Funerals & Burial

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.”

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.”