‘Amiscarried fetus sent before me is dearer to me than ahorseman whomI leave behind.”

“Bythe One in Whose Hand is my soul! The miscarried fetus will draghismother by his umbilical cord to Paradise, if she (was patient and)sought reward (for her loss).”

“A man died inAl-Madinah, and he was one of those who were born in Al-Madinah. TheProphet (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer for him and said: “Wouldthathe had died somewhere other than his birthplace.” A man amongthepeople said: “Why, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “If aman diessomewhere other than his birthplace, a space will bemeasured for himin Paradise (as big as the distance) from the placewhere he was bornto the place where he died.”

“I asked‘Aishah:‘O mother! Tell me about the sickness of the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ).’ She said: ‘He felt pain and started to spit (over hisbody), and we began to compare his spittle to the spittle of a personeating raisins. Like a person eating raisins and spitting out theseeds. He used to go around among his wives, but when he became ill,he asked them permission to stay in the house of ‘Aishah and thattheyshould come to him in turns.’ She said: ‘The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ)entered upon me, (supported) between two men, with hisfeet makinglines along the ground. One of them was ‘Abbas.’ Itold Ibn ‘Abbasthis Hadith and he said: ‘Do you know who theother man was whom‘Aishah did not name? He was ‘Ali bin AbuTalib.’”

“The wives of the Prophet (ﷺ)gathered together and not one of them lagged behind. Fatimah came,andher gait was like that of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said,‘Welcome to my daughter.’ Then he made her sit to his left, andhewhispered something to her, and she smiled. I said to her: ‘Whatmadeyou weep?’ She said: ‘I will not disclose the secret of theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ).’ I said: ‘I never saw joy so close togrief as I sawtoday.’ When she wept I said: ‘Did the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) tellyou some special words that were not for us, thenyou wept?’ And Iasked her about what he had said. She said: ‘Iwill not disclose thesecret of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’After he died I asked herwhat he had said, and she said: ‘He toldme that Jibra’il used toreview the Qur’an with him once eachyear, but he had reviewed it withhim twice that year, (and he said:)“I do not think but that my timeis near. You will be the first ofmy family to join me, and what agood predecessor I am for you.” SoI wept. Then he whispered to me andsaid: “Will you not be pleasedto be the leader of the women of thisUmmah?” So I smiled.’”

“The prayer,andthose whom your hands possess.”* And he kept on saying it untilhistongue could no longer utter any words.

“After the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)haddied, Abu Bakr said to ‘Umar: ‘Let us go and visit Umm Ayman asthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to visit her.’ He said: ‘Whenwereached her she wept.’ They said: ‘Why are you weeping? Whatis withAllah is better for His Messenger.’ She said: ‘I knowthat what iswith Allah is better for His Messenger, but I am weepingbecause theRevelation from heaven has ceased.’ She moved them totears and theystarted to weep with her.”

“Send a great deal of blessing upon me on Fridays, for it iswitnessed by the angels. No one sends blessing upon me but hisblessing will be presented to me, until he finishes them.” A mansaid:“Even after death?” He said: “Even after death, for Allahhasforbidden the earth to consume the bodies of the Prophets, so theProphet of Allah is alive and receives provision.’”

“Which of them had memorized more Qur’an?” And if one ofthem was pointed out to him, he would put him in the niche-gravefirst. And he said: “I am a witness over them.” He commanded thattheyshould be buried with their blood, and that the funeral prayershouldnot be offered for them and they should not be washed.

“Iheard Jabir bin ‘Abdullah say: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)commanded that the slain of the battle of Uhud should be returned tothe battlefield; they had been moved to Al-Madinah.’”

“By Allah! The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) did not offer the funeral prayer for Suhail bin Baida’anywherebut in the mosque.”

“Do not bury your dead at night unless you are forced to.”

“The leader of the hypocrites inAl-Madinah died, and left instructions that the Prophet (ﷺ) shouldoffer the funeral prayer for him and shroud him in his shirt. Heoffered the funeral prayer for him and shrouded him in his shirt, andstood by his grave. Then Allah revealed the words: ‘And never pray(the funeral prayer) for any of them (hypocrites) who dies, nor standat his grave.” [9:84]

“A man died whom the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) used to visit, and they buried him at night. Whenmorningcame, they told him. He said: ‘What kept you from telling me?’They said: ‘It was night and it was dark, and we did not like tocauseyou any inconvenience.’ Then he went to the grave and offeredthefuneral prayer for him.”

It wasnarrated from Ibn Buraidah from his father that the Prophet(ﷺ)offered the funeral prayer for a deceased person after he hadbeenburied.

“There was a black woman whousedto sweep the mosque, and she passed away at night. The followingmorning the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was told of her death. He said:‘Why did you not call me?’ Then he went out with his Companionsandstood at her grave, and said Takbir over her, with the peoplebehindhim, and he supplicated for her, then he went away.’”

“Whoeveroffers the funeral prayer will have one Qirat and whoeverawaitsuntil (the burial) is finished will have two Qirat.” They said:‘What are these two Qirat?’ He said: ‘Like two mountains.’”

“A funeral has passed by theProphet (ﷺ) and he stood up and said: ‘Stand up out ofrecognitionof the enormity of death.’”

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to teach them, when they went out tothegraveyard, to say: As-salamu ‘alaykum ahlad-diyarminal-mu’minina wal-muslimin, wa inna insha’ Allah bikum lahiqun,nas’alul-laha lana walakumul-‘afiyah (Peace be upon you, Oinhabitants of the abodes,believers and Muslims, and we will joinyou soon if Allah wills. Weask Allah for well-being for us and foryou).’”

It wasnarrated from Abu Sa’eed that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wasbrought into his grave from the direction of the Qiblah, and he wasplaced in his grave gently.