Funerals & Burial

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

We attended the funeral of AbdurRahman ibn Samurah and he said: He (AbuBakrah) made his mule run quickly and pointed with the flog.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

We asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about walking with the funeral. He replied: Not running (but walking quickly). If he (the dead person) was good, send him to it quickly; if he was otherwise, keep away the people of Hell. The...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

A man fell ill and a cry was raised (for his death). So his neighbour came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said to him: He has died. He asked: Who told you? He said: I have seen him....

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not pray over Ma'iz ibn Malik, and he did not prohibit to pray over him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (ﷺ), died when he was eighteen months old. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not pray over him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

When Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (ﷺ) died, he prayed over him at the place where he used to sit. Abu Dawud said: I recited to Sa'id b. Ya'qub al-Taliqani saying: Ibn al-Mubarak transmitted to you from Ya'qub b....

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

I swear by Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed over Suhail b. al-Baida' in the mosque.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

I swear by Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed in the mosque over the two sons of al-Baida': Suhail and his brother.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone prays over the dead in the mosque, there is nothing on him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

There were three times at which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to forbid us to pray or bury our dead - when the sun begins to rise till it is fully up, when the sun is at its height...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

Ammar client of al-Harith ibn Nawfal told me that he attended the funeral of Umm Kulthum, and her son. The body of the boy was placed near the imam. I objected to it. Among the people there were Ibn Abbas,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

I was in the Sikkat al-Mirbad. A bier passed and a large number of people were accompanying it. They said: Bier of Abdullah ibn Umayr. So I followed it. Suddenly I saw a man, who had a thin garment on...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

I prayed behing the Prophet (ﷺ) over a woman who died in childbirth, and he stood opposite her waist.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed a grave dug freshly. They arranged a row and uttered four takbirs over it. I asked al-Sha'bi: Who told you ? He replied: A reliable person whom 'Abd Allah b. 'Abbas attended.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

Zaid b. Arqam used to utter four takbirs (Allah is Most Great) over our dead person (during prayer). He uttered five takbirs on a dead person. So I asked him. He replied: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to utter...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

I prayed over a dead person along with Ibn 'Abbas. He recited Surat al-Fatihah and he said: This is the Sunnah.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When you pray over the dead, make a sincere supplication for him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

I was present with Marwan who asked AbuHurayrah: Did you hear how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray over the dead? He said: Even with the words that you said. (The narrator said: They exchanged hot words between...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed over a dead person, he said: O Allah, forgive those of us who are living and those of us who are dead, those of us who are present and those of us who...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in prayer over bier of a Muslim and I heard him say: O Allah, so and so, son of so and so, is in Thy protection, so guard him from the trial in...