Funerals & Burial

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was shrouded in a garment of Yemeni stuff, it was then removed from him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you dies, and he possesses something, he should be shrouded in the garment of the Yemeni stuff.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was shrouded in three garments of white Yemeni stuff, among which was neither a shirt nor a turban.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

"of cotton". The narrator said: Aisha was told that the people said that he was shrouded in two garments and one cloak. She replied: A cloak was brought but they returned it and did not shroud him in it.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was shrouded in three garments made in Najran: two garments and one shirt in which he died. Abu Dawud said: The narrator 'Uthman said: In three garments: two red garments and a shirt in which...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

Do not be extravagant in shrouding, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Do not be extravagant in shrouding, for it will be quickly decayed.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

Mus'ab b. 'Umari was killed on the day of Uhud. He had only a striped cloak. When we covered his head with it, his feet appeared, and when we covered his feet, his head appeared. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The best shroud is a lower garment and one which covers the whole body, and the best sacrifice is a horned ram.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

I was one of those who washed Umm Kulthum, daughter of the Prophet (ﷺ), when she died. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) first gave us lower garment, then shirt, then head-wear, then cloak (which covers the whole body), and then...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The best of your perfumes is musk.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

Talhah ibn al-Bara' fell ill and the Prophet (ﷺ) came to pay him a sick-visit. He said: I think Talhah has died; so tell me (about his death), and make haste, for it is not advisable that the corpse of...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to take a bath on account of sexual defilement, on Friday, for cupping and washing the dead.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He who washes the dead should take a bath, and he who carries him should perform ablution.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

This has been abrogated. When Ahmad b. Hanbal was asked about a man taking a bath after his washing the dead, I heard him say: Ablution is sufficient for him. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Abu Salih made a mention...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he kissed Uthman ibn Maz'un while he was dead, and I saw that tears were flowing (from his eyes).

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The people saw fire (light) in the graveyard and they went there. They found that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in a grave and he was saying: Give me your companion. This was a man who used to raise...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

On the day of Uhud we brought the martyrs to bury them (at another place), but the crier of the Prophet (ﷺ) came and said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has commanded you to bury the martyrs at the place...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If any Muslim dies and three rows of Muslims pray over him, it will assure him (of Paradise). When Malik considered those who accompanied a bier to be a few, he divided them into three rows...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

We were forbidden accompany the biers, but it was not stressed upon us.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

If anyone attends the funeral and prays over (the dead), he will get the reward of one qirat, and if anyone attends the funeral until the completion (of the burial), he will get the reward of two qirats, the smaller...