“The Prophet (ﷺ) enteredupona sick person to visit him. He said: ‘Do you long for anything?Doyou long for Ka’k (a type of bread)?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ So theysentsomeone to bring some Ka’k for him.”

‘Whoever visits a sick person, a caller calls from heaven: ‘Mayyou be happy, may your walking be blessed, and may you occupy adignified position in Paradise.’”

‘Urge your dying ones to say La ilaha illallah.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Urge your dying onestosay: “La ilaha illallahul-Halimul-Karim, Subhan-AllahiRabbil-‘Arshil-‘Azim, Al-Hamdu Lillahi Rabbil-‘alamin (None hastheright to be worshipped but Allah, the Forbearing, the Most Kind.Gloryis to Allah, Lord of the magnificent Throne; praise is toAllah, theLord of the worlds).’” They said: ‘O Messenger ofAllah, what aboutthose who are alive?’ He said: ‘Even better,even better.’”

“Donot grieve for your relative, for that is part of hisHasanat(merits).”

“The believer dies with sweat on his brow.”

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

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

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

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

“When Ibrahim the son oftheProphet (ﷺ) died, the Prophet (ﷺ) said to them: ‘Do not wraphim in his shroud until I look at him.’ He came to him, bent overandwept.”

“If one of the members ofhisfamily died, Hudhaifah would say: ‘Do not inform anyone of it, forI am afraid that that would be a public death announcement. I heardthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with these two ears of mine forbiddingmaking public death announcements.’”

‘Hasten with the funeral (procession), for if the person wasrighteous then you are advancing him towards good, and if he wasotherwise then it is evil which you are taking off of your necks.”

“ ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud said:‘Whoever follows a funeral (procession), let him carry all (four)corners of it (in turn), for that is Sunnah. Then if he wishes lethimvoluntarily carry it, and if he wishes let him not do so.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw some peopleridingon their animals in a funeral (procession). He said: ‘Do younotfeel ashamed that the angels of Allah are walking on foot and youareriding?’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)say: ‘The rider should travel behind the funeral (procession)but theone who is walking may walk wherever he wants.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ),Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and ‘Uthman used to walk ahead of the funeral(procession).”

“Abu MusaAsh’arileft instructions, when he was dying, saying: ‘Do not followmewith a censer.’* They said to him: ‘Did you hear somethingconcerning that?’ He said: ‘Yes, from the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ).’”

“If a funeral procession was brought and the number ofpeoplewho followed it was considered to be small, they would beorganizedinto three rows, then the funeral prayer would be offered.”Hesaid: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘No three rows ofMuslimsoffer the funeral prayer for one who has died, but he will beguaranteed (Paradise).’”

“A funeral passed by theProphet(ﷺ) and they praised (the deceased) and spoke well of himandmentioned his good characteristics. He said: ‘(Paradise is)guaranteed for him.’ Then another funeral passed by and they spokebadly of him and mentioned his bad characteristics, and he theProphet (ﷺ) said: ‘(Hell is) guaranteed for him. You are thewitnesses of Allah on earth.’”