Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of Funerals

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘When you see a funeral, stand up, and whoever follows it, let him not sit down until (the body) is placed (in the grave).”

“We gave pledge to the Messenger of Allah among a group of women, and he said to us: ‘In as much as you can and are able .”‘

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When you follow a funeral, do not sit until the bier is placed (on the ground). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Thawri (i.e. Sufyan) from Suhail, from his father on the authority of Abu Hurairah. This version has: until it (the bier) is placed on the ground. It has also been narrated by Abu Mu’wiyah from Suhail. This has: Until it is placed in the grave. Abu Dawud said: Sufyan’s version is more guarded than that of Abu Mu’awiyah.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: There is no infection, no hamah, no other promising rain, and no serpent in a hungry belly.

The Prophet said: “Whoever performs ablution and does it well, then says three times: ‘Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lahu, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa rasuluhu (I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger),’ eight gates of Paradise will be opened for him; whichever one he wants he may enter.” (Da’if) Another chain with similar wording.

The Messenger of Allah said: “The one who misses the ‘Asr prayer, it is as if he has been cheated out of his family and wealth.”

“The idolaters kept the Prophet from the ‘Asr prayer until the sun had set. He said: ‘They kept us from performing the middle prayer; may Allah fill their graves and their houses with fire.'”

“I slaughtered two rabbits with a sharp-edges stone and brought them to the Prophet (ﷺ), and he told me to eat them.”