“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbade eulogies.”

“Thedeceased is punished for the wailing over him.”

“The deceased ispunished for the weeping of the living. If they say: ‘O mystrength, O he who clothed us, O my help, O my rock,’ and so on, heis rebuked and it is said: ‘Were you really like that? Were youreally like that?’” Asid said: "I said: 'Subhan-Allah! Allah says: "And no bearer of burdens shall another's burden (35:18)." He said: "Woe to you, I tell you that Abu Musa narrated to me from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and you think that Abu Musa was telling lies about the Prophet (ﷺ)? Or do you think that I am telling lies about Abu Musa?"

“A Jewish woman had died, and theProphet (ﷺ) heard the weeping for her. He said: ‘Her family isweeping for her, and she is being punished in her grave.’”

"Patience should come with the first shock."

“Allahsays:‘O son of Adam! If you are patient and seek reward at the momentoffirst shock, I will not approve of any reward for you less thanParadise.’”

“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.’”

TheProphet(ﷺ) said: “Whoever was stricken with a calamity and when heremembers it he says ‘Inna lillahi, wa inna ilayhi raji’un(Truly, toAllah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return),’even though ithappened a long time ago, Allah will record for him areward like thatof the day it befell him.”

“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.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:‘Whoever consoles a person stricken by calamity will have arewardequal to his.’”

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

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)say:‘There is no Muslim, three of whose children die before reachingthe age of puberty, but they will meet him at the eight gates ofParadise and whichever one he wants he will enter through it.’”

“Thereare no two Muslims (mother and father), three of whose childrendiebefore reaching the age of puberty, but Allah will admit them toParadise by virtue of His mercy towards them.”

“Whoever sends fourth three of his children who had not reachedtheage of puberty, they will be a strong fortification for himagainstthe Fire.” Abu Dharr said: “I sent forth two.” He said: “Andtwo” Ubayy bin Ka’b, the chief of the reciters, said: “I sentforthone.” He said: “Even one.”

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

“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.’”

“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).”

“When news of thedeath of Ja’far was brought, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘Prepare food for the family of Ja’far, for there has come tothemthat which is keeping them busy or something which is keepingthembusy.”

“When Ja’far was killed, the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) went to his family and said: ‘The family of Ja’fararebusy with the matter of their deceased, so prepare food forthem.’” (One of the narrators) Abdullah said: "That continued to be the Sunnah, until innovations were introduced, then it was abandoned."