Chapters Regarding Funerals

كتاب الجنائز

Chapter 5: What was narrated concerning the believer being rewarded for the agony of death

It wasnarrated from Abu Buraidah from his father that the Prophet(ﷺ)said

“The believer dies with sweat on his brow.”

It wasnarrated that Abu Musa said

“I asked the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ):‘When does a person stop recognizing people?’ he said: ‘When hesees.”

Chapter 6: What was narrated concerning closing the eyes of the deceased

It wasnarrated that Umm Salamah said

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)entered upon Abu Salamah (after he had died), and his eyes were wideopen. He closed his eyes, then he said: ‘When the soul is taken,thesight follows it.’”

It wasnarrated from Shaddad bin Aws that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said

“When you come to your dead ones, close their eyes, forthe sightfollows the soul. And say good things, for the Angels sayAmin towhat the members of the household say.”

Chapter 7: What was narrated concerning kissing the deceased

It wasnarrated that ‘Aishah said

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)kissed‘Uthman bin Maz’un when he had died, and it is as if I can seehim with his tears flowing down his cheeks.”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas and ‘Aishah that Abu Bakr kissed theProphet (ﷺ) when he died.

Chapter 8: What was narrated concerning washing the deceased

Muhammadbin Sirin narrated that Umm ‘Atiyyah said

“The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) entered upon us when we were washing his daughter UmmKulthum. He said: ‘Wash her three or five times, or more than thatifyou think you need to, with water and lote leaves, and put camphorora little camphor in (the water) for the last washing. When youhavefinished, call for me.’ When we finished, we called him, andhe gavehis waist-wrapper to us and said: ‘Shroud her with it.’”

It wasnarrated from Ayyub who said

“Hafsah narrated to me, from Umm‘Atiyyah” and it is similar to the Hadith of Muhammad. And in thenarration of Hafsah it says: “Wash her an odd number of times.”And:“Wash her face three or five times.” And “Start on herright, with theplaces washed in ablution.” And it says that Umm‘Atiyyah said: “Andwe combed her hair into three braids.”

It wasnarrated that ‘Ali said

“The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: ‘Donotshow your thigh, and do not look at the thigh of anyone, living ordead.’”

It wasnarrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said

‘Let the honest wash your dead.”

It wasnarrated from ‘Ali that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said

“Whoeverwashes a deceased person, shrouds him, embalms him, carrieshim andoffers the funeral prayer for him, and does not disclose whathe hasseen, he will emerge from his sins as on the day his motherborehim.”

It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said

“Whoever washes a dead person, let him take a bath.”

Chapter 9: What was narrated concerning a man washing his wife and a woman washing her husband

It wasnarrated that ‘Aishah said

“If I had known then what I knownow,no one would have washed the Prophet (ﷺ) but his wives.”

It wasnarrated that ‘Aishah said

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cameback from Al-Baqi’ and I had a headache and was saying: ‘O myhead!’He said: ‘Rather, I should say, O my head, O ‘Aishah!’Then he said:‘It will not matter if you were to die before me, forI will take careof you, wash you, shroud you, offer the funeralprayer for you andbury you.’”

Chapter 10: What was narrated concerning the washing of the Prophet (SAW)

It wasnarrated from Abu Buraidah that his father said

“When theystartedto wash the Prophet (ﷺ), a voice called out from inside (thehouse)saying: ‘Do not remove the shirt of the Messenger of Allah.’”

It wasnarrated that ‘Ali bin Abu Talib said that when he washed theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) he looked for what which is usually lookedfor on the deceased (i.e., dirt), and he found none. He said

“Maymyfather be sacrificed for you, you are pure; you were pure in lifeandyou are pure in death.”

It wasnarrated from ‘Ali that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said

“WhenI die, then wash me with seven buckets from me well, the well ofGhars.”

Chapter 11: What was narrated concerning the shrouding of the Prophet (saws)

It wasnarrated from ‘Aishah that the Prophet (ﷺ) was shrouded inthreewhite Yemeni cloths, among which there was no shirt and noturban. Itwas said to ‘Aishah

“They used to claim that he wasshrouded inHibarah.” ‘Aishah said: “They brought a Hibarah Burd, buttheydid not shroud him in it.”

It wasnarrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) was shrouded in three thin white Suhuli cloths.”

It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)wasshrouded in three garments: The shirt in which he died, and aNajraniHullah.