Funerals & Burial

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Bury them (i.e. martyrs) with their blood." (that was) On the day of the Battle of Uhud. He did not get them washed.

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) shrouded every two martyrs of Uhud in one piece of cloth and then he would ask, "Which of them knew more Qur'an?" When one of them was pointed out he would put him first in the grave....

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has made Mecca a sanctuary (sacred place) and it was a sanctuary before me and will be so after me. It was made legal for me (to fight in it) for a few hours of...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to `Abdullah bin Ubai (a hypocrite) after his death and he has been laid in his pit (grave). He ordered (that he be taken out of the grave) and he was taken out. Then he placed...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

When the time of the Battle of Uhud approached, my father called me at night and said, "I think that I will be the first amongst the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) to be martyred. I do not leave anyone...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

A man was buried along with my father and I did not like it till I took him (i.e. my father) out and buried him in a separate grave.

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) collected every two martyrs of Uhud (in one grave) and then he would ask, "Which of them knew the Qur'an more?" And if one of them was pointed out for him as having more knowledge, he would...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

`Umar set out along with the Prophet (p.b.u.h) with a group of people to Ibn Saiyad till they saw him playing with the boys near the hillocks of Bani Mughala. Ibn Saiyad at that time was nearing his puberty and...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

A young Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet (ﷺ) and he became sick. So the Prophet (ﷺ) went to visit him. He sat near his head and asked him to embrace Islam. The boy looked at his father, who...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

My mother and I were among the weak and oppressed. I from among the children, and my mother from among the women.

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

The funeral prayer should be offered for every child even if he were the son of a prostitute as he was born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone). If his parents are Muslims,...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Every child is born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) but his parents convert him to Judaism, Christianity or Magainism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

When the time of the death of Abu Talib approached, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to him and found Abu Jahl bin Hisham and `Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya bin Al-Mughira by his side. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to Abu Talib, "O...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves, and those two persons (in the graves) were being tortured. He said, "They are being tortured not for a great thing (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from being soiled...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

" We were accompanying a funeral procession in Baqi-I-Gharqad. The Prophet (ﷺ) came to us and sat and we sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand then he bent his head and started scraping the ground...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever intentionally swears falsely by a religion other than Islam, then he is what he has said, (e.g. if he says, 'If such thing is not true then I am a Jew,' he is really a...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who commits suicide by throttling shall keep on throttling himself in the Hell Fire (forever) and he who commits suicide by stabbing himself shall keep on stabbing himself in the Hell-Fire."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

When `Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul died, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) was called upon to offer his funeral prayer. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up to offer the prayer, I got up quickly and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Are you...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

A funeral procession passed and the people praised the deceased. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It has been affirmed to him." Then another funeral procession passed and the people spoke badly of the deceased. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It has been...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

I came to Medina when an epidemic had broken out. While I was sitting with `Umar bin Al-Khattab a funeral procession passed by and the people praised the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed to him." And another funeral...