The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Book 11 of 57 · Sahih Muslim

138 hadith Hadith 2010–2147 Sunni
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Book 11 of 57

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Sahih Muslim

138 hadith Hadith 2010–2147 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 837–875 CE period by ibn al-Hajjaj.

The Book of Prayer - Funerals is book 11 of 57 in Sahih Muslim, containing 138 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Nishapur (Naysabur), Khorasan.

Narrators in This Book

This book features 37 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Abu Hurairah, Umm Atiyyah Ansariyah, Abdullah, 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas, Jabir.

Hadith in This Book 138 hadith

1 2010 Sahih
Exhort to recite" There is no god but Allah" to those of you who are dying.
2 2011 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated by Sulaiman b. Bilal with the same chain of transmitters.
3 2012 Sahih
Exhort to recite" There is no god but Allah" to those of you who are dying.
4 2013 Sahih
If any Muslim who suffers some calamity says, what Allah has commanded him," We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return; O Allah, reward me for my affliction and give me…
5 2014 Sahih
If any servant (of Allah) who suffers a calamity says:" We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return; O Allah, reward me for my affliction and give me something better than it in…
6 2015 Sahih
" When Abu Salama died I said: Who is better than Abu Salama, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and Allah decided for me and I said (these words contained in the…
7 2016 Sahih
Whenever you visit the sick or the dead, supplicate for good because angels say" Amen" to whatever you say. She added: When Abu Salama died, I went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…
8 2017 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon came to Abu Salama (as he died). His eyes were fixedly open. He closed them, and then said: When the soul is taken away the sight follows…
9 2018 Sahih
(O Allah! ) let Thee be the caretaker of what is left by him, and he said: Grant him expansion of the grave, but he did not say: Make his grave spacious. Khalid said: He…
10 2019 Sahih
Did you not see when the man died and his eyes were fixedly open? He (Abu Huraira) said: Yes. He (the Holy Prophet) said: It is due to the fact that when (the soul leaves the…
11 2020 Sahih
This hadith is narrated on the authority of 'Ala' with the same chain of transmitters.
12 2021 Sahih
When Abu Salama died I said: I am a stranger in a strange land; I shall weep for him in a manner that would be talked of. I made preparation for weeping for him when a woman from…
13 2022 Sahih
While we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), one of his daughters sent to him (the Messenger) to call him and inform him that her child or her son was dying. The Messenger of…
14 2023 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated by another chain of transmitters on the authority of 'Asim al-Ahwal.
15 2024 Sahih
Has he died? They said: Messenger of Allah, it is not so. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wept. When the people saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) weeping, they also began to weep. He said.…
16 2025 Sahih
While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), a person, one of the Ansar, came to him and greeted him. The Ansari then turned back. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…
17 2026 Sahih
Endurance is to be shown at the first blow.
18 2027 Sahih
Fear Allah and show endurance. She (not recognising him) said: You have not been afflicted as I have been. When he (the Holy Prophet) had departed, it was said to her that he was…
19 2028 Sahih
" The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) happened to pass by a woman (who was sitting) by the side of a grave."
20 2029 Sahih
Be quiet, my daughter. Don't you know that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had said:" The deceased is punished because of his family's weeping over the death"?
21 2030 Sahih
The dead is punished in the grave because of wailing on it.
22 2031 Sahih
The same hadith is narrated on the authority of 'Umar through another chain of transmitters.
23 2032 Sahih
When 'Umar was wounded he fainted, and there was a loud lamentation over him. When he regained consciousness he said: Didn't you know that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:" The…
24 2033 Sahih
O brother! Upon this 'Umar said: Suhaib, did you not know that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:" The dead is punished because of the lamentation of the living"?
25 2034 Sahih
What are you weeping for? Are you weeping for me? He said: By Allah, it is for you that I weep, O Commander of the believers. He said: By Allah, you already know that the…
26 2035 Sahih
O Hafsa, did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying:" One who is lamented would be punished"? Suhaib also lamented over him. 'Umar told him also: O Suhaib, didn't you know…
27 2036 Sahih
I was sitting by the side of Ibn 'Umar, and we were waiting for the bier of Umm Aban, daughter of 'Uthman, and there was also 'Amr b. 'Uthman. In the meanwhile there came Ibn…
28 2037 Sahih
The daughter of 'Uthman b. 'Affan died in Mecca. We came to attend her (funeral). Ibn 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbas were also present there, and I was sitting between them. He added: I…
29 2038 Sahih
We were with the bier of Umm Aban, daughter of 'Uthman, and the rest of the hadith is the same, but he did not narrate it as a marfu' hadith on the authority of 'Umar from the…
30 2039 Sahih
The dead is punished because of the lamentation of the living.
31 2040 Sahih
May Allah have mercy upon Abu 'Abd al-Rahman (the kunya of Ibn 'Umar) that he heard something but could not retain it (well). (The fact is) that the bier of a Jew passed before…
32 2041 Sahih
He (Ibn 'Umar) missed (the point). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had (in fact) said: He (the dead) is punished for his faults or for his sins, and the members of his family are…
33 2042 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated by Ibn 'Urwa with the same chain of transmitters. The hadith narrated by Abu Usama is more complete.
34 2043 Sahih
The dead is punished because of the lamentation of the living. Upon this 'A'isha said: May Allah have mercy upon the father of 'Abd al-Rahman (Ibn 'Umar). He did not tell a lie,…
35 2044 Sahih
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: He who is lamented upon would be punished because of the lamentation for him on the Day of judgment.
36 2045 Sahih
A hadith like this has been narrated by Mughira b. Shu'ba from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
37 2046 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters.
38 2047 Sahih
Among my people there are four characteristics belonging to pre-Islamic period which they do not abandon: boasting of high rank, reviling other peoples' genealogies, seeking rain…
39 2048 Sahih
I was looking (at him) through the crevice of the door. A man came to him and mentioned that Ja'far's women were lamenting. He (the Holy Prophet) commanded him to go and forbid…
40 2049 Sahih
" You did not spare the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) the botheration."
41 2050 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a promise from us along with the oath of Allegiance that we would not lament. But only five among us fulfilled the promise (and they are) Umm…
42 2051 Sahih
Umm 'Atiyya reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took pledge from us (including this promise) that we would not lament. Only five amongst us fulfilled the promise, and one of…
43 2052 Sahih
When this verse was revealed:" When believing women came to thee giving thee a pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah, and will not disobey thee in good" (lx. 12),…
44 2053 Sahih
We were forbidden to follow the bier, but it was not made absolute on us.
45 2054 Sahih
We were refrained from following the bier, but it was not made absolute on us.
46 2055 Sahih
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) came to us when we were bathing his daughter, and he told us: Wash her with water and (with the leaves of) the lote tree, three or five times, or more…
47 2056 Sahih
We braided her hair in three plaits.
48 2057 Sahih
One of the daughters of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died. And in the hadith transmitted by Ibn 'Ulayya (the words are): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us and we were washing…
49 2058 Sahih
" three times, five times, seven times, or more than that, if you deem fit:" Hafsa (further) said on the authority of Umm 'Atiyya: We braided (the hair) of her head in three…
50 2059 Sahih
We washed her an odd number of times, i. e. three, five or seven times; and Umm 'Atiyya (further) said: We braided her hair in three plaits.
51 2060 Sahih
When Zainab the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died, he said to us: Wash her odd number of times, i. e. three or five times, and put camphor or something-like camphor at…
52 2061 Sahih
There came to us the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as we were washing one of his daughters. So he said: Wash her (dead body) an odd number of times, five times or more than that, the…
53 2062 Sahih
Umm 'Atiyya reported that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked her to wash his daughter, he told her to start from the right side, and with those parts of the body over which…
54 2063 Sahih
Umm 'Atiyya reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to them (the women) in regard to the washing of his daughter to start from the right side and with those parts of the…
55 2064 Sahih
We migrated with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the path of Allah seeking Allah's pleasure alone. Thus our reward was assured with Allah. And amongst us were those who spent life…
56 2065 Sahih
A hadith like this has been narrated by 'Uyaina on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
57 2066 Sahih
I would keep it in order to shroud myself in it. He then said: If Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, would have desired it for His Apostle, he would have been shrouded with it. So…
58 2067 Sahih
I would be shrouded in it, but then said: How is it that I should be shrouded in it in which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was not shrouded! So he gave it in charity.
59 2068 Sahih
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters, but in the hadith narrated by him there is no mention of the story of 'Abdullah b. Abu Bakr.
60 2069 Sahih
I asked 'A'isha with how many garments the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was shourded. She said: With three garments of Sahul.
61 2070 Sahih
When the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upom him) died, he was covered with a Yamani wrapper.
62 2071 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.
63 2072 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) one day in the course of his sermon made mention of a person among his Companions who had died and had been wrapped in a shroud not long (enough to cover his…
64 2073 Sahih
Make haste at a funeral; if the dead person was good, it is a good state to which you are sending him on; but if he was otherwise it is an evil of which you are ridding yourselves.
65 2074 Sahih
" I do not know whether the hadith is marfu'."
66 2075 Sahih
Hasten at a funeral, for if (the dead person) is good, you would (soon) bring him close to the good. And if it is otherwise, it is an evil of which you are ridding yourselves.
67 2076 Sahih
He who attends the funeral till the prayer is offered for (the dead), for him is the reward of one qirat, and he who attends (and stays) till he is buried, for him is the reward…
68 2077 Sahih
" two great mountains." No mention is made of what followed (these words) ; and in the hadith transmitted by 'Abd al- A'la (the words are):" till (the burial) is complete." In the…
69 2078 Sahih
" He who followed it (the bier) till he (the dead) is buried."
70 2079 Sahih
He who offered prayer over the dead, but did not follow the bier, for him is the reward of one qirat, and he who followed it, for him is the reward of two qirats. It was asked…
71 2080 Sahih
He who follows the bier, for him is the reward of one qirat. Ibn 'Umar said: Abu Huraira narrated it too often. So he sent (a messenger to) 'A'isha to ascertain (the fact). She…
72 2081 Sahih
He who offers prayer for the dead, for him is (the reward of) one qirat; and he who follows the bier till it is placed in the grave, for him (is the reward of) two qirats. I (Abu…
73 2082 Sahih
Ibn 'Umar, do you hear what Abu Huraira says that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:" He who goes out with the bier when taken out from its residence and offers prayer for…
74 2083 Sahih
He who offered prayer for the dead, for him is the reward of one qirat, and he who attended its burial, he would have two qirats as his reward. And qirat is equivalent to Uhud.
75 2084 Sahih
" The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about qirat, and he said: It is equivalent to Uhud."
76 2085 Sahih
If a company of Muslims numbering one hundred pray over a dead person, all of them interceding for him, their intercession for him will be accepted.
77 2086 Sahih
So I went out and I informed him about the people who had gathered there. He (Ibn 'Abbas) said: Do you think they are forty? He (Kuraib) said: Yes. Ibn 'Abbas then said to them:…
78 2087 Sahih
There passed a bier (being carried by people) and it was lauded in good terms. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It has become certain, it has become certain, it has…
79 2088 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
80 2089 Sahih
Whenever a bier passed before him, he said: He is the one to find relief and the one with (the departure of him) other will find relief. They said: Apostle of Allah, who is…
81 2090 Sahih
(The believing servant) finds relief from the troubles of the world and its hardships and (gets into) the Mercy of Allah.
82 2091 Sahih
Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave the people news of the death of Negus on the day he died, and he took them out to the place of prayer and observed four…
83 2092 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave us the news of the death of Negus, the ruler of Abyssinia, on the day when he died, and he said (to us): Beg pardon for your brother. Ibn Shihab…
84 2093 Sahih
This hadith is narrated through another chain of transmitters.
85 2094 Sahih
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered prayer for Ashama, the Negus, and recited four takbirs.
86 2095 Sahih
There died today the pious servant of Allah, Ashama. So he stood up and led us in (funeral prayer) over him.
87 2096 Sahih
A brother of yours has died, so stand up and offer prayer over him. So we stood up and drew ourselves up into two rows.
88 2097 Sahih
A brother of yours has died; so stand up and offer prayer for him, i. e. Negus. And in the hadith transmitted by Zubair (the words are):" Your brother."
89 2098 Sahih
I said to Sha'bi: Who narrated it to you? He said: An authentic one, 'Abdullah b. 'Abbas. This is the word of a hasan hadith. In the narration of Ibn Numair (the words are): The…
90 2099 Sahih
" The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) recited four takbirs."
91 2100 Sahih
The hadith as narrated by Shaibani has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
92 2101 Sahih
Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed prayer on the grave.
93 2102 Sahih
Lead me to her (or his) grave. They led him to that place and he said prayer over her (or him) and then remarked: Verily, these graves are full of darkness for their dwellers.…
94 2103 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited thus.
95 2104 Sahih
Whenever you see a funeral procession, stand up for that until it moves away or is lowered on the ground.
96 2105 Sahih
Should any one of you come across a funeral procession, and if he does not intend to accompany it, he must stand up until it passes by him or is placed upon the ground before it…
97 2106 Sahih
Should anyone amongst you see a bier he must stand up so long as it is within sight in case he does not intend to follow it.
98 2107 Sahih
When you follow a bier, do not sit until it is placed on the (ground).
99 2108 Sahih
Whenever you come across a bier you should stand up, and he who follows it should not sit down till it is placed on the ground.
100 2109 Sahih
There passed a bier and the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up for it and we also stood up along with him. We said: Messenger of Allah, that was the bier of a Jewess. Upon this he remarked:…
101 2110 Sahih
Ibn Juraij told me that Abu Zubair heard Jabir say that the Prophet (ﷺ) kept standing for a bier until it disappeared.
102 2111 Sahih
Again Abu Zubair heard Jabir say that the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions kept standing for a bier of a Jew until it disappeared from sight.
103 2112 Sahih
Was he not a human being or did he not have a soul? And in the hadith narrated by 'Amr b. Murra with the same chain of transmitters, (the words) are:" There passed a bier before…
104 2113 Sahih
Nafi' b. Jubair saw me and we were standing for a bier, while he was sitting and waiting for the bier to be placed on the ground. He said to me: What makes you keep standing? I…
105 2114 Sahih
Verily, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to stand first but later on kept sitting; but it is also narrated that Nafi' ibn Jubair saw Waqid b. 'Amr standing for a bier till it was placed down.
106 2115 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated by Yahya b. Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters.
107 2116 Sahih
I heard from Mas'ud b. al-Hakam who narrated it on the authority of Hadrat 'Ali that he said: We saw the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up for a (bier) and we also stood up; he sat down and we…
108 2117 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters.
109 2118 Sahih
I heard it from 'Auf b. Malik that the Prophet (ﷺ) said prayer on the dead body, and I remembered his prayer:" O Allah! forgive him, have mercy upon him, give him peace and…
110 2119 Sahih
A hadith like this has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
111 2120 Sahih
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say (while offering prayer on a dead body): O Allah! forgive him, have mercy upon him. Give him peace and absolve him. Receive him with honour and make his…
112 2121 Sahih
I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he prayed for a woman who had died in the state of delivery. He stood in front of her waist.
113 2122 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated by Husain with the same chain of transmitters, but no mention is made of Umm Ka'b.
114 2123 Sahih
I was a young boy during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ) and I retained in my mind (what I learnt from him), and nothing restrained me from speaking except the fact that there were…
115 2124 Sahih
It is reported on the authority of Jabir ibn Samura that an unsaddled horse was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he rode on it when he returned after having offered the funeral…
116 2125 Sahih
then an unsaddled horse was brought to him and a person hobbled it, and he (the Messenger of Allah) rode upon it and it bounded and we followed it and ran after it. One of the…
117 2126 Sahih
" Make a niche for me in the side of the grave and set up bricks over me as was done in case of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
118 2127 Sahih
Ibn 'Abbas said that a piece of red stuff was put in the grave of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
119 2128 Sahih
When we were with Fadala b. 'Ubaid in the country of the Romans at a place (known as) Rudis, a friend of ours died. Fadala b. 'Ubaid ordered to prepare a grave for him and then it…
120 2129 Sahih
Should I not send you on the same mission as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent me? Do not leave an image without obliterating it, or a high grave without levelling It. This hadith has…
121 2130 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade that the graves should be plastered or they be used as sitting places (for the people), or a building should be built over them.
122 2131 Sahih
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of Jabir b. 'Abdullah.
123 2132 Sahih
Jabir said that he was forbidden to plaster graves.
124 2133 Sahih
It is better that one of you should sit on live coals which would burn his clothing and come in contact with his skin than that he should sit on a grave.
125 2134 Sahih
A hadith like this has been narrated by Suhail with the same chain of transmitters.
126 2135 Sahih
Do not sit on the graves and do not pray facing towards them.
127 2136 Sahih
Do not pray facing towards the graves, and do not sit on them.
128 2137 Sahih
How soon the people have forgotten that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered not the funeral prayer of Suhail b al-Baida' but in a mosque.
129 2138 Sahih
How hastily the people criticise that about which they know little. They criticise us for carrying the bier in the mosque. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered not the funeral…
130 2139 Sahih
Bring it (the bier) into the mosque so that I offer prayer for him. But, this act of hers was disapproved. She said: By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered prayer in the…
131 2140 Sahih
Peace be upon you, abode of a people who are believers. What you were promised would come to you tomorrow, you receiving it after some delay; and God willing we shall join you. O…
132 2141 Sahih
Should I not narrate to you (a hadith of the Holy Prophet) on my authority and on the authority of my mother? We thought that he meant the mother who had given him birth. He…
133 2142 Sahih
" Peace be upon the inhabitants of the city (i. e. graveyard)." In the hadith transmitted by Zuhair (the words are):" Peace be upon you, the inhabitants of the city, among the…
134 2143 Sahih
I sought permission to beg forgiveness for my mother, but He did not grant it to me. I sought permission from Him to visit her grave, and He granted it (permission) to me.
135 2144 Sahih
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) visited the grave of his mother and he wept, and moved others around him to tears, and said: I sought permission from my Lord to beg forgiveness for her…
136 2145 Sahih
I forbade you to visit graves, but you may now visit them; I forbade you to eat the flesh of sacrificial animals after three days, but you way now keep it as along as you feel…
137 2146 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
138 2147 Sahih
(The dead body) of a person who had killed himself with a broad-headed arrow was brought before the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but he did not offer prayers for him.