Funerals & Burial

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The son of one of the daughters of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was dying. She sent for him, asking him to come to her, and he sent word to her, saying: ‘To Allah belongs what He has taken and...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“When Ibrahim, the son of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), died, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wept. The one who was consoling him, either Abu Bakr or ‘Umar, said to him: ‘You are indeed the best of those who glorify...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“Your brother has been killed.” She said: “May Allah have mercy on him. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un (Truly, to Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return).” They said: “Your husband has been killed.” She said:...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“But there is no one to weep for Hamzah.” So the women of Ansar started to weep for Hamzah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) woke up and said, ‘Woe to them, have they not gone home yet? Tell them to...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade eulogies.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The deceased is punished for the wailing over him.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The deceased is punished for the weeping of the living. If they say: ‘O my strength, O he who clothed us, O my help, O my rock,’ and so on, he is rebuked and it is said: ‘Were you really...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“A Jewish woman had died, and the Prophet (ﷺ) heard the weeping for her. He said: ‘Her family is weeping for her, and she is being punished in her grave.’”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

"Patience should come with the first shock."

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“Allah says: ‘O son of Adam! If you are patient and seek reward at the moment of first shock, I will not approve of any reward for you less than Paradise.’”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“There is no Muslim who is stricken with a calamity and reacts by saying as Allah has commanded: ‘Inna lillahi, wa inna ilayhi raji’un. Allahumma indaka ahtasabtu musibati, fajurni fiha, wa ‘awwidni minha (Truly, to Allah we belong and truly,...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) opened a door that was between him and the people or drew back a curtain and he saw the people praying behind Abu Bakr. He praised Allah for what he saw of their good situation...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever was stricken with a calamity and when he remembers it he says ‘Inna lillahi, wa inna ilayhi raji’un (Truly, to Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return),’ even though it happened a...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“I heard ‘Abdullah bin Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin ‘Amr bin Hazm narrating from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘There is no believer who consoles for his brother for a calamity, but Allah will clothe...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever consoles a person stricken by calamity will have a reward equal to his.’”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“No man who loses three of his children will ever enter the Fire, except in fulfillment of the oath (of Allah).”*

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘There is no Muslim, three of whose children die before reaching the age of puberty, but they will meet him at the eight gates of Paradise and whichever one he wants he...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“There are no two Muslims (mother and father), three of whose children die before reaching the age of puberty, but Allah will admit them to Paradise by virtue of His mercy towards them.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“Whoever sends fourth three of his children who had not reached the age of puberty, they will be a strong fortification for him against the Fire.” Abu Dharr said: “I sent forth two.” He said: “And two” Ubayy bin Ka’b,...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

‘A miscarried fetus sent before me is dearer to me than a horseman whom I leave behind.”