The Book on Jana''iz (Funerals)

كتاب الجنائز عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 25: What Has Been Related About The Permission For Crying Over The Deceased

Yahya bin Abdur-Rahman narrated from Ibn Umar that

The Prophet said: "The deceased is punished for the crying of his family over him." So, Aishah said: "May Allah have mercy upon him. He has not lied, but he is mistaken. It is only that the Messenger of Allah said about a Jewish man who died: 'The deceased is being punished and his family is crying over him.'"

Jabir bin Abdullah narrated

"The Prophet took Abdur-Rahman bin Awf by the hand and went with him to his son Ibrahim. He found him in his last breaths, so he took him and put him on his lap and cried. Abdur-Rahman said to him: 'You cry? Didn't you prohibit (your followers) from crying?' He said: 'No. But I prohibited two foolish immoral voices: A voice during a calamity while clawing at one's face and tearing one's clothes, and Shaitan's scream.'" And there is more that is stated in the Hadith.

Abdullah bin Abi Bakr - and he is Ibn Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm - narrated from his father, that

Amrah informed him that she heard Aishah, while it was being mentioned to her that Ibn Umar had said that the deceased would be punished for the crying of the living (over him). So Aishah said: 'May Allah forgive Abu Abdur-Rahman. He has not lied, but he is mistaken in the understanding. Rather, the Messenger of Allah passed by a Jewish woman who was being cried over, so he said: 'They are crying over her and she is being punished in her grave.'"

Chapter 26: What Has Been Related About Walking In Front Of (The Deceased Being Carried For) The Funeral

Salim narrated that

His father said: "I saw the Prophet, Abu Bakr, and Umar walking in front of the funeral."

Salim bin Abdullah narrated that his father said

"I saw the Prophet, Abu Bakr, and Umar walking in front of the funeral."

Az-Zuhri said

"The Prophet, Abu Bakr, and Umar would walk in front of the funeral." Az-Zuhri said: "Salim informed me that his father would walk in front of the funeral."

Anas bin Malik narrated

"The Messenger of Allah would walk in front of the funeral, as did Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman."

Chapter 27: What Has Been Related About Walking Behind (The Deceased Being Carried For) The Funeral

Yahya, the Imam of Banu Taimillah, narrated from Abu Majid

From Abdullah bin Mas'ud who said: "We asked the Messenger of Allah about walking behind the funeral. He said: 'Less than a trot. For if he was good, then you will be hastening him to it (goodness), and if he was evil, then it id only an inhabitant of the Fire that is being taken away." The funeral is (to be) followed. The one who precedes it shall not have the reward of those who follow it.'"

Chapter 28: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Ride Behind The Funeral

Thawban narrated

"We went with the Prophet (following) a funeral. He saw people riding so he said: 'Are you not ashamed? Indeed Allah's angels are on their feet, while you are on the backs of your beasts'"

Chapter 29: What Has Been Related About Permitting That

Jabir bin Samurah narrated

"We were with the Prophet (following) the funeral of Ibn Ad-Dahbah, and he was on a horse that was walking quickly, and we were around him, and he was trotting."

Jabir bin Samurah narrated

"The Prophet followed the funeral of Ibn Ad-Dahdah walking and he returned on horseback."

Chapter 30: What Has Been Related About Haste For The Funeral (Procession)

Abu Hurairah narrated that

The Prophet said: "Hurry up with the funeral (procession) for if it was good, you are advancing it to good, and if it was evil, then you are taking it off your necks."

Chapter 31: What Has Been Related About Those Killed At Uhud, and Mention of Hamzah

Anas bin Malik narrated

"The Messenger of Allah came to Hamza on the Day of Uhud, he stood over him and saw that he had been mutilated. He said: Had it not been that Safiyyah would be distressed, then I would have left him to be eaten by the beasts until he was gathered on the Day of Judgment from their stomachs." He said: "Then he called for a Namirah to shroud him with. When it was extended over his head, it left his feet exposed, and when it was extended over his feet, it left his head exposed." He said: "There were many dead and few cloths." He said: "One, two and three men were shrouded in one cloth and buried in one grave." He said: "So the Messenger of Allah was asking which of them knew the most Quran, so he could put him toward the Qibalh." He said: "So the Messenger of Allah buried them and he did not perform (funeral prayers) for them."

Chapter 32: Something Else (Regarding The Sunnah For Visiting The Sick And Attending The Funeral)

Anas bin Malik narrated

"The Messenger of Allah would visit the sick, attend the funerals, ride a donkey, accept the invitation of a slave, and on the Day of Banu Quraizah he was on a donkey muzzled with a cord of fibers and a pack-saddle made of fibers."

Chapter 33: Where Are The Prophets To Be Buried?

Aishah narrated

"When the Messenger of Allah died, they disagreed over where to bury him. So Abu Bakr said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah saying something which I have not forgotten, he said: "Allah does not take (the life of ) a Prophet except at the location in which He wants him to be buried.'" So they buried him at the spot of his bed."

Chapter 34: Something Else (Regarding The Order To Mention Good Things About The Deceased And To Refrain From Mentioning Their Evil)

Ibn Umar narrated that

The Messenger of Allah said: "Mention good things about your dead, and refrain from (mentioning) their evil."

Chapter 35: What Has Been Related About Sitting Before The Deceased Is Placed In The Grave

Ubadah bin As-Samit said

"When the Messenger of Allah follows a corpse, he would not sit until (the deceased was) placed in the Lahd. A rabbi came upon him and said: 'This is what we do, O Muhammad'" He said: "So the Messenger of Allah sat, and he said: 'Differ from them.'"

Chapter 36: The Virtue In The Calamity When One Patiently Seeks A Reward For It

Abu Sinan said

"I buried my son Sinan and Abu Talhah Al-Khawlani was sitting on the rim of the grave. When I wanted to leave he took me by my hand and said: 'Shall I not inform you of some good new O Abu Sinan!' I said: 'Of course.' He said: 'Ad-Dahhak bin Abdur-Rahman bin Arzab narrated to me, from Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'When a child of the slave (of Allah) died, Allah says to the angels: "Have you taken the fruits of his work." They reply: "Yes." So He says: "What did My slave say?" They reply: "He praised you and mentioned that to You is the return." So Allah says: "Build a house in Paradise for My slave, and name it 'the house of praise.'"

Chapter 37: What Has Been Related About The Takbir For the Funeral (Prayer)

Abu Hurairah narrated

"The Prophet prayed and in the funeral prayer he for An-Najashi, said four Takbir."

Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila said

"Zaid bin Arqam would say four Takbir for our funerals. (Once) he said five Takbir for a funeral so we asked him about that and he said: 'The Messenger of Allah would say those Takbir.'"