Funerals & Burial

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The miscarried fetus will plead with his Lord if his parents are admitted to Hell. It will be said: “O fetus who pleads with your Lord! Admit your parents to Paradise.” So he will...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The miscarried fetus will drag his mother by his umbilical cord to Paradise, if she (was patient and) sought reward (for her loss).”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“When news of the death of Ja’far was brought, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Prepare food for the family of Ja’far, for there has come to them that which is keeping them busy or something which is keeping them...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“When Ja’far was killed, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to his family and said: ‘The family of Ja’far are busy with the matter of their deceased, so prepare food for them.’” (One of the narrators) Abdullah said: "That continued...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“We used to think that gathering with the family of the deceased and preparing food was a form of wailing.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

Dying in a strange land is martyrdom.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“A man died in Al- Madinah, and he was one of those who were born in Al-Madinah. The Prophet (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer for him and said: “Would that he had died somewhere other than his birthplace.” A man...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“Whoever dies from a sickness dies as a martyr. He is protected from the torment of the grave and he is granted provision from Paradise morning and evening.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“Breaking the bones of the deceased is like breaking his bones when he is alive.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“Breaking the bones of the deceased is, in sin, like breaking his bones when he is alive.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“I asked ‘Aishah: ‘O mother! Tell me about the sickness of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ She said: ‘He felt pain and started to spit (over his body), and we began to compare his spittle to the spittle of a...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to seek refuge using the following words: ‘Adhhibil-ba’s, Rabbin-nas, washfi Antash-shafi, la shifa’a illa shifa’uka, shifa’an la yughadiru saqaman (Take away the affliction, O Lord of mankind, and grant healing, for You are the Healer and...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘There is no Prophet who fell sick but he was given the choice between this world and the Hereafter.’ She said: ‘When he became sick with the illness that would be his...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) gathered together and not one of them lagged behind. Fatimah came, and her gait was like that of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said, ‘Welcome to my daughter.’ Then he made her sit...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“I never saw anyone suffer more pain than the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he was dying, and there was a bowl of water next to him. He put his hand in the vessel and wiped his face with the water, and said: ‘O Allah, help...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The last glance that I had of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was when he drew back the curtain on Monday, and I saw his face as if it was a page of the Mushaf (Qur’an), and the people were...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“The prayer, and those whom your hands possess.”* And he kept on saying it until his tongue could no longer utter any words.

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“They said in ‘Aishah’s presence that ‘Ali was appointed (by the Prophet (ﷺ) before he died), and she said: ‘When was he appointed? He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) was resting against my bosom, or in my lap, and he called for...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters Regarding Funerals

“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed away, Abu Bakr was with his wife, the daughter of Kharijah, in villages surrounding Al-Madinah. They started to say: ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) has not died, rather he has been overcome with what used...