The Book on Jana''iz (Funerals)
كتاب الجنائز عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Chapter 50: Something Else (About The Extend Of What Is Acceptable (To Fulfill The Obligation) For Following The Funeral And Carrying It)
"I accompanied Abu Hurairah for ten years, and I heard him saying: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: "Whoever follows a funeral, and carries it three times, then he has fulfilled the right that is required from him."
Chapter 55: What Has Been Related About The One Cloth That Is Placed Under The Deceased In The Grave
His father said: "The one who made the Lahd in the grave of the Messenger of Allah was Abu Talhah. And the one who placed the velvet cloth under him was Shuqran a freed slave of Messenger of Allah."
"A red velvet cloth was placed in the grave of the Prophet."
Chapter 58: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Plaster Graves And Write On Them
"The Messenger of Allah prohibited plastering graves, writing on them, building over them, and treading on them."
Chapter 64: What Has Been Related About Praise For The Deceased
"I arrived in Al-Madinah and while I was sitting with Umar bin Al-Khattab they passed by with a funeral, over (a person) whom they were praising with good. Umar said: 'Granted.' I said to Umar: 'What is granted?' He said: 'I said as the Messenger of Allah said: "There is no Muslim about whom three bear witness, except that he is granted Paradise." He said: "And two (as well)." He said: 'We did not ask the Messenger of Allah about one.'"
Chapter 67: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Flee From The Plague
The Prophet mentioned the plague and said: "It is an abiding punishment or chastisement that was sent upon a group of the children of Isra'il. So when it occurs in a land while you are in it, then do not leave it. And when it occurs in a land while you are not in it, then do not enter it."
Chapter 68: What Has Been Related About: Whoever Loves To Meet Allah, Then Allah Loves To Meet Him
Aishah mentioned that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever loves to meet Allah, then Allah loves to meet him. And whoever dislikes meeting Allah, then Allah dislikes meeting him." She said: "O Messenger of Allah! All of us dislike death." He said: "It is not like that. But when the believer is given the good news of Allah's mercy, His pleasure, and His Paradise, then he loves to meet Allah and Allah loves to meet him. Whereas when the disbeliever is given the news of Allah's punishment and His wrath, he dislikes meeting Allah, and Allah dislikes meeting him."
Chapter 73: What Has Been Related About One Who Died On Friday
The Messenger of Allah said: "No Muslim dies on the day of Friday, nor the night of Friday, except that Allah protects him from the trials of the grave."
Chapter 77: What Has Been Related About: The Believer's Soul Is Suspended By His Debt Until It Is Settled For Him
The Messenger of Allah said: "The believer's soul is suspended by his debt until it is settled for him."
Chapter 46: What Has Been Related About Not Performing The (Funeral) Salat For The Martyr
Jabir bin Abdullah informed him that the Prophet had put two men together in one cloth from those who were killed at (the battle of) Uhud, then he said: "Which of them memorized the more of the Qur'an?" When one of them was indicated to him, he put him in the Lahd (first) and said: "I am a witness for those people on the Day of Judgment." And he ordered that they be buried in their blood, and that they not be prayed over, nor washed.
Chapter 56: What Has Been Related About Leveling The Grave
"Ali said to Abu Al-Hayyaj Al-Asadi: 'I am dispatching you with what the Prophet dispatched me: "That you not leave an elevated grave without leveling it, nor an image without erasing it."
Chapter 62: What has been related about it being disliked for women to visit the graves
"Indeed the Messenger of Allah cursed the women who visit the graves."
Chapter 65: What Has Been Related About The Rewards For One Whose Child Died Before Him
"I heard my grandfather, the father of my mother, Simak bin Al-Walid Al-Hanadi narrating, that he heard Ibn Abbas narrated, that he heard the Messenger of Allah saying: "Whoever has two predecessors (in death) among my Ummah, then Allah will admit them into Paradise."So Aishah said to him: "What about one from your Ummar who has one precessor?" He (pbuh) said: "And whoever has one predecessor O Muwaffaqqah!" So she said: "What about one who does not have a predecessor from your Ummah?" He said: "I am the predecessor for my Ummah: you will never suffer (in grief) for (the loss of) anyone similar to me."
Chapter 66: What Has Been Related About Who The Martyrs Are
"Sulaiman bin Surad said to Khalid bin Urfutah - or, Khalid said to Sulaiman - 'Did you hear the Messenger of Allah saying: "Whoever is killed by his stomach then he will not be punished in the grave"?' One of them said to the other: "Yes."
Chapter 69: What Has Been Related About: The Funeral Prayer Is Not Performed For A Person Who Killed Himself
"A man killed himself, so the Prophet did not perform Salat over him."
Chapter 75: Something Else About The Virtue Of Consoling
The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever consoles a bereaved mother, he will be clothes with a Burd in Paradise."