The Book of Funerals

Al-Rabi ibn Sulayman informed us: Shuaib ibn al-Layth narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Ibn Ajlan, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurayrah, who reported from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: The son of Adam denies Me, though he has no right to do so, and insults Me, though he has no right to do so. His denial of Me is his claim that I will not recreate him as I began him; yet the later creation is no more difficult for Me than the first. His insult to Me is his claim that Allah has taken a son. I am Allah, the One, the Eternal Refuge. I do not beget, nor was I begotten, and none is equal to Me.

Kathir ibn Ubayd informed us: Muhammad ibn Harb narrated to us, from al-Zubaydi, from al-Zuhri, from Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A man had wronged himself greatly. As death approached, he said to his family, When I die, burn me, then crush me to pieces and scatter me in the wind and in the sea. By Allah, if Allah gains power over me, He will punish me with a punishment unlike any He has given anyone else. His family did that. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said to everything that had taken any part of him, Return what you took. Then he was standing there. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, asked him, What made you do that? He replied, Fear of You. So Allah forgave him.

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: Jarir narrated to us, from Mansur, from Rib i, from Hudhayfah, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: There was a man among those who came before you who thought poorly of his own deeds. When death approached, he said to his family, When I die, burn me, then grind me up and scatter me in the sea. If Allah gains power over me, He will not forgive me. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, commanded the angels, and they received his soul. He asked him, What made you do that? He replied, My Lord, I did that only out of fear of You. So Allah forgave him.

Qutaybah narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Amr, from Said ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ preaching from the pulpit and saying: You will meet Allah, Mighty and Majestic, barefoot, naked, and uncircumcised.

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from Sufyan, who said: al-Mughirah ibn al-Numan narrated to me, from Said ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: On the Day of Resurrection, people will be gathered naked and uncircumcised. The first of creation to be clothed will be Abraham, peace be upon him. Then he recited: As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it.

Amr ibn Uthman informed me: Baqiyyah narrated to us: al-Zubaydi informed me: al-Zuhri informed me, from Urwah, from Aishah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: People will be raised on the Day of Resurrection barefoot, naked, and uncircumcised. Aishah asked, What about their private parts? He replied, On that day, each person will have enough to preoccupy him.

Amr ibn Ali narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us: Abu Yunus al-Qushayri narrated to us: Ibn Abi Mulaykah narrated to me, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, from Aishah, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: You will be gathered barefoot and naked. I asked, With men and women looking at one another? He replied, The matter will be too grave for them to be concerned about that.

Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak informed us: Abu Hisham narrated to us: Wuhayb ibn Khalid, Abu Bakr, narrated to us: Ibn Tawus narrated to us, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: On the Day of Resurrection, people will be gathered in three ways: some hopeful and apprehensive; two riding one camel, three riding one camel, four riding one camel, or ten riding one camel; and the rest will be gathered by the Fire. It will take its midday rest with them wherever they rest, spend the night with them wherever they spend the night, and be with them in the morning and evening wherever they are.

Amr ibn Ali narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from al-Walid ibn Jumay: Abu al-Tufayl narrated to us, from Hudhayfah ibn Asid, from Abu Dharr, who said: The truthful and trusted one ﷺ told me: People will be gathered in three groups: one group riding, well fed, and clothed; one group whom the angels will drag on their faces and whom the Fire will drive together; and one group walking and hastening. Allah will send a calamity upon the riding beasts, so that none remain. A man might offer a garden in exchange for a riding camel with a saddle, but he will be unable to obtain one.

Mahmud ibn Ghaylan informed us: Waki, Wahb ibn Jarir, and Abu Dawud informed us, from Shu bah, from al-Mughirah ibn al-Numan, from Said ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood to exhort the people and said, People, you will be gathered before Allah, Mighty and Majestic, naked. Abu Dawud said, Barefoot and uncircumcised. Waki and Wahb said, Naked and uncircumcised, then he recited, As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. He said, The first to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection will be Abraham, peace be upon him, and he will be brought. Abu Dawud said, He will be brought forward. Wahb and Waki said: Men from my community will be brought and taken toward the left. I will say, My Lord, my companions! It will be said, You do not know what they introduced after you. Then I will say what the righteous servant said: I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me ... [through] ... If You forgive them ... [the verse]. It will be said, These people kept turning away. Abu Dawud said, They apostatized, turning back on their heels ever since you parted from them.

Harun ibn Zayd—Ibn Abi al-Zarqa—informed us: My father narrated to us: Khalid ibn Maysarah narrated to us: I heard Muawiyah ibn Qurrah narrating from his father, who said: When the Prophet of Allah ﷺ sat, a group of his Companions would sit with him. Among them was a man whose young son used to come up behind him, and he would seat him in front of him. The boy died, and the man stopped attending the gathering because remembering his son made him grieve. The Prophet ﷺ noticed his absence and asked, Why do I not see so-and-so? They said, Messenger of Allah, the little son you saw has died. The Prophet ﷺ met the man and asked about his son. When he told him that the boy had died, he offered his condolences and said, So-and-so, which would you prefer: to enjoy his company throughout your life, or to go tomorrow to one of the gates of Paradise and find that he has arrived there before you and is opening it for you? The man said, Prophet of Allah, I would prefer that he arrive at the gate of Paradise before me and open it for me. He said, Then that is yours.

Muhammad ibn Rafi narrated to us, from Abd al-Razzaq, who said: Mamar narrated to us, from Ibn Tawus, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Angel of Death was sent to Moses, peace be upon him. When he came to Moses, Moses struck him and put out his eye. He returned to his Lord and said, You sent me to a servant who does not want to die. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, restored his eye and said, Go back to him and tell him to place his hand on the back of a bull; for every hair covered by his hand, he will have one year. Moses asked, My Lord, then what? He said, Death. Moses said, Then let it be now. He asked Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to bring him to within a stone throw of the Holy Land. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, If I were there, I would show you his grave beside the road beneath the red mound.