Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

Sunan Abi Dawud

We were with Fudalah b. 'Ubaid at Rudis in the land of Rome. One of our Companions dies, Fudalah commanded us to dig his grave; it was (dug and) levelled. He then said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)...

Sunan Abi Dawud

I said to Aisha! Mother, show me the grave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his two Companions (Allah be pleased with them). She showed me three graves which were neither high nor low, but were spread with soft...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) became free from burying the dead, he used to stay at him (i.e. his grave) and say: Seek forgiveness for your brother, and beg steadfastness for him, for he will be questioned now. Abu Dawud said:...

Sunan Abi Dawud

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is no slaughtering (at the grave) in Islam. 'Abd al-Razzaq said: They used to slaughter cows or sheep at grave.

Sunan Abi Dawud

The Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day of Uhud and said: We have been afflicted with wound and fatigue. What do you command us? He said: Dig graves, make them wide, bury two or three...

Sunan Abi Dawud

"And deepen (the graves)."

Sunan Abi Dawud

This tradition has also been transmitted by Sa'd b. Hisham b. 'Amir with a different chain of narrators.

Sunan Abi Dawud

When the Prophet (ﷺ) placed the dead in the grave, he said: In the name of Allah, and following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). This is Muslim's version.

Sunan Abi Dawud

I said to the Prophet (ﷺ): Your old and astray uncle has died. He said: Go and bury your father, and then do not do anything until you come to me. So I went, buried him and came to him....

Sunan Abi Dawud

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The niche in the side of the grave is for us and the excavation in the middle is for others.