The Book of Funerals

كتاب الجنائز

Chapter 1: Wishing For Death

It was narrated form Anas that the Messenger of Allah said

"None of you should wish for death because of some harm that befalls him, rather he should say: 'Allahumma ahini ma kanatil-hayatu khairanli wa tawaffani idha kanatil-wafatu khairanli (O Allah, keep me alive so alive so long as life is good for me, and cause me to die when death is good for me.)"'

Chapter 3: Remembering Death Often

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Remember often the destroyer of pleasures."' (Hasan)Abu 'Abdur-Rahaman (An-Nasai) said: Muhammad bin Ibrahim (one of the narrators) is the father of Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaibah.

Chapter 4: Prompting The Dying Person Talqin

It was narrated that Abu Saeed said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Prompt your dying ones to say La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah)."'

Chapter 5: The Sign Of The Death Of A Believer

It was narrated from (Ibn Buraidah) that his father said

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'The believer dies with sweat on his forehead."'

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Chapter 1: Wishing For Death

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah said

"None of you should wish for death. Either he is a doer of good, so perhaps he may do more good, or he is an evildoer but perhaps he will give up his evil ways."

Chapter 2: Praying For Death

It was narrated that Anas said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Do not pray for death or wish for it. Whoever insists on praying for it let him say: Allahumma ahini ma kanatil-hayatu khairanli wa tawaffani idha kanatil-wafatu khairanli (O Allah, keep me alive so long as life is good for me, and cause me to die when death is good for me.)"'

Chapter 4: Prompting The Dying Person Talqin

It was narrated that 'Aishah said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Prompt your dying ones to say La ilaha illahllah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah)."'

Chapter 1: Wishing For Death

It was narrated from Abu Ubaid the freed slave of 'Abdur-Rahman bin Awf that he heard Abu Huraidah say

'None of you should wish for death. Either he is a doer of good, so if he lives he will do more good or he is a doer of evil but perhaps he will give up his evil ways."'

It was narrated that Anas said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'None of you should wish for death because of some harm that befalls him. If he must wish for death, let him say: Allahumma ahini ma kanatil-hayatu khairantli wa tawaffani idha kanatil-wafatu khairanli (O Allah, keep me alive so long as life is good for me, and cause me to die when death is good for me)"

Chapter 2: Praying For Death

Qais said

"I entered upon Khabbab when he had been cauterized on his stomach seven times. He said: 'Were it not that the Messenger of Allah forbade us to pray for death, I would have prayed for it."'

Chapter 3: Remembering Death Often

It was narrated that Umm Salamah said

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'When you see the dead, say something good, for the angels say Amin to whatever you say; When Abu Salamah died, I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what should I say?' He said: 'Say" Allahummaghfirlanaa wa lahu wa a 'qibni minhu 'uqbai hasanah (O Allah, forgive us and him, and compensate me well for this loss.)"' Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, compensated me with Muhammad."

Chapter 5: The Sign Of The Death Of A Believer

It is narrated from 'Abdullah bin Buraidah, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah said

"The believer dies with sweat on his forehead."

Chapter 8: Dying Somewhere Othre Than The Place Where One Was Born

It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr said

"A man who had been born in Al-Madinah died there, and the Messenger of Allah prayed for him, then he said: 'Would that he had died somewhere other than the place where he was born.' They said: 'Why is that, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: If a man dies somewhere other than the place where he was born, a space in him equal to the distance between the place where he was born and the place where he died."

Chapter 10: One who loves to meet Allah

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said;"The Messenger of Allah said

Allah loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him." (One of the narrators) Shuraih said: 'I went to Aishan and said: O mother of the believers! I heard Abu Hurairah narrate from the Messenger of Allah a Hadith which, if that is the case, we are all doomed. She said: 'What is that?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah said: Whoever loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him. But there is no one among us who does not hate death.' She said: 'The Messenger of Allah did say that, but it is not what you think. When the eyes begin to stare, the death rattle sounds in the chest and the flesh shiver, at that point, whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him."'

Chapter 14: Prohibition of weeping for the dead

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar, from 'Umar, that the Prophet said

"The deceased is punished due to the weeping of his family for him."

Chapter 25: One who Loses Three

It was narrated that Sa'sa'ah bin Mu'awiyah said

"I met Abu Dharr and said: 'Tell me a Hadith.' He said: the Messenger of Allah said: There are no two Muslims, three of whose children die before reaching puberty, but Allah will forgive them by virtue of His mercy towards them."'

Chapter 27: Announcement of Death

Abu Salamah and Ibn Al-Musayyab narrated that Abu Hurairah told them, that

the Messenger of Allah had told them of the death of An-Najashi, the ruler of Ethiopia, on the day that he died, and he said: "Pray for forgiveness for your brother."

Chapter 28: Washing the Deceased with water and lote leaves

It was narrated from Muhammad bin Sirin that Umm 'Atiyyah Al-Ansariyyah said

"The Messenger of Allah entered upon us when his daughter died, and said: 'Wash her three times or five, or more if you think (that is needed), with water and lote leaves, and put some camphor in it the last time, and when you have finished call me.' When we finished we called him and he gave us his waist-wrap, and said: 'Shroud her in it."'

Chapter 35: Camphor for washing the Deceased

Ayyub narrated from Muhammad, who said

"Hafsah informed me that Umm 'Atiyyah said: 'We put her hair in three braids."'