“There is no Muslim who isstrickenwith a calamity and reacts by saying as Allah has commanded:‘Innalillahi, wa inna ilayhi raji’un. Allahumma indaka ahtasabtumusibati, fajurni fiha, wa ‘awwidni minha (Truly, to Allah we belongand truly, to Him we shall return. O Allah, with You I seek rewardformy calamity, so reward me for it and compensate me),’ but Allahwillreward him for that and compensate him with something betterthan it.”She said: “When Abu Salamah died, I remembered what hehad told mefrom the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I said: ‘Innalillahi, wa innailayhi raji’un. Allahumma indaka ahtasabtumusibati, fajurni alaiha(Truly, to Allah we belong and truly, to Himwe shall return. O Allah,with You I seek reward for my calamity, soreward me for it).’ Butwhen I wanted to say wa ‘awwidni minha(and compensate me withbetter), I said to myself: ‘How can I becompensated with somethingbetter than Abu Salamah?’ Then I saidit, and Allah compensated mewith Muhammad (ﷺ) and rewarded me formy calamity.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)openeda door that was between him and the people or drew back acurtain andhe saw the people praying behind Abu Bakr. He praisedAllah for whathe saw of their good situation and hoped that Allahsucceed him bywhat he saw in them.* He said: ‘O people, whoever amongthe peopleor among the believers is stricken with a calamity, thenlet himconsole himself with the loss of me, for no one among mynation willbe stricken with any calamity worse than my loss.’”

“I heard‘Abdullah bin Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin ‘Amr bin Hazm narratingfromhis father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:‘Thereis no believer who consoles for his brother for a calamity,but Allahwill clothe him with garments of honor on the Day ofResurrection.’”

“Noman wholoses three of his children will ever enter the Fire, exceptinfulfillment of the oath (of Allah).”*

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘Themiscarried fetus will plead with his Lord if his parents areadmittedto Hell. It will be said: “O fetus who pleads with your Lord!Admityour parents to Paradise.” So he will drag them out with hisumbilical cord until he admits them to Paradise.’”

“We used tothink that gathering with the family of the deceased and preparingfood was a form of wailing.”

“Whoever dies from a sickness dies as a martyr. He is protectedfrom the torment of the grave and he is granted provision fromParadise morning and evening.”

“Breaking the bones of the deceased is like breaking his bones whenheis alive.”

“I never saw anyone suffer more pain than the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ).”

“The last glancethatI had of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was when he drew back thecurtain on Monday, and I saw his face as if it was a page of theMushaf (Qur’an), and the people were praying behind Abu Bakr. He(AbuBakr) wanted to move, but he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) gestured to himtostand firm. Then he let the curtain fall, and he died at the endofthat day.”

“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)passed away, Abu Bakr was with his wife, the daughter of Kharijah, invillages surrounding Al-Madinah. They started to say: ‘The Prophet(ﷺ) has not died, rather he has been overcome with what used toovercome him at the time of Revelation.’ Then Abu Bakr came anduncovered his (the Prophet’s (ﷺ)) face, kissed him between theeyesand said: ‘You are too noble before Allah for Him to cause youto dietwice. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has indeeddied.’ ‘Umarwas in a corner of the mosque saying: ‘By Allah,the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) has not died and he will never die untilthe hands andfeet of most of the hypocrites are cut off.’ Then AbuBakr stood up,ascended the pulpit and said: ‘Whoever used toworship Allah, Allah isalive and will never die. Whoever used toworship Muhammad, Muhammadis dead. “Muhammad is no more than aMessenger, and indeed (many)Messengers have passed away before him.If he dies or is killed, willyou then turn back on your heels (asdisbelievers)? And he who turnsback on his heels, not the least harmwill he do to Allah; and Allahwill give reward to those who aregrateful.’” [3:144] ‘Umar said: ‘Itwas as if I had neverread (that Verse) before that day.’”

“When they wanted to dig agravefor the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), they sent for Abu ‘Ubaidah binJarrah, who used to dig graves in the manner of the people of Makkah,and they sent for Abu Talhah, who used to dig graves for the peopleofAl-Madinah, and he used to make a niche in the grave. They senttwomessengers to both of them, and they said: ‘O Allah, choosewhat isbest for Your Messenger.’ They found Abu Talhah and broughthim, butthey did not find Abu ‘Ubaidah. So he dug a grave with aniche for theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ). When they had finishedpreparing him, onTuesday, he was placed on his bed in his house.Then the peopleentered upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in groupsand offered thefuneral prayer for him, and when they finished thewomen entered, andwhen they finished the children entered, and noone led the people inoffering the funeral prayer for the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ). TheMuslims differed concerning the place where heshould be buried. Somesaid that he should be buried in his mosque.Others said that heshould be buried with his Companions. Then AbuBakr said: ‘I heard theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “No Prophetever passed away but he wasburied where he died.” So they liftedup the bed of the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) on which he had died, anddug the grave for him, then he(ﷺ) was buried in the middle ofTuesday night. ‘Ali bin Abu Talib,Fadl bin ‘Abbas and hisbrother Qutham, and Shuqran the freed slave ofthe Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) went down in his grave. Aws bin Khawli,who was Abu Laila, saidto ‘Ali bin Abi Talib: ‘I adjure you by Allah!Give us our shareof the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ So ‘Ali said tohim: ‘Comedown.’ Shuqran, his freed slave, had taken a Qatifah whichtheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to wear. He buried it in his graveandsaid, ‘By Allah, no one will ever wear it after you.’ So it wasburied with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”

“Fatimah said to me: ‘OAnas,how did you manage to scatter dust on the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)?’”And Thabit narrated to us from Anas that Fatimah said: “WhentheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed away: ‘O my father! To Jibra’ilweannounce his death; O my father, how much closer he is now to hisLord; O my father, the Paradise of Firdaws is his abode; O my father,he has answered the call of his Lord.” (One of the narrators) Hammadsaid: "I saw Thabit, when he narrated this Hadith, weeping until I could see his ribs moving up and down."

“On the day when the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) entered Al-Madinah, everything was lit up, and on the daywhenhe died, everything went dark, and no sooner had we dusted offourhands (after burying him) but we felt that our hearts hadchanged.”*

“We used to be guarded in ourspeech even with our wives at the time of the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ), fearing that Qur’an may be revealed amongst us, but when theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) died, we began to speak freely.”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)placed aman in his grave at night, and he lit a lamp in his grave.

“Offer the funeral prayer for your dead by night or by day.”

“When ‘Abdullah bin Ubayy died,his son came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,give me your shirt so that I may shroud him in it.’ The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘Notify me when he is ready (i.e., when he hasbeenwashed and shrouded).’ When the Prophet (ﷺ) wanted to offerthefuneral prayer for him: ‘You should not do that.’ The Prophet(ﷺ)offered the funeral prayer for him, and the Prophet (ﷺ) saidto him:‘I have been given two choices: “...ask forgiveness forthem(hypocrites) or ask not forgiveness for them...’” [9:80]Then Allahrevealed: ‘And never pray (the funeral prayer) for anyof them(hypocrites) who dies, nor stand at his grave.’” [9:84]

It wasnarrated from Jabir bin Samurah that a man from among theCompanionsof the Prophet (ﷺ) was wounded, and the wound caused hima greatdeal of pain. He went and took a spearhead, and slaughteredhimselfwith it. The Prophet (ﷺ) did not offer the funeral prayerfor him,and that was as an admonition for others.

“We went out with the Prophet (ﷺ) and when wereached Al-Baqi’, we saw a new grave. He asked about it and theysaid:‘(It is) so-and-so (a woman).’ He recognized the name andsaid: ‘Whydid you not tell me about her?’ They said: ‘You weretaking a nap andyou were fasting, and we did not like to disturbyou.’ He said: ‘Donot do that; I do not want to see it happenagain that one of youdies, while I am still among you, and you donot tell me, for myprayer for him is a mercy.’ Then he went to thegrave and we lined upin rows behind him, and he said four Takbir(i.e. for the funeralprayer).”