Dalil

Mishkat al-Masabih 1678

Walking at a Funeral and Prayer over the Dead - Section 2

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اذْكُرُوا مَحَاسِنَ مَوْتَاكُمْ وَكُفُّوا عَنْ مُسَاوِيهِمْ». رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ

Translation

Ibn ‘Umar reported God’s messenger as saying, “Mention the good qualities of your dead and refrain from mentioning their bad ones.” Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Grades by grader

Ahmad Muhammad ShakirDaifgraded on tirmidhi:1019fawazahmed0
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-HamidDaifgraded on abudawud:4900fawazahmed0
Zubair Ali ZaiDaifgraded on abudawud:4900fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com
al-AlbaniWeakgraded on abudawud:4900fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com

Same hadith, other wordings

  • Jami at-Tirmidzi 1019اذْكُرُوا مَحَاسِنَ مَوْتَاكُمْ وَكُفُّوا عَنْ مَسَاوِيهِمْ
  • Sunan Abu Dawud 4900اذْكُرُوا مَحَاسِنَ مَوْتَاكُمْ وَكُفُّوا عَنْ مَسَاوِيهِمْ