Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1455
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا قَزَعَةُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ، عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِذَا حَضَرْتُمْ مَوْتَاكُمْ فَأَغْمِضُوا الْبَصَرَ فَإِنَّ الْبَصَرَ يَتْبَعُ الرُّوحَ وَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ تُؤَمِّنُ عَلَى مَا قَالَ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Tawbah narrated to us; Asim ibn Ali narrated to us; Qaza‘ah ibn Suwayd narrated to us, from Humayd al-A‘raj, from al-Zuhri, from Mahmud ibn Labid, from Shaddad ibn Aws, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When you are present with your dead, close their eyes, for sight follows the soul. And say what is good, for the angels say “Amen” to what the members of the household say.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report links the instruction to close the eyes with the statement that sight follows the soul, and says the angels affirm the household’s good words.