Book 23: Funerals
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1241
فَوَاللَّهِ لَكَأَنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنْزَلَ الآيَةَ حَتَّى تَلاَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْهُ النَّاسُ فَمَا يُسْمَعُ بَشَرٌ إِلاَّ يَتْلُوهَا.
Bishr bin Muhammad narrated to us, he said: Abdullah (bin Mubarak) told us. He said: Ma'mar and Yunus told us that it is narrated from Zuhri. He said: Abu Salamah told me that Hazrat Aishah (ra), the wife of the Prophet (saw), narrated to him. She said: Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) came riding on a horse from his house, which was at Sunh, dismounted and went into the mosque, and did not speak to the people. He came in to Hazrat Aishah (ra) and went straight to the Prophet (saw), who had been covered with a striped sheet. (Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra)) uncovered his face. Then he bent over him, kissed him and then wept, and said: O Prophet of Allah! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you. Allah, the Exalted, will not bring two deaths upon you. The death which Allah, the Exalted, had decreed for you has come upon you. Abu Salamah said that Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) told him that Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) came out, and Hazrat Umar (ra) was talking to the people. (Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra)) said: Sit down. He would not. Then he said: Sit down. He would not. At this Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) recited the testimony of faith (Shahadah), and the people turned towards him and left Hazrat Umar (ra). Then Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) said: Amma ba'du (Now then). If any of you used to worship Muhammad (saw), then know that Muhammad (saw) has died, and whoever used to worship Allah should be certain that Allah is Living and will never die. Allah, the Exalted, says: “And Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him. {If then he dies or be slain, will you turn back on your heels? And he who turns back on his heels shall not harm Allah at all. And Allah will certainly reward the grateful.}” (Qur’an 3:145)
By Allah! It seemed as though the people did not know, until Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) recited it, that Allah, the Exalted, had revealed this verse too, and as though the people had learned this verse from Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra). Then every person one heard was reciting this very verse.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1242
فَوَاللَّهِ لَكَأَنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنْزَلَ الآيَةَ حَتَّى تَلاَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْهُ النَّاسُ فَمَا يُسْمَعُ بَشَرٌ إِلاَّ يَتْلُوهَا.
Bishr bin Muhammad narrated to us, he said: Abdullah (bin Mubarak) told us. He said: Ma'mar and Yunus told us that it is narrated from Zuhri. He said: Abu Salamah told me that Hazrat Aishah (ra), the wife of the Prophet (saw), narrated to him. She said: Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) came riding on a horse from his house, which was at Sunh, dismounted and went into the mosque, and did not speak to the people. He came in to Hazrat Aishah (ra) and went straight to the Prophet (saw), who had been covered with a striped sheet. (Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra)) uncovered his face. Then he bent over him, kissed him and then wept, and said: O Prophet of Allah! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you. Allah, the Exalted, will not bring two deaths upon you. The death which Allah, the Exalted, had decreed for you has come upon you. Abu Salamah said that Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) told him that Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) came out, and Hazrat Umar (ra) was talking to the people. (Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra)) said: Sit down. He would not. Then he said: Sit down. He would not. At this Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) recited the testimony of faith (Shahadah), and the people turned towards him and left Hazrat Umar (ra). Then Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) said: Amma ba'du (Now then). If any of you used to worship Muhammad (saw), then know that Muhammad (saw) has died, and whoever used to worship Allah should be certain that Allah is Living and will never die. Allah, the Exalted, says: “And Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him. {If then he dies or be slain, will you turn back on your heels? And he who turns back on his heels shall not harm Allah at all. And Allah will certainly reward the grateful.}” (Qur’an 3:145) By Allah! It seemed as though the people did not know, until Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) recited it, that Allah, the Exalted, had revealed this verse too, and as though the people had learned this verse from Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra). Then every person one heard was reciting this very verse.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1237
Musa bin Isma'il narrated to us, (he said:) Mahdi bin Maimun narrated to us. (He said:) Wasil (bin Hayyan) Ahdab told us. Wasil narrated from Ma'rur bin Suwaid, Ma'rur from Hazrat Abu Dharr (Ghifari) (ra), that he said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “One who came from my Lord came to me and told me,” or he said: “gave me the glad tidings, that whoever of my Ummah dies in such a state that he does not associate anything with Allah, the Exalted, will enter Paradise.” I said: Even if he has committed adultery, even if he has stolen? He said: “Even if he has committed adultery, even if he has stolen.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1238
Umar bin Hafs narrated to us, (he said:) My father narrated to us. (He said:) A'mash told us, (he said:) Shaqiq (bin Salamah) told us that it is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (ra) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Whoever dies associating anyone with Allah, the Exalted, will enter the Fire.” And I (that is, Abdullah bin Mas'ud (ra)) say: Whoever dies in such a state that he does not associate anyone with Allah, the Exalted, will enter Paradise.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1239
Abul Walid narrated to us, (he said:) Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Ash'ath (bin Abish Sha'tha). He said: I heard Mu'awiyah bin Suwaid bin Muqarrin narrating from Hazrat Bara (bin Azib) (ra) that he used to say: The Prophet (saw) commanded us to do seven things and forbade us seven things. He commanded us to accompany funerals, to visit the sick, to accept the invitation of the one who invites, to help the one who is wronged, to fulfil oaths, to return the greeting of peace (Salam) and to pray for the one who sneezes. And he forbade us silver vessels, the gold ring, silk garments, Dibaj, Qassi and Istabraq (to wear).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1240
Muhammad (Dhuhli) narrated to us, (he said:) Amr bin Abi Salamah (Tinnisi) told us. It is narrated from Auza'i that he said: Ibn Shihab informed us, he said: Sa'id bin Musayyab told me that Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: “The rights of a Muslim over a Muslim are five: returning the greeting of peace (Salam), visiting the sick, accompanying funerals, accepting an invitation and praying for the one who sneezes.” (Like Amr bin Abi Salamah,) Abdur Razzaq (also) related this (hadith), he said: Ma'mar told us; and Salamah narrated it, having heard it from Uqail.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1243
Yahya bin Bukair narrated to us, (he said:) Laith told us. He narrated from Uqail, Uqail from Ibn Shihab. He said: Kharijah bin Zaid bin Thabit told me that Hazrat Umm-ul-Ala (ra), who was a woman of the Ansar who had taken the pledge of allegiance (Bai'at) at the hand of the Prophet (saw), told him: The Emigrants were distributed by casting lots. Hazrat Uthman bin Maz'un (ra) fell to our share, and we kept him as a guest in our houses. Then he was afflicted with the illness of which he died. When he died and had been washed and shrouded in his own clothes, the Messenger of Allah (saw) came in. I said: O Abus Sa'ib (Uthman bin Maz'un (ra))! The mercy of Allah be upon you. My testimony concerning you is that Allah, the Exalted, has surely honoured you. The Prophet (saw) said: “How do you know that Allah, the Exalted, has honoured him?” I said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! May my father be sacrificed for you. Then whom else will Allah honour? He said: “As for him, his state is that death has come upon him, and by Allah, I hope only for good for him. And by Allah, even I do not know, although I am the Messenger of Allah (saw), what will be done with me.” Hazrat Umm-ul-Ala (ra) used to say: By Allah, after this I shall never say of anyone that he is pure.
Sa'id bin Ufair narrated to us, (he said:) Laith told us the same, and Nafi bin Yazid, narrating from Uqail, reported these words (that the Holy Prophet (saw) said): “I do not know what will be done with him.” And (like Uqail) Shu'aib, Amr bin Dinar and Ma'mar also related this hadith.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1244
Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us, (he said:) Ghundar told us. (He said:) Shu'bah narrated to us, he said: I heard Muhammad bin Munkadir. He used to say: I heard Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra). He said: When my father was martyred, I uncovered his face and began to weep, and the people were stopping me, but the Prophet (saw) did not stop me. My paternal aunt Hazrat Fatimah (ra) also began to weep. Then the Prophet (saw) said: “Whether you weep or do not weep, the angels kept shading him with their wings until you lifted him up.” (Like Shu'bah,) Ibn Juraij also related this narration: (Muhammad) bin Munkadir told me; he heard Hazrat Jabir (ra).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1245
Isma'il narrated to us, he said: Malik told me. He narrated from Ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab from Sa'id bin Musayyab, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) gave the news of the death of the Negus (Najashi) (ra) on the very day he died. He went to the place of the Eid prayer, had the people form rows and said four Takbirs.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1246
Abu Ma'mar narrated to us, (he said:) Abdul Warith narrated to us. (He said:) Ayyub told us. He narrated from Humaid bin Hilal, Humaid from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra), that he said: The Prophet (saw) said: “Zaid (ra) took the banner. He was martyred. Then Ja'far (ra) took it. He too was martyred. Then Abdullah bin Rawahah (ra) took it. He too was martyred.” (He kept saying this,) and his state was that tears were flowing from his eyes. “Then Hazrat Khalid (ra) bin Walid took it without being appointed commander, and victory was granted to him.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1247
Muhammad (bin Salam Baikandi) narrated to us, (he said:) Abu Mu'awiyah told us. He narrated from Abu Ishaq Shaibani, Shaibani from Sha'bi, Sha'bi from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), that he said: A man died whom the Messenger of Allah (saw) used to visit in his illness. He died at night, and the people buried him that same night. When morning came, they informed him. He said: “What prevented you from informing me?” They said: It was night and it was dark, so we did not like to trouble you. He came to his grave and prayed (the funeral) prayer.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1248
Abu Ma'mar narrated to us, (he said:) Abdul Warith narrated to us. (He said:) Abdul Aziz told us. He narrated from Hazrat Anas (ra) that he used to say: The Prophet (saw) said: “Any Muslim among the people whose three children die before they have reached the age of discerning good from evil, Allah, the Exalted, will surely admit him into Paradise by virtue of His mercy towards them.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1250
And Sharik narrated from Ibn Asbahani thus: Abu Salih (Dhakwan) told me. He narrated from Hazrat Abu Sa'id and Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), they from the Prophet (saw). Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) also said: Who have not reached the age of discerning good and evil.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1251
Ali (bin Madini) narrated to us, (he said:) Sufyan narrated to us. He said: I heard Zuhri that it is narrated from Sa'id bin Musayyab. He narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He said: “A Muslim whose three children die will not enter the Fire, except to fulfil the oath.” Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari (rh)) recited this verse: “And there is not one of you but will come to it.” (Qur’an 19:72)
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1252
Adam (bin Abi Iyas) narrated to us, (he said:) Shu'bah narrated to us. (He said:) Thabit told us. He narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra) that he said: The Prophet (saw) passed by a woman who was (sitting) by a grave, weeping. He said: “Make Allah your shield and be patient.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1253
Isma'il bin Abdullah (bin Abi Uwais) narrated to us, he said: Malik told me. He narrated from Ayyub Sakhtiyani, Ayyub from Muhammad bin Sirin, he from Hazrat Umm Atiyyah Ansariyyah (ra), that she used to say: When the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (saw) died, he came to us and said: “Wash her three or five times with water and lote-tree leaves (Sidr), or more than that if you think fit, and in the last washing put camphor,” or he said: “put some camphor. When you have finished, inform me.” So when we had finished, we informed him. He gave us his waist-wrapper and said: “Wrap this around her,” meaning his waist-wrapper.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1254
Muhammad (bin Muthanna) narrated to us, (he said:) Abdul Wahhab Thaqafi told us. He narrated from Ayyub, Ayyub from Muhammad (bin Sirin), he from Hazrat Umm Atiyyah (ra), that she used to say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) came to us while we were washing his daughter, and he said: “Wash her three or five times, or more than that, with water and lote-tree leaves (Sidr), and in the last washing put camphor, and when you have finished, inform me.” When we had finished, we informed him. He threw his waist-wrapper towards us and said: “Wrap this around her.” Ayyub used to say that Hafsah also narrated to me like the narration of Muhammad (bin Sirin), and in Hafsah's narration were these words: “Wash her an odd number of times,” and in it was also: “three or five or seven times,” and in it was also that he said: “Begin with her right sides and the parts washed in ablution (Wudu),” and in it was also that Hazrat Umm Atiyyah (ra) said: We combed her and made her hair into three braids.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1255
Ali bin Abdullah (Madini) narrated to us, (he said:) Isma'il bin Ibrahim narrated to us. (He said:) Khalid (Hadhdha) told us. He narrated from Hafsah bint Sirin, Hafsah from Hazrat Umm Atiyyah (ra), that she used to say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said concerning the washing of his daughter: “Begin with her right sides and with the parts washed in her ablution (Wudu).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1256
Yahya bin Musa narrated to us, (he said:) Waki' told us. He narrated from Sufyan (Thauri), Sufyan from Khalid Hadhdha, Khalid from Hafsah bint Sirin, Hafsah from Hazrat Umm Atiyyah (ra), that she used to say: When we began to wash the daughter of the Prophet (saw), he said to us while we were still washing her: “Begin first with her right parts and the places of ablution (Wudu).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1257
Abdur Rahman bin Hammad narrated to us, he said: (Abdullah) bin Aun told us. He narrated from Muhammad (bin Sirin), he from Hazrat Umm Atiyyah (ra), that she used to say: The daughter of the Prophet (saw) died, and he said to us: “Wash her three or five times, or more than that if you think fit. When you have finished, inform me.” When we had finished, we informed him, and he took off his waist-wrapper from his waist, gave it and said: “Wrap it around her.”
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