Funerals & Burial

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Ibn Juraij told me that Abu Zubair heard Jabir say that the Prophet (ﷺ) kept standing for a bier until it disappeared.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Again Abu Zubair heard Jabir say that the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions kept standing for a bier of a Jew until it disappeared from sight.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Was he not a human being or did he not have a soul? And in the hadith narrated by 'Amr b. Murra with the same chain of transmitters, (the words) are:" There passed a bier before us."

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Nafi' b. Jubair saw me and we were standing for a bier, while he was sitting and waiting for the bier to be placed on the ground. He said to me: What makes you keep standing? I said: I am...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Verily, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to stand first but later on kept sitting; but it is also narrated that Nafi' ibn Jubair saw Waqid b. 'Amr standing for a bier till it was placed down.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

This hadith has been narrated by Yahya b. Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

I heard from Mas'ud b. al-Hakam who narrated it on the authority of Hadrat 'Ali that he said: We saw the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up for a (bier) and we also stood up; he sat down and we too sat...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

I heard it from 'Auf b. Malik that the Prophet (ﷺ) said prayer on the dead body, and I remembered his prayer:" O Allah! forgive him, have mercy upon him, give him peace and absolve him. Receive him with honour...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

A hadith like this has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say (while offering prayer on a dead body): O Allah! forgive him, have mercy upon him. Give him peace and absolve him. Receive him with honour and make his grave spacious. Wash him with water,...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he prayed for a woman who had died in the state of delivery. He stood in front of her waist.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

This hadith has been narrated by Husain with the same chain of transmitters, but no mention is made of Umm Ka'b.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

I was a young boy during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ) and I retained in my mind (what I learnt from him), and nothing restrained me from speaking except the fact that there were persons far more advanced in...

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The Book of Prayer - Funerals

It is reported on the authority of Jabir ibn Samura that an unsaddled horse was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he rode on it when he returned after having offered the funeral prayer of Ibn Dahdah and we walked...

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The Book of Prayer - Funerals

then an unsaddled horse was brought to him and a person hobbled it, and he (the Messenger of Allah) rode upon it and it bounded and we followed it and ran after it. One of the people said that the...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

" Make a niche for me in the side of the grave and set up bricks over me as was done in case of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).

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The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Ibn 'Abbas said that a piece of red stuff was put in the grave of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).

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The Book of Prayer - Funerals

When we were with Fadala b. 'Ubaid in the country of the Romans at a place (known as) Rudis, a friend of ours died. Fadala b. 'Ubaid ordered to prepare a grave for him and then it was levelled; and...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Should I not send you on the same mission as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent me? Do not leave an image without obliterating it, or a high grave without levelling It. This hadith has been reported by Habib with the same...