Funerals & Burial

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

When the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upom him) died, he was covered with a Yamani wrapper.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 whole body) and was buried...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

" I do not know whether the hadith is marfu'."

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 of two qirats. It...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

" 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 hadith transmitted by 'Abd ar-Razzaq (the words...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

" He who followed it (the bier) till he (the dead) is buried."

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 what the qirats...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 ('A'isha) testified Abu Huraira. Ibn 'Umar...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 Hazim, one...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 it and he then follows...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

" The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about qirat, and he said: It is equivalent to Uhud."

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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: Bring him (the dead body)...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 become certain. And there passed a bier...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

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 al-Mustarih and al-Mustarah? Upon this he...