Funerals & Burial

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

The dead is punished in the grave because of wailing on it.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

The same hadith is narrated on the authority of 'Umar through another chain of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 dead is punished because of the weeping of the...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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"?

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 that one who is lamented is punished?

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 'Abbas led by a guide....

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 (first sat) by the side of one...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 Messenger of Allah...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

The dead is punished because of the lamentation of the living.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 wailing for him now. (This misunderstanding...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

This hadith has been narrated by Ibn 'Urwa with the same chain of transmitters. The hadith narrated by Abu Usama is more complete.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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, but he forgot or made a mistake....

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

A hadith like this has been narrated by Mughira b. Shu'ba from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

This hadith has been narrated from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 by stars, and walling. And he (further) said: If the wailing woman does not...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 them (to do so). So he went...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

" You did not spare the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) the botheration."