفِ دَرَجَةٍ، فَإِنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وُكِّلَ بِهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ، وَإِنْ شَهِدَ دَفْنَهَا اسْتَغْفَرُوا لَهُ حَتَّى يُبْعَثَ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: 'Whoever follows a funeral gets for every step he takes until he returns one hundred thousand good deeds, the erasing of one hundred thousand bad deeds, and the raising of one hundred thousand degrees. If he prays over it, seventy thousand angels are appointed for him seeking forgiveness for him until he returns. And if he witnesses its burial, they seek forgiveness for him until he is raised from his grave.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1012No grade recorded
كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ إِذَا رَأَى جِنَازَةً قَامَ حَتَّى تُجَاوِزَهُ. وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ إِذَا خَرَجَ فِي جِنَازَةٍ وَلَّى ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الْمَقَابِرِ
✧ Ibn ‘Umar ؓ, when he saw a funeral, would stand until it passed him. And Ibn ‘Umar ؓ, when he went out in a funeral, would turn his back to the graves.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1013No grade recorded
لَا يُصَلِّي عَلَى جَنَائِزِكُمْ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي مَا دُمْتُ فِيكُمْ
✧ None of you should pray over your funerals except me, as long as I am among you.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1014No grade recorded
نَهَى أَنْ يَتْبَعَ الْمَيِّتَ صَوْتٌ، أَوْ نَارٌ
✧ He forbade that a voice or a fire should follow the deceased.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1015No grade recorded
كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ يَقُولُ: أَوَّهْ... أَوَّهْ، فِي دُعَائِهِ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ لَيْلَةً فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدْفِنُ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ لَيْلًا عَلَى مِصْبَاحٍ
✧ There was a man circumambulating the House, saying: 'Oh... oh,' in his supplication. He said: 'I went out one night and found the Messenger of God ﷺ burying that man at night by the light of a lamp.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1016No grade recorded
إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَضَرَنَا مَيِّتًا يُدْفَنُ فَقَالَ: لَا تُثْقِلُوا صَاحِبَكُمْ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ attended a deceased person of ours who was being buried and said: 'Do not make it heavy on your companion.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1017No grade recorded
أَوْصَانِي عُمَرُ ؓ قَالَ: إِذَا وَضَعْتَنِي فِي لَحْدِي فَافْضِ بِخَدِّي إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ بَيْنَ جِلْدِي وَبَيْنَ الْأَرْضِ شَيْءٌ
✧ Umar ؓ bequeathed to me, saying: 'When you place me in my grave niche, press my cheek to the earth, so that there is nothing between my skin and the earth.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1018No grade recorded
لَمَّا وَقَعَ طَاعُونُ الْجَارِفِ احْتَفَرَ بُشَيْرُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ لِنَفْسِهِ قَبْرًا، فَقَرَأَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ حَتَّى خَتَمَهُ، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ ؓ دُفِنَ فِيهِ
✧ When the plague of al-Jarif occurred, Bushayr b. Ka'b dug a grave for himself and recited the Quran in it until he completed it. When he died ؓ, he was buried in it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1019No grade recorded
إِنَّ قَيْسَ بْنَ عَاصِمٍ ؓ أَوْصَى بَنِيهِ فَقَالَ: وَادْفِنُونِي حَيْثُ لَا يَرَانِي بَكْرُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ، فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أُغَادِرُهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ
✧ Qays b. Asim ؓ bequeathed to his sons, saying: 'Bury me where Bakr b. Wa'il will not see me, for I used to raid them in the pre-Islamic era.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1020No grade recorded
إِنَّهُ أَوْصَى، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَفِيهِ: وَادْفِنُونِي فِي مَكَانٍ لَا يَعْلَمُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَتْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ هَنَاتٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يُدْخِلُوهَا عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، فَيَعِيبُوا عَلَيْكُمْ دِينَكُمْ
✧ He made a will, and he mentioned the hadith, including: 'Bury me in a place that no one knows, for there were hostilities between us and Bakr b. Wa'il in the pre-Islamic era. I fear they may bring them against you in Islam and find fault with your religion.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1021No grade recorded
لَمَّا مَاتَتْ مَيْمُونَةُ ؓ وَهِيَ خَالَتُهُ، أَخَذْتُ رِدَائِي فَبَسَطْتُهُ فِي لَحْدِهَا، فَأَخَذَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ فَرَمَى بِهِ
✧ When Maymunah ؓ died, who was his maternal aunt, I took my cloak and spread it in her grave niche, but Ibn Abbas ؓ took it and threw it away.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1022No grade recorded
الْحَدُوا، وَلَا تَشُقُّوا
✧ Make a niche in the side of the grave, and do not dig a trench.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1023No grade recorded
كَانَ أَنَسٌ ؓ إِذَا وَضَعَ الْمَيِّتَ فِي الْقَبْرِ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ جَافِ الْأَرْضَ عَنْ جَنْبَيْهِ، وَوَسِّعْ عَلَيْهِ حُفْرَتَهُ
✧ Whenever Anas ؓ placed the deceased in the grave, he would say: 'O God, keep the earth away from his sides and widen his grave for him.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1024No grade recorded
مَاتَ ابْنٌ لِسَمُرَةَ قَدْ سَعَى، فَسَمِعَ بُكَاءً، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا الْبُكَاءُ ؟ قَالُوا: عَلَى فُلَانٍ، فَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَدَعَا بِطَسْتٍ، أَوْ بِعُسٍّ، فَغُسِّلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ كُفِّنَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِمَوْلًى لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، اذْهَبْ إِلَى حُفْرَتِهِ، فَإِذَا وَضَعْتَهُ فَقُلْ: بِاسْمِ اللهِ، وَعَلَى سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَطْلِقْ عُقَدَ رَأْسِهِ وَعُقَدَ رِجْلَيْهِ، وَقُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ، وَلَا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُ
✧ A son of Samurah who had run died, and he heard weeping. He said: 'What is this weeping?' They said: 'For so-and-so.' He forbade them from that, then called for a basin or a large cup and washed him before him, then shrouded him before him. Then he said to a servant of his: 'O so-and-so, go to his grave, and when you place him down, say: In the name of God and upon the Sunnah of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Then untie the knots of his head and the knots of his feet, and say: O God, do not deprive us of his reward and do not test us after him.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1025No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُتِلَا عِنْدَ بَابِ بَنِي سَالِمٍ، فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُدْفَنَا حَيْثُ قُتِلَا، فَاحْتُمِلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ أُصِيبَا، فَوَافَقَهُمْ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ مَقْبَرَةِ بَنِي هِلَالٍ فَدُفِنَا هُنَالِكَ
✧ Two men from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ were killed at the gate of Banu Salim. This was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and he ordered that they be buried where they were killed. So they were carried from where they had been struck, and that coincided with the cemetery of Banu Hilal, so they were buried there.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1026No grade recorded
مَا عَزَّى مُؤْمِنٌ مُؤْمِنًا قَطُّ بِمُصِيبَةٍ إِلَّا كُسِيَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حُلَّةً يُحْبَرُ فِيهَا
✧ No believer ever consoles another believer in a calamity except that on the Day of Resurrection he will be clothed with a garment in which he will be made joyful.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1027No grade recorded
كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ عُمَرَ ؓ يَقُولُ: لَا يَدْخُلُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فِي بَابٍ إِلَّا دَخَلَ مَعَهُ نَاسٌ، فَلَا أَدْرِي مَا تَأْوِيلُ قَوْلِهِ، حَتَّى طُعِنَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَأَمَرَ صُهَيْبًا ؓ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ ثَلَاثًا، وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لِلنَّاسِ طَعَامًا. فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا مِنَ الْجِنَازَةِ جَاؤُوا وَقَدْ وُضِعَتِ الْمَوَائِدُ فَأَمْسَكَ النَّاسُ عَنْهَا لِلْحُزْنِ الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ، فَجَاءَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ؓ فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ مَاتَ... الْحَدِيثَ
✧ I used to hear Umar ؓ say: 'No one from Quraysh enters a door except that people enter with him.' I did not know the interpretation of his statement until Umar ؓ was stabbed. He ordered Suhayb ؓ to lead the people in prayer for three days, and he ordered that food be prepared for the people. When they returned from the funeral, they came and the tables had been laid, but the people refrained from them because of the grief they were in. Al-Abbas b. Abd al-Muttalib ؓ came and said: 'O people, indeed... has died.' The hadith continues.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1028No grade recorded
إِنَّ الْمَوْتَى يُفْتَنُونَ فِي قُبُورِهِمْ سَبْعًا، فَكَانُوا يَسْتَحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُطْعَمَ عَنْهُمْ تِلْكَ الْأَيَّامَ
✧ The dead are tested in their graves for seven days, so they used to recommend that food be given on their behalf during those days.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1029No grade recorded
إِنِّي نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ وَقَدْ أَذِنْتُ لَكُمْ فِيهِنَّ، نَهَيْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَنْبِذُوا فَانْبِذُوا، وَكُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ، وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَدَّخِرُوا لَحْمَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ، فَكُلُوا وَادَّخِرُوا، وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَزُورُوا الْقُبُورَ، فَزُورُوهَا، وَلَا تَقُولُوا هُجْرًا
✧ I had forbidden you from three things, and now I permit them to you: I had forbidden you from making nabidh, so now make nabidh, and every intoxicant is haram; I had forbidden you from storing the meat of sacrificial animals beyond three days, so now eat and store it; and I had forbidden you from visiting graves, so now visit them, but do not say anything indecent.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1030No grade recorded
بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْأَبْطُحِ إِذْ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُسْتَبْشِرًا إِلَى الْمَقَابِرِ، فَجَلَسَ عِنْدَ قَبْرٍ مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ إِلَيْنَا كَئِيبًا، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَقَدْ قُمْتَ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا قَبْلُ مُسْتَبْشِرًا، وَرَجَعْتَ وَأَنْتَ كَئِيبٌ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: اسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ أَزُورَ قَبْرَ أُمِّي فَأَذِنَ لِي، أَوْ قَالَ: فَرَخَّصَ لِي، فَذَهَبْتُ لِأَشْفَعَ لَهَا فَمُنِعْتُ
✧ While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at al-Abtah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up cheerfully and went toward the graveyard. He sat by one of the graves, then he sat with us looking sorrowful. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, you left us a while ago cheerful, and you have returned sorrowful?' He ﷺ said: 'I asked my Lord for permission to visit my mother's grave, and He permitted me—or he said: He gave me a dispensation—so I went to intercede for her, but I was prevented.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1031No grade recorded
لَأَنْ أَجْلِسَ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ فَتَحْرِقَ مَا دُونَ لَحْمِي حَتَّى تُفْضِيَ إِلَيَّ أَحَبُّ مِنْ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ. قَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ: وَرَأَيْتُ خَارِجَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ فِي الْمَقَابِرِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَأَجْلَسَنِي عَلَى قَبْرٍ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ أَحْدَثَ عَلَيْهِ
✧ For me to sit on a burning coal until it burns through to my flesh and reaches me would be dearer to me than sitting on a grave. Uthman b. Hakim said: 'I saw Kharija b. Zayd in the graveyard, and I mentioned that to him. He made me sit on a grave and said: "That only applies to someone who uses it as a toilet."'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1032No grade recorded
مَنْ جَلَسَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ يَتَغَوَّطُ، أَوْ يَبُولُ، فَكَأَنَّمَا جَلَسَ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ
✧ Whoever sits on a grave to defecate or urinate, it is as if he sat on a burning coal.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1033No grade recorded
نَهَى نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُقْعَدَ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ أَوْ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ forbade sitting on graves or praying on them.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1034No grade recorded
قُتِلَ أَبِي وَعَمِّي يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، فَدُفِنَا فِي قَبْرٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَلَمْ أَجِدْ مِنْ مِيرَاثِهِمَا شَيْئًا، أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُلَفَاءُ
✧ My father and my uncle were killed on the day of Uhud, and they were buried in a single grave. I did not find anything of their inheritance; the allies took it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1035No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ مَاتَ، فَأُخْبِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ، قَالَ ﷺ: الَّذِي كَانَ عِنْدَنَا آنِفًا ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: كَأَنَّهَا أَخْذَةٌ عَلَى غَضَبٍ
✧ A man was with the Prophet ﷺ and then he died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed that he had died. He ﷺ said: 'The one who was with us just now?' They said: 'Yes.' He ﷺ said: 'It is as if it were a seizure of anger.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1036No grade recorded
وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا دُرُسْتُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ ؓ بِهِ
✧ Musaddad said: Durust b. Ziyad narrated to us, Yazid narrated to us, Anas ؓ narrated to us likewise.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1037No grade recorded
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا دُرُسْتُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ بِهِ.:
✧ Abu Ya'la said: Ishaq b. Abi Isra'il narrated to us, Durust b. Ziyad narrated to us with it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1038No grade recorded
إِنَّ اللهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - أَضَنُّ بِدَمِ عَبْدِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ بِكَرِيمَةِ مَالِهِ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ
✧ Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is more protective of the blood of His believing servant than any of you is of the most precious of his wealth, until He takes him while on his bed.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1039No grade recorded
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِي بِهِ.:
✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abu Khaythamah narrated to us, 'Abdullah b. Yazid al-Muqri narrated to us with it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1040No grade recorded
قَبَضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ رُكْبَتَيْهِ، فَدَخَلَ مَلَكٌ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَجْلِسًا قَالَ: فَأَوْسَعْتُ لَهُ، وَأُمُّ سَعْدٍ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُعَاذٍ - تَبْكِيهِ وَهِيَ تَقُولُ: وَيْلُ أُمِّ سَعْدٍ سَعْدَا بَرَاعَةً وَمَجْدَا بَعْدَ أَيَادٍ لَهُ وَمَجْدَا يُقَدِّمُ شَبَابَهُ سُدَّا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كُلُّ الْبَوَاكِي تَكْذِبُ إِلَّا أُمَّ سَعْدٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew up his knees that day. An angel entered but found no place to sit. He said: So I made room for him. And Umm Sa'd—meaning Ibn Mu'adh—was weeping over him, saying: 'Woe to the mother of Sa'd, Sa'd, in excellence and glory, after his many favors and glory, he puts forward his youth as a barrier.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'All the weeping women lie except Umm Sa'd.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1041No grade recorded
أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ... فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي قَضِيَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا هَذِهِ رَحْمَةٌ، وَمَنْ لَا يَرْحَمْ لَا يُرْحَمْ، يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، لَوْلَا أَنَّهُ أَمْرٌ حَقٌّ، وَوَعْدٌ صِدْقٌ، وَسَبِيلٌ نَأْتِيهِ، وَأَنَّ أُخْرَانَا سَيَلْحَقُ أُولَانَا لَحَزِنَّا عَلَيْكَ حُزْنًا أَشَدَّ مِنْ هَذَا، وَإِنَّا بِكَ لَمَحْزُونُونَ، تَبْكِي الْعَيْنُ، وَيَحْزَنُ الْقَلْبُ، وَلَا نَقُولُ مَا يُسْخِطُ الرَّبَّ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf ؓ by the hand... and he mentioned the hadith concerning the affair of Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet ﷺ. He said: 'This is only mercy. Whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy. O Ibrahim, were it not that it is a true matter, a truthful promise, and a path we all must take, and that our latter ones will join our former ones, we would have grieved over you with grief stronger than this. And indeed we are grieved over you. The eye sheds tears, the heart grieves, and we do not say what displeases the Lord.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1042No grade recorded
وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ كَلَامٌ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ هَذَا، فَأَشَارَ إِلَى مَا ذَكَرْتُهُ هُنَا.:
✧ And in the hadith there is more speech than this, so he pointed to what I have mentioned here.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1043No grade recorded
إِنَّمَا هَذِهِ رَحْمَةٌ
✧ This is only mercy.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1044No grade recorded
أَخَذَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَدْخَلَنِي النَّخْلَ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ took me and entered me into the palm grove.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1045No grade recorded
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى، فَذَكَرَهُ بِطُولِهِ. ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى سَيِّئُ الْحِفْظِ، وَالِاضْطِرَابُ فِيهِ مِنْهُ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.:
✧ Abu Ya'la said: Zuhayr narrated to us, Ahmad b. Yunus narrated to us, Isra'il narrated to us, from Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Rahman, who is Ibn Abi Layla, and he mentioned it in full. Ibn Abi Layla has poor memory, and the confusion in it is from him, and Allah knows best.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1046No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي جَوَازِ الْبُكَاءِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ وَفِي حُكْمِ النَّوْحِ. ( 33 ) وَسَيَأْتِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى تَمَامُهُ فِي كِتَابِ الزُّهْدِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said... and he mentioned the hadith on the permissibility of weeping over the deceased and on the ruling of wailing. (33) And its completion will come, if Allah Almighty wills, in the Book of Asceticism.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1047No grade recorded
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ مَاتَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: مَا كَانَ مِنْ حُزْنٍ فِي قَلْبٍ، أَوْ عَيْنٍ، فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ رَحْمَةٌ، وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ صَوْتٍ أَوْ نُدْبَةٍ فَهُوَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said on the day Ibrahim died: 'Whatever sorrow is in the heart or the eye is only mercy. But whatever is in the voice or in loud lamentation is from Satan.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1048No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَادَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي مُعَاوِيَةَ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدِ احْتُضِرَ، وَنِسَاؤُهُ حَوْلَهُ يَبْكِينَهُ، فَذَهَبَ رِجَالٌ يَرْدَعُونَ النِّسَاءَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: دَعْهُنَّ، فَإِذَا وَجَبَتْ فَلَا أَسْمَعَنَّ صَوْتَ نَائِحَةٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited a man from Banu Mu'awiyah and found him in his death throes, with his women around him weeping over him. Some men went to restrain the women, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Leave them. But when death is certain, let me not hear the voice of any wailing woman.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1049No grade recorded
قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: أَيَنْطَلِقُ رَجُلٌ غَازٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَيُقْتَلُ فِي قُطْرٍ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ الْأَرْضِ شَهِيدًا، فَتَبْكِيهِ امْرَأَةٌ سَفِيهَةٌ جَاهِلَةٌ، فَيُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَائِهَا عَلَيْهِ ؟ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ لِأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ: صَدَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - ﷺ – وَأَبْطَلَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ
✧ Abu Hurayrah ؓ said to a man from among the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Should a man go out fighting in the path of Allah, the Exalted, and be killed as a martyr in a region of the earth, and then a foolish, ignorant woman weep over him—would he be punished because of her weeping over him?' The man replied to Abu Hurayrah ؓ: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke the truth, and Abu Hurayrah has erred.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1050No grade recorded
دَخَلْتُ مَعَ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَلَى بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، فَتَذَاكَرُوا الْمَيِّتَ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ الْحَيِّ، فَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ، قَالَ
✧ I entered with al-Hakam b. al-A'raj upon Bakr b. 'Abdullah, and they discussed the deceased being punished by the weeping of the living. Bakr narrated to us, saying:
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1051No grade recorded
إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ بُكِيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَخَرَجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِلَى الرِّجَالِ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ شَأْنِ أُولَاءِ، إِنَّهُنَّ حَدِيثَاتُ عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ يُنْضَحُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَمْرُ بِبُكَاءِ الْحَيِّ
✧ When 'Abdullah b. Abi Bakr ؓ died, he was wept over. Abu Bakr ؓ went out to the men and said: 'I apologize to you regarding these women. They are recently out of the era of ignorance. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The deceased is showered with burning coals because of the weeping of the living."'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1052No grade recorded
لَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ بُكِيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ الْحَيِّ، فَأَبَوْا إِلَّا أَنْ يَبْكُوا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لِهِشَامِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ: قُمْ، فَأَخْرِجِ النِّسَاءَ، فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ: أُحَرِّجُكَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: ادْخُلْ، فَقَدْ أَذِنْتُ لَكَ، فَدَخَلَ، فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ: أَمُخْرِجِي أَنْتَ يَا بُنَيَّ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَمَّا لَكِ فَقَدْ أَذِنْتُ لَكِ، فَجَعَلَ يُخْرِجُهُنَّ امْرَأَةً امْرَأَةً، وَهُوَ ؓ يَضْرِبُهُنَّ بِالدِّرَّةِ، فَخَرَجَتْ أُمُّ فَرْوَةَ، وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُنَّ، أَوْ قَالَ: فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ النَّوَائِحِ
✧ When Abu Bakr ؓ died, he was wept over. 'Umar ؓ said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The deceased is punished because of the weeping of the living."' But they refused to stop weeping. 'Umar ؓ said to Hisham b. al-Walid: 'Stand up and expel the women.' 'A'ishah ؓ said: 'I adjure you!' 'Umar ؓ said: 'Enter, for I have permitted you.' He entered, and 'A'ishah ؓ said: 'Will you expel me, O my son?' He said: 'As for you, I have permitted you.' He began expelling them one by one, striking them with the whip. Umm Farwah came out, and he separated them, or he said: 'He separated the wailing women.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1053No grade recorded
ثَلَاثٌ لَا يَزَلْنَ فِي أُمَّتِي حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ: النِّيَاحَةُ، وَالْأَنْوَاءُ، وَالْمُفَاخَرَةُ فِي الْأَنْسَابِ
✧ Three things will persist in my community until the Hour begins: wailing, belief in stars, and boasting about lineage.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1054No grade recorded
قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ: كُنَّ نِسَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ يَصْنَعْنَ مَا يُصْنَعُ الْيَوْمَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، هَا هُنَا خَمْشُ وُجُوهٍ، وَشَقُّ جُيُوبٍ، وَنَتْفُ أَشْعَارٍ، وَمَزَامِيرُ شَيْطَانٍ، صَوْتَانِ قَبِيحَانِ فَاحِشَانِ: عِنْدَ هَذِهِ النِّعْمَةِ، ذَكَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ: فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَعْلُومٌ لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ، وَجَعَلْتُمْ فِي أَمْوَالِكُمْ حَقًّا مَعْلُومًا لِلْمُغَنِّيَةِ عِنْدَ هَذِهِ النِّعْمَةِ، وَالنَّائِحَةِ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ، يَمُوتُ الْمَيِّتُ عَلَيْهِ الدَّيْنُ وَعِنْدَهُ الْأَمَانَةُ، وَيُوصِي الْوَصِيَّةَ، فَتَأْتِي الشَّيْطَانُ أَهْلَهُ فَيَقُولُ: وَاللهِ لَا تُنْفِذُونَ لَهُ تَرِكَةً، وَلَا تَرُدُّونَ لَهُ أَمَانَةً، وَلَا تَقْضُونَ دَيْنَهُ، وَلَا تُمْضُونَ وَصِيَّتَهُ، حَتَّى تَبْدَأُوا بِحَقِّي، فَيَشْتَرُونَ ثِيَابًا جُدُدًا، ثُمَّ تُشَقُّ عَمَلًا، وَيَجِيئُونَ بِهَا بِيضًا، ثُمَّ تُصْبَغُ، ثُمَّ يُحَلَّقُ لَهَا سُرَادِقُ فِي دَارِهِ، فَيَأْتُونَ بِأَمَةٍ مُسْتَأْجَرَةٍ تَبْكِي بِعَيْنٍ شَجْوَهَا، وَتَبْتَغِي عَبْرَتَهَا بِدَرَاهِمِهِمْ، وَمَنْ دَعَاهَا بَكَتْ لَهُ بِأَجْرٍ مُعَيَّنٍ، تُغَنِّي أَحْيَاءَهُمْ فِي دُورِهِمْ، وَتُؤْذِي أَمْوَاتَهُمْ فِي قُبُورِهِمْ، تَمْنَعُهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِمَا يُعْطُونَهَا مِنْ أَجْرِهَا، وَمَا عَسَى أَنْ تَقُولَ النَّائِحَةُ ؟ تَقُولُ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي آمُرُكُمْ بِمَا نَهَاكُمُ اللهُ عَنْهُ، أَلَا إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَمَرَكُمْ بِالصَّبْرِ، وَأَنَا أَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَصْبِرُوا، وَإِنَّ اللهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - نَهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْجَزَعِ، وَأَنَا آمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَجْزَعُوا، فَيُقَالُ: اعْرِفُوا لَهَا حَقَّهَا، فَيُبَرَّدُ لَهَا الشَّرَابُ، وَتُكْسَى الثِّيَابَ، وَتُحْمَلُ عَلَى الدَّوَابِّ، فَإِنَّا لِلهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسَبُنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ فِي أُمَّةٍ هَذَا فِيهِمْ
✧ I asked al-Hasan: 'Did the women of the Muhajirun do what is done today?' He said: 'No. Here: scratching faces, tearing garments, plucking hair, and the flutes of Satan—two ugly, obscene sounds: one at this blessing. Allah, the Exalted, mentioned the believers, saying: "In their wealth is a known right for the beggar and the deprived." But you have made in your wealth a known right for the songstress at this blessing and for the wailing woman at a calamity. A man dies with debts and trusts, and leaves a will. Satan comes to his family and says: "By Allah, you will not carry out his estate, return his trust, pay his debt, or execute his will until you give me my right first." So they buy new clothes, then tear them deliberately; they bring white cloth and dye it; then a pavilion is set up in his house; they bring a hired slave-girl who weeps with a sorrowful eye and seeks her tears for their dirhams. Whoever calls her, she weeps for him for a fixed fee. She entertains their living in their homes and harms their dead in their graves, depriving them of their reward by what they pay her. What can the wailing woman say? She says: "O people, I command you to what Allah forbade you. Allah, the Exalted, commanded you to be patient, and I forbid you to be patient. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, forbade you from despair, and I command you to despair." So it is said: "Acknowledge her right." Then cool drink is prepared for her, she is clothed, and she is mounted on animals. Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we return. I never thought I would be in a community where such things happen.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1055No grade recorded
لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ حَلَقَ، وَلَا سَلَقَ، وَلَا خَرَقَ
✧ He is not one of us who shaves, wails, or tears his clothes.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1056No grade recorded
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ بِهِ.:
✧ Abu Ya'la said: Ishaq narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us with it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1057No grade recorded
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ بِهِ.:
✧ Abu Khaythamah narrated to us, Yunus b. Muhammad narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us with it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1058No grade recorded
النَّوَائِحُ عَلَيْهِنَّ سَرَابِيلُ مِنْ قَطِرَانٍ
✧ Wailing women will have upon them garments of tar.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1059No grade recorded
أَيُّمَا نَائِحَةٍ مَاتَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَتُوبَ، أَلْبَسَهَا اللهُ سِرْبَالًا مِنْ نَارٍ، وَأَقَامَهَا لِلنَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
✧ Any wailing woman who dies before repenting, Allah will clothe her in a garment of fire and make her stand before the people on the Day of Resurrection.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1060No grade recorded
كُنْتُ فِي جِنَازَةٍ، فَإِذَا فِيهَا مِرْيَةٌ، فَجَعَلَ يَرُدُّهَا، فَجَعَلَتْ لَا تُبَالِي، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ: يَا مُجَاهِدُ، إِنَّا نُرِيدُ الْأَجْرَ، وَهَذِهِ تُرِيدُ الْوِزْرَ
✧ I was at a funeral where there was a woman wailing. He kept repelling her, but she paid no attention. Ibn 'Umar ؓ said: 'O Mujahid, we seek the reward, while she seeks the sin.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1061No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا جِيءَ بِالْمَيِّتِ فَوُضِعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ اسْتَقْبَلَهُمْ بِوَجْهِهِ قَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ جِئْتُمْ شُفَعَاءَ، فَاشْفَعُوا لَهُ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مِائَةُ رَجُلٍ أُمَّةٌ، وَلَنْ تَجْتَمِعَ أُمَّةٌ فَيُخْلِصُونَ الدُّعَاءَ لِمَيِّتِهِمْ إِلَّا وَهَبَ اللهُ لَهُمْ ذُنُوبَهُ، وَغَفَرَ لَهُمْ.
✧ When the deceased was brought and placed before him, he would face them and say: 'You have come as intercessors, so intercede for him, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A hundred men are an ummah, and an ummah will not gather sincerely supplicating for their deceased but that Allah grants them his sins and forgives them.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1062No grade recorded
وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمُقْرِئُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ، فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ.:
✧ Ibn Abi Umar said: Al-Muqri' narrated to us, Sa'id b. Abi Ayyub narrated to us, Uthman b. Ata' narrated to me, and he mentioned something similar.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1063No grade recorded
قَامَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ يُصَلِّي عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ، فَكَبَّرَ ثُمَّ افْتَتَحَ أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ رَافِعًا بِهَا صَوْتَهُ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَبَّرَ فَأَخْلَصَ لِلْمَيِّتِ الدُّعَاءَ، ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ، وَدَعَا لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي وَاللهِ مَا رَفَعْتُ صَوْتِي بِالْقِرَاءَةِ إِلَّا لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ
✧ Ibn Abbas ؓ stood to pray over a funeral. He said the takbir, then began the Opening of the Book (al-Fatihah), raising his voice with it. Then he prayed upon the Prophet ﷺ and said the takbir, and sincerely supplicated for the deceased. Then he said the takbir and supplicated for the believing men and women. Then he turned to the people and said: 'O people, by Allah, I did not raise my voice with the recitation except so that you may know that it is a sunnah.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1064No grade recorded
يَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ، وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَوْرِدْهُ حَوْضَ رَسُولِكَ
✧ He would say in the prayer over the deceased: 'O Allah, forgive him, bless him, and bring him to the cistern of Your Messenger.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1065No grade recorded
كُنَّا نَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ: اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّهُ، خَلَقْتَهُ وَرَزَقْتَهُ، أَحْيَيْتَهُ وَكَفَيْتَهُ، اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ، وَلَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ، وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ
✧ We used to say in the prayer over the deceased: 'O Allah, You are our Lord and his Lord. You created him and provided for him. You gave him life and sufficed him. Forgive us and him, and do not deprive us of his reward, and do not lead us astray after him.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1066No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
✧ Yahya narrated to us, from Yahya b. Sa'id, from Sa'id b. Abi Sa'id, from Abu Hurayrah.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1067No grade recorded
كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَبْدُكَ، وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ، كَانَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ... الْحَدِيثَ
✧ When he prayed over a funeral he would say: 'O Allah, Your servant and the son of Your servant, he used to testify that there is no god but You...' and he mentioned the rest of the hadith.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1068No grade recorded
خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ... فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: وَمَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى مَيِّتٍ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ وَمَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ، وَغُفِرَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ، وَإِنْ أَقَامَ حَتَّى يُدْفَنَ وَحَثَى عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ انْقَلَبَ وَلَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ قِيرَاطٌ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، وَالْقِيرَاطُ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ، وَمَنْ حَفَرَ قَبْرًا لِمُسْلِمٍ حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى النَّارِ، وَبَوَّأَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ، لَوْ وُضِعَ مَا بَيْنَ صَنْعَاءَ، وَالْحَبَشَةِ لَوَسِعَهُمْ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us a sermon... and he mentioned the hadith, in which there is: 'Whoever prays over a deceased, Jibril (peace and blessings be upon him) prays over him, and with him are seventy thousand angels, and his past sins are forgiven. If he remains until he is buried and casts dust upon him, he returns with a qirat of reward for every step until he returns to his home, and the qirat is like Uhud. Whoever digs a grave for a Muslim, Allah Almighty forbids him from the Fire and grants him a house in Paradise which, if placed between Sana'a and Abyssinia, would contain them.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1069No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعُودُ فُقَرَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ..فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: فَمَشَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى قَبْرِهَا، فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا، وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to visit the poor of Madinah... and he mentioned the hadith, in which there is: 'So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walked to her grave, prayed over her, and said the takbir four times.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1070No grade recorded
إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى عَلَى ابْنِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعًا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed over his son Ibrahim and said the takbir over him four times.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1071No grade recorded
آخِرُ مَا كَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ أَرْبَعًا، وَكَبَّرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ ؓ أَرْبَعًا، وَكَبَّرَ الْحَسَنُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ أَرْبَعًا، وَكَبَّرَ الْحُسَيْنُ عَلَى الْحَسَنِ ؓ أَرْبَعًا، وَكَبَّرَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ عَلَى يَزِيدَ الْمُكَفَّفِ أَرْبَعًا، وَكَبَّرَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَلَى أَبِيهِ ؓ أَرْبَعًا، وَكَبَّرَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى آدَمَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ أَرْبَعًا، وَكَبَّرَ ابْنُ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ عَلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ بِالطَّائِفِ أَرْبَعًا
✧ The last takbir the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said over funerals was four. Abu Bakr ؓ said the takbir over Fatimah ؓ four times. Al-Hasan said the takbir over Ali ؓ four times. Al-Husayn said the takbir over Al-Hasan ؓ four times. Ali ؓ said the takbir over Yazid al-Mukaffaf four times. Abdullah b. Umar said the takbir over his father ؓ four times. The angels said the takbir over Adam (peace be upon them) four times. Ibn al-Hanafiyyah said the takbir over Ibn Abbas ؓ in Ta'if four times.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1072No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَبَّرَ عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ خَمْسًا.
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the takbir over a funeral five times.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1073No grade recorded
صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ عَلَى جَنَائِزِ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ، فَجَعَلَ الرِّجَالَ مِمَّا يَلِيهِ، وَالنِّسَاءَ مِمَّا يَلِي الْقِبْلَةَ، وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًا
✧ I prayed with Uthman ؓ at the funeral of men and women, and he placed the men next to him and the women next to the qiblah, and he said four takbirs.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1074No grade recorded
كَانَ يَجْعَلُ الرِّجَالَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ النِّسَاءِ، وَالنِّسَاءَ مِمَّا يَلِيهِ
✧ He used to place the men behind the women, and the women next to him.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1075No grade recorded
إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الْجِنَازَةُ وَحَضَرَ الْأَمِيرُ، فَالْأَمِيرُ أَحَقُّ بِالصَّلَاةِ عَلَيْهَا
✧ When the funeral is present and the ruler is present, the ruler has more right to pray over it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1076No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى عَلَى أُمِّ فُلَانٍ فِي نِفَاسِهَا، فَقَامَ وَسَطَهَا.
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over the mother of so-and-so who died in childbirth, and he stood at her middle.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1077No grade recorded
صَلَّى ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ عَلَى مَوْلُودٍ فِي الدَّارِ، ثُمَّ بَعَثَ بِهِ فَدُفِنَ. فَقُلْتُ لِنَافِعٍ: أَكَانَ اسْتَهَلَّ ؟ قَالَ: لَا أَدْرِي
✧ Ibn Umar ؓ prayed over a newborn in the house, then it was taken and buried. I said to Nafi': Had it cried? He said: I do not know.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1078No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ فِي جِنَازَةٍ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يُوَسْوِسُونَ: هُوَ ابْنُ زِنْيَةٍ، فَقَالَ فُلَانٌ: يُقَالُ: هُوَ شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ: لَا، هُوَ خَيْرُ الثَّلَاثَةِ
✧ He witnessed Ibn Umar ؓ at a funeral, and people began whispering: He is the son of adultery. So-and-so said: It is said: He is the worst of the three. That reached Ibn Umar ؓ, and he said: No, he is the best of the three.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1079No grade recorded
صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا مِنَ الزِّنَا، وَعَلَى وَلَدِهَا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over a woman who died in childbirth from adultery, and over her child.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1080No grade recorded
إِنَّ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ مَعْرُورٍ ؓ تُوُفِّيَ قَبْلَ قُدُومِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ
✧ Al-Bara' b. Ma'rur ؓ died before the Prophet ﷺ came to Madinah. When he arrived, he prayed over him.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1081No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ مَعْرُورٍ ؓ وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over the grave of al-Bara' b. Ma'rur ؓ and said four takbirs over him.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1082No grade recorded
مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِقَبْرٍ حَدَثٍ، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا الْقَبْرُ ؟ قَالُوا: قَبْرُ فُلَانَةَ، قَالَ ﷺ: فَهَلَّا آذَنْتُمُونِي ؟ قَالُوا: كُنْتَ نَائِمًا فَكَرِهْنَا أَنْ نُوقِظَكَ، قَالَ ﷺ: فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا، ادْعُونِي لِجَنَائِزِكُمْ، فَصَفَّ عَلَيْهَا صَفًّا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a new grave and said: What is this grave? They said: The grave of so-and-so. He ﷺ said: Why did you not inform me? They said: You were sleeping, and we disliked waking you. He ﷺ said: Do not do that; call me for your funerals. Then he arranged a row over her.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1083No grade recorded
إِنَّ امْرَأَةً كَانَتْ تَلْقُطُ الْقَصَبَ وَالْأَذَى مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَمَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِقَبْرِهَا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا
✧ A woman used to pick up reeds and dirt from the mosque. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by her grave and prayed over her.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1084No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعُودُ فُقَرَاءَ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَيَشْهَدُ جَنَائِزَهُمْ إِذَا تُوُفُّوا، قَالَ: فَتُوُفِّيَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعَوَالِي، قَالَ ﷺ: إِذَا حُضِرَتْ فَآذِنُونِي قَالَ: فَأَتَوْهُ لِيُؤْذِنُوهُ بِهَا فَوَجَدُوهُ نَائِمًا وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ اللَّيْلُ، فَكَرِهُوا أَنْ يُوقِظُوهُ، وَتَخَوَّفُوا عَلَيْهِ ظُلْمَةَ اللَّيْلِ وَهَوَامَّ الْأَرْضِ، فَدَفَنُوهَا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ ﷺ سَأَلَ عَنْهَا، فَقَالُوا ذَلِكَ، فَمَشَى ﷺ إِلَى قَبْرِهَا، فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا، وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to visit the poor of Madinah and attend their funerals when they died. He said: A woman from the people of al-Awali died. He ﷺ said: When she is present, inform me. He said: They came to him to inform him of her, but found him sleeping and the night had gone, so they disliked waking him and feared for him the darkness of the night and the creatures of the earth, so they buried her. When morning came, he ﷺ asked about her, and they told him that. He ﷺ walked to her grave, prayed over her, and said four takbirs.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1085No grade recorded
مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعَوَالِي، طَالَ سَقَمُهَا، وَكَانَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهَا مَنْ حَضَرَ مِنْ جِيرَانِهَا، وَأَمَرَهُمْ إِنْ حَدَثَ بِهَا حَدَثٌ أَنْ يُؤْذِنُوهُ بِهَا. وَفِيهِ: فَاحْتَمَلُوهَا فَأَتَوْا بِهَا مَوْضِعَ الْجَنَائِزِ. فَكَرِهُوا أَنْ يُهَيِّجُوهُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: وَلِمَ فَعَلْتُمْ ؟ قُومُوا، فَقَامَ فَصَفَّ عَلَيْهَا كَمَا يُصَفُّ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ، وَصَفُّوا خَلْفَهُ، ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعًا
✧ From the people of al-‘Awālī, her illness was prolonged. He used to ask about her from those of her neighbors who were present, and he commanded them that if something happened to her, they should inform him. In it: So they carried her and brought her to the place of the funerals. They disliked to disturb him from his sleep, so he ﷺ said: “Why did you do that? Stand up.” So he stood and arranged the rows over her as rows are arranged for funerals, and they formed rows behind him, then he said the takbīr over her four times.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1086No grade recorded
مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَسُبُّ الْمَيِّتَ كَالْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى الْهَلَكَةِ، وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي يَجْلِسُ عَلَى فِرَاشِ الْمُغِيبَةِ، مَثَلُ الَّذِي تُنَفَّسُ دُبُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
✧ The likeness of one who reviles the dead is like one who stands on the brink of destruction, and the likeness of one who sits on the bed of a woman whose husband is absent is like one whose anus lets out wind on the Day of Resurrection.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1087No grade recorded
مُرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهِ خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ: وَجَبَتْ، ثُمَّ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجِنَازَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَجَبَتْ. فَقِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا وَجَبَتْ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْمَلَائِكَةُ شُهُودُ اللهِ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَأَنْتُمْ شُهُودُ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ
✧ A funeral of a man from the Anṣār was brought past the Prophet ﷺ, and he was praised with good, so he said: “It has become due.” Then another funeral was brought past him and it was praised with less than that, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “It has become due.” It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, what has become due?” He ﷺ said: “The angels are the witnesses of Allah in the heaven, and you are the witnesses of Allah on the earth.”
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1088No grade recorded
مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ فَيَشْهَدُ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ مِنْ جِيرَانِهِ الْأَدْنَيْنِ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا، إِلَّا قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: قَدْ قَبِلْتُ عِلْمَكُمْ، وَغَفَرْتُ لَهُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
✧ There is no Muslim who dies and four people from the households of his closest neighbors testify that they know nothing but good from him, except that Allah, Exalted be He, says: “I have accepted your knowledge, and I have forgiven him for what you do not know.”
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1089No grade recorded
أَدْرَكْتُ رِجَالًا مِمَّنْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ إِذَا جَاءُوا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا إِلَّا أَنْ يُصَلُّوا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ رَجَعُوا فَلَمْ يُصَلُّوا.
✧ I met men from among those who met the Prophet ﷺ and Abū Bakr ؓ. When they came and found no place except to pray in the mosque, they turned back and did not pray.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1090No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ الْجِنَازَةَ تُوضَعُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ مَوْضِعًا إِلَّا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ انْصَرَفَ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهَا
✧ I saw a funeral being placed in the mosque, and I saw Abū Hurayrah ؓ: when he found no place except in the mosque, he left and did not pray over it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1091No grade recorded
إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed over the Najāshī.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1092No grade recorded
إِنَّ أَخَاكُمُ النَّجَاشِيَّ قَدْ تُوُفِّيَ، قُومُوا فَصَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ، أَوْ قُومُوا فَادْعُوا لَهُ
✧ Your brother the Najāshī has died. Stand up and pray over him, or stand up and supplicate for him.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1093No grade recorded
إِذَا أَقَرَّ بِالْإِسْلَامِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَلَمْ يُصَلَّ عَلَيْهِ صُلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ
✧ When he professes Islam and then dies and funeral prayer has not been offered over him, funeral prayer should be offered over him.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1094No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ نَحْوَهُ.:
✧ Abū ‘Awānah narrated to us, from Mughīrah, something similar.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1095No grade recorded
كَانَ غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ يَهُودِيٌّ يَخْدُمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَمَرِضَ فَعَادَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَتَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى أَبِيهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: قُلْ كَمَا يَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ، قَالَ: فَقَبِلَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ
✧ A young Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet ﷺ, and he fell ill, so he visited him. He said: “Do you testify that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah?” The boy looked at his father, who said to him: “Say as Muḥammad says.” He said: So he accepted. Then the Prophet ﷺ said: “Pray over your companion.”
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1096No grade recorded
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهِ.:
✧ And Abū Ya‘lā said: Abū Bakr narrated to us with it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1097No grade recorded
خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي جِنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَلَمَّا وُضِعَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَا تُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ فَاجِرٌ، فَالْتَفَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: هَلْ رَآهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ عَمَلِ الْإِسْلَامِ ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، حَرَسَ مَعَنَا لَيْلَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ، وَحَثَا عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ، وَقَالَ: أَصْحَابُكَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ، وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: يَا عُمَرُ إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْأَلُ عَنْ أَعْمَالِ النَّاسِ، وَلَكِنْ تُسْأَلُونَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ went out for the funeral of a man from the Ansar. When he was placed, Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ said: O Messenger of God, do not pray over him, for he is a wicked man. The Messenger of God ﷺ turned and said: Did any of you see him doing any act of Islam? A man said: Yes, O Messenger of God, he stood guard with us one night in the way of God Almighty. So he prayed over him and threw soil upon him, and said: Your companions think that you are from the people of the Fire, and I bear witness that you are from the people of Paradise. Then he ﷺ said: O Umar, you will not be asked about people's deeds, but you will be asked about the prayer.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1098No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَجُلًا تُوُفِّيَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَا تُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ...
✧ A man died in the time of the Messenger of God ﷺ, and some of them said: O Messenger of God, do not pray over him...