The Book of Visiting the Sick

كتاب عيادة المريض وتشييع الميت والصلاة عليه وحضور دفنه

Chapter 12: Participation in Funeral Prayer and Procession and the dislike of Women Participating in the Funeral Procession

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Whosoever attends the funeral of a Muslim believing and hoping for the reward from Allah and remains with it until the prayer is offered over it and the burial is completed, he will return with a reward of two Qirat; each Qirat is equivalent to Mount Uhud; and whosoever offers his prayer over it and returns before its burial, he will come back with one Qirat."[Al- Bukhari].

Chapter 13: Excellence of Participation in Funeral Prayers in Large Numbers and Formation of Three Rows or More

Marthad bin 'Abdullah Al-Yazni reported

When Malik bin Hubairah (May Allah be pleased with him) offered a funeral prayer and found a small number of participants, he would divide them into three rows and would say that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If three rows of men offer funeral prayer over anyone, his entry into Jannah will become certain."[Abu Dawud and At- Tirmidhi].

Chapter 14: Supplications in Funeral Prayers

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "When you pray over the dead, make a sincere supplication for him."[Abu Dawud].

Wathilah bin Al-Asqa' (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led the funeral prayer of a Muslim man in our presence, and I heard him saying "Allahumma inna [name of the dead person] fi dhimmatika wa habli jiwarika, faqihi fitnatal- qabri; wa 'adhaban-Nari, wa Anta ahlul-wafa'i wal-hamdi; Allahumma faghfir lahu warhamhu, innaka Antal-Ghafur-ur-Rahim [If the dead person is a woman, one can change hu in some words here with ha] [O Allah, (so-and-so son of so-and-so) is in Your Protection and inside the surroundings of Your Refuge. Safeguard him from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the Hell. You keep Your Promise and You deserve to be praised. O Allah! Forgive him and be merciful to him. Indeed, You are the Forgiving, the Merciful]."[Abu Dawud].

Chapter 17: Admonition beside the Grave

`Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 18: Supplication for the Deceased after his Burial

Abu `Amr (also called Abu `Abdullah and also Abu Laila) from `Uthman bin `Affan (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

[Abu Dawud].

Chapter 1: Visiting the Sick

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Every Muslim has five rights over another Muslim (i.e., he has to perform five duties for another Muslim): to return the greetings, to visit the sick, to accompany funeral processions, to accept an invitation, to respond to the sneezer [i.e., to say: 'Yarhamuk-Allah (may Allah bestow His Mercy on you),' when the sneezer praises Allah]."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Abu Musa (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

[Al-Bukhari].

Chapter 2: Supplication for the Sick

Sa'd bin Abu Waqqas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited me during my illness and supplicated, "O Allah! Cure Sa'd. O Allah! Cure Sa'd. O' Allah! Cure Sa'd."[Muslim].

Abu 'Abdullah bin Abul-'as (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

I complained to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about a pain I had in my body. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Place your hand where you feel pain and say: 'Bismillah (With the Name of Allah)' three times; and then repeat seven times: 'A'udhu bi'izzatillahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa 'uhadhiru (I seek refuge with Allah and with His Power from the evil that afflicts me and that which I apprehend)."'[Muslim].

Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported

The Prophet (ﷺ) visited a bedouin who was sick. Whenever he visited an ailing person, he would say, "La ba'sa, tahurun in sha' Allah [No harm, (it will be a) purification (from sins), if Allah wills]."[Al-Bukhari].

Chapter 6: Permissibility of expressing feelings of agony in Serious Illness

Al-Qasim bin Muhammad reported 'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said

"Oh, my head." (It was hurting due to pain.) Thereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Rather it is I who says: 'Oh, my headache."' (Then Al-Qasim narrated the complete narration).[Al- Bukhari].

Chapter 8: Supplication to be made soon after a Person's Death

Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported

[Muslim].

Chapter 9: Good Words to be Uttered before a dying Person and his Family

Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "When a person suffers from a calamity and utters: 'Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un. Allahumma ujurni fi musibati, wakhluf li khairan minha (We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. O Allah! Compensate me in my affliction, recompense my loss and give me something better in exchange for it), then Allah surely compensates him with reward and better substitute." Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: When Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with him) died, I repeated the same supplication as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had commanded me (to do). So Allah bestowed upon me a better substitute than him (I was married to Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)).[Muslim].

Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When a man's child dies, Allah, the Exalted, asks His angels, 'Have you taken out the life of the child of My slave?' and they reply in the affirmative. He (SWT) then asks, 'Have you taken the fruit of his heart?' and they reply in the affirmative. Thereupon He asks, 'What did my slave say?' They say: 'He praised You and said: Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return).' Allah says: 'Build a house for my slave in Jannah and name it Baitul-Hamd (the House of Praise)."'[At-Tirmidhi].

Chapter 10: The Ruling of crying and wailing over a Dead Person

Usamah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

A grandson (child of the daughter) of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was presented to him while the child was at his last breath. Tears began to flow from the eyes of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Sa'd said to him: "What is this, O Messenger of Allah?" He (ﷺ) said, "It is mercy which Allah has placed in the hearts of his salves. Allah bestows His Mercy on the merciful among His slaves."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to his son Ibrahim (May Allah be pleased with him) when he was breathing his last. The eyes of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began shedding tears. 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf (May Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah, you too weep?" He (ﷺ) said, "O Ibn 'Auf! It is mercy." Then he began to weep and said, "The eyes are shedding tears and the heart is grieved, and we will not say except what pleases our Rubb. O Ibrahim! Indeed we are grieved by your departure."[Al-Bukhari].

Chapter 11: Prohibition of Disclosing the Physical defects of the Deceased

Abu Rafi` Aslam (May Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reported

[Al-Hakim].

Chapter 15: Haste in Burial

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When a dead body is placed on a bier and men carry it on their shoulders, if he was a pious man, it (corpse) says: 'Take me in haste.' But if he was not righteous, it says to its bearers: 'Woe to it. Where are you taking it?' Everything except man hears its voice. Had a human being heard its voice, he would have surely fallen into swoon."[Al- Bukhari].