Sahih al-Bukhari — Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to invoke (Allah): "Allahumma ini a`udhu bika min 'adhabi-l-Qabr, wa min 'adhabi-nnar, wa min fitnati-l-mahya wa-lmamat, wa min fitnati-l-masih ad-dajjal. (O Allah! I seek refuge with you from the punishment in the grave and from the punishment in the Hell fire and from the afflictions of life and death, and the afflictions of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal)

حدثنا مسلم بن ابراهيم، حدثنا هشام، حدثنا يحيى، عن ابي سلمة، عن ابي هريرة رضى الله عنه قال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يدعو " اللهم اني اعوذ بك من عذاب القبر، ومن عذاب النار، ومن فتنة المحيا والممات، ومن فتنة المسيح الدجال

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves and said, "They (the deceased persons in those graves) are being tortured not for a great thing to avoid." And then added, "Yes, (they are being punished for a big sin), for one of them used to go about with calumnies while the other never saved himself from being soiled with his urine." (Ibn `Abbas added): Then he took a green leaf of a date-palm) and split it into two pieces and fixed one piece on each grave and said, "May their punishment be abated till these (two pieces) get dry

حدثنا قتيبة، حدثنا جرير، عن الاعمش، عن مجاهد، عن طاوس، قال ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما مر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم على قبرين فقال " انهما ليعذبان، وما يعذبان من كبير ثم قال بلى اما احدهما فكان يسعى بالنميمة، واما احدهما فكان لا يستتر من بوله ". قال ثم اخذ عودا رطبا فكسره باثنتين ثم غرز كل واحد منهما على قبر، ثم قال " لعله يخفف عنهما ما لم ييبسا

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When anyone of you dies, he is shown his place both in the morning and in the evening. If he is one of the people of Paradise; he is shown his place in it, and if he is from the people of the Hell-Fire; he is shown his place there-in. Then it is said to him, 'This is your place till Allah resurrect you on the Day of Resurrection

حدثنا اسماعيل، قال حدثني مالك، عن نافع، عن عبد الله بن عمر رضى الله عنهما ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " ان احدكم اذا مات عرض عليه مقعده بالغداة والعشي، ان كان من اهل الجنة فمن اهل الجنة، وان كان من اهل النار فمن اهل النار، فيقال هذا مقعدك حتى يبعثك الله يوم القيامة

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the funeral is ready (for its burial) and the people lift it on their shoulders, then if the deceased is a righteous person he says, 'Take me ahead,' and if he is not a righteous one then he says, 'Woe to it (me)! Where are you taking it (me)?' And his voice is audible to everything except human beings; and if they heard it they would fall down unconscious

حدثنا قتيبة، حدثنا الليث، عن سعيد بن ابي سعيد، عن ابيه، انه سمع ابا سعيد الخدري رضى الله عنه يقول قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " اذا وضعت الجنازة فاحتملها الرجال على اعناقهم، فان كانت صالحة قالت قدموني قدموني. وان كانت غير صالحة قالت يا ويلها اين يذهبون بها. يسمع صوتها كل شىء الا الانسان، ولو سمعها الانسان لصعق

Narrated Anas bin Malik:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Any Muslim whose three children died before the age of puberty will be granted Paradise by Allah because of His mercy to them

حدثنا يعقوب بن ابراهيم، حدثنا ابن علية، حدثنا عبد العزيز بن صهيب، عن انس بن مالك رضى الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " ما من الناس مسلم يموت له ثلاثة من الولد لم يبلغوا الحنث الا ادخله الله الجنة بفضل رحمته اياهم

Narrated Al-Bara':When Ibrahim (the son of Prophet) expired, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There is a wet-nurse for him in Paradise

حدثنا ابو الوليد، حدثنا شعبة، عن عدي بن ثابت، انه سمع البراء رضى الله عنه قال لما توفي ابراهيم عليه السلام قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " ان له مرضعا في الجنة

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about the children of (Mushrikeen) pagans. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Since Allah created them, He knows what sort of deeds they would have done

حدثنا حبان، اخبرنا عبد الله، اخبرنا شعبة، عن ابي بشر، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن ابن عباس رضى الله عنهم قال سيل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن اولاد المشركين فقال " الله اذ خلقهم اعلم بما كانوا عاملين

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about the offspring of pagans (Mushrikeen); so he said, "Allah knows what sort of deeds they would have done

حدثنا ابو اليمان، اخبرنا شعيب، عن الزهري، قال اخبرني عطاء بن يزيد الليثي، انه سمع ابا هريرة رضى الله عنه يقول سيل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عن ذراري المشركين فقال " الله اعلم بما كانوا عاملين

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Every child is born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) and his parents convert him to Judaism or Christianity or Magianism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do you find it mutilated?

حدثنا ادم، حدثنا ابن ابي ذيب، عن الزهري، عن ابي سلمة بن عبد الرحمن، عن ابي هريرة رضى الله عنه قال قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " كل مولود يولد على الفطرة، فابواه يهودانه او ينصرانه او يمجسانه، كمثل البهيمة تنتج البهيمة، هل ترى فيها جدعاء

Narrated Samura bin Jundab:Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) finished the (morning) prayer, he would face us and ask, "Who amongst you had a dream last night?" So if anyone had seen a dream he would narrate it. The Prophet (ﷺ) would say: "Ma sha'a-llah" (An Arabic maxim meaning literally, 'What Allah wished,' and it indicates a good omen.) One day, he asked us whether anyone of us had seen a dream. We replied in the negative. The Prophet said, "But I had seen (a dream) last night that two men came to me, caught hold of my hands, and took me to the Sacred Land (Jerusalem). There, I saw a person sitting and another standing with an iron hook in his hand pushing it inside the mouth of the former till it reached the jawbone, and then tore off one side of his cheek, and then did the same with the other side; in the meantime the first side of his cheek became normal again and then he repeated the same operation again. I said, 'What is this?' They told me to proceed on and we went on till we came to a man Lying flat on his back, and another man standing at his head carrying a stone or a piece of rock, and crushing the head of the Lying man, with that stone. Whenever he struck him, the stone rolled away. The man went to pick it up and by the time he returned to him, the crushed head had returned to its normal state and the man came back and struck him again (and so on). I said, 'Who is this?' They told me to proceed on; so we proceeded on and passed by a hole like an oven; with a narrow top and wide bottom, and the fire was kindling underneath that hole. Whenever the fire-flame went up, the people were lifted up to such an extent that they were about to get out of it, and whenever the fire got quieter, the people went down into it, and there were naked men and women in it. I said, 'Who is this?' They told me to proceed on. So we proceeded on till we reached a river of blood and a man was in it, and another man was standing at its bank with stones in front of him, facing the man standing in the river. Whenever the man in the river wanted to come out, the other one threw a stone in his mouth and caused him to retreat to his original position; and so whenever he wanted to come out the other would throw a stone in his mouth, and he would retreat to his original position. I asked, 'What is this?' They told me to proceed on and we did so till we reached a well-flourished green garden having a huge tree and near its root was sitting an old man with some children. (I saw) Another man near the tree with fire in front of him and he was kindling it up. Then they (i.e. my two companions) made me climb up the tree and made me enter a house, better than which I have ever seen. In it were some old men and young men, women and children. Then they took me out of this house and made me climb up the tree and made me enter another house that was better and superior (to the first) containing old and young people. I said to them (i.e. my two companions), 'You have made me ramble all the night. Tell me all about that I have seen.' They said, 'Yes. As for the one whose cheek you saw being torn away, he was a liar and he used to tell lies, and the people would report those lies on his authority till they spread all over the world. So, he will be punished like that till the Day of Resurrection. The one whose head you saw being crushed is the one whom Allah had given the knowledge of Qur'an (i.e. knowing it by heart) but he used to sleep at night (i.e. he did not recite it then) and did not use to act upon it (i.e. upon its orders etc.) by day; and so this punishment will go on till the Day of Resurrection. And those you saw in the hole (like oven) were adulterers (those men and women who commit illegal sexual intercourse). And those you saw in the river of blood were those dealing in Riba (usury). And the old man who was sitting at the base of the tree was Abraham and the little children around him were the offspring of the people. And the one who was kindling the fire was Malik, the gatekeeper of the Hell-fire. And the first house in which you have gone was the house of the common believers, and the second house was of the martyrs. I am Gabriel and this is Michael. Raise your head.' I raised my head and saw a thing like a cloud over me. They said, 'That is your place.' I said, 'Let me enter my place.' They said, 'You still have some life which you have not yet completed, and when you complete (that remaining portion of your life) you will then enter your place

Narrated Hisham's father:Aisha said, "I went to Abu Bakr (during his fatal illness) and he asked me, 'In how many garments was the Prophet (ﷺ) shrouded?' She replied, 'In three Suhuliya pieces of white cloth of cotton, and there was neither a shirt nor a turban among them.' Abu Bakr further asked her, 'On which day did the Prophet die?' She replied, 'He died on Monday.' He asked, 'What is today?' She replied, 'Today is Monday.' He added, 'I hope I shall die sometime between this morning and tonight.' Then he looked at a garment that he was wearing during his illness and it had some stains of saffron. Then he said, 'Wash this garment of mine and add two more garments and shroud me in them.' I said, 'This is worn out.' He said, 'A living person has more right to wear new clothes than a dead one; the shroud is only for the body's pus.' He did not die till it was the night of Tuesday and was buried before the morning

حدثنا معلى بن اسد، حدثنا وهيب، عن هشام، عن ابيه، عن عايشة رضى الله عنها قالت دخلت على ابي بكر رضى الله عنه فقال في كم كفنتم النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قالت في ثلاثة اثواب بيض سحولية، ليس فيها قميص ولا عمامة. وقال لها في اى يوم توفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قالت يوم الاثنين. قال فاى يوم هذا قالت يوم الاثنين. قال ارجو فيما بيني وبين الليل. فنظر الى ثوب عليه كان يمرض فيه، به ردع من زعفران فقال اغسلوا ثوبي هذا، وزيدوا عليه ثوبين فكفنوني فيها. قلت ان هذا خلق. قال ان الحى احق بالجديد من الميت، انما هو للمهلة. فلم يتوف حتى امسى من ليلة الثلاثاء ودفن قبل ان يصبح

Narrated Aisha:A man said to the Prophet (ﷺ), "My mother died suddenly and I thought that if she had lived she would have given alms. So, if I give alms now on her behalf, will she get the reward?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied in the affirmative

حدثنا سعيد بن ابي مريم، حدثنا محمد بن جعفر، قال اخبرني هشام، عن ابيه، عن عايشة رضى الله عنها . ان رجلا، قال للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ان امي افتلتت نفسها، واظنها لو تكلمت تصدقت، فهل لها اجر ان تصدقت عنها قال " نعم

Narrated `Aisha:During his sickness, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asking repeatedly, "Where am I today? Where will I be tomorrow?" And I was waiting for the day of my turn (impatiently). Then, when my turn came, Allah took his soul away (in my lap) between my chest and arms and he was buried in my house

حدثنا اسماعيل، حدثني سليمان، عن هشام، وحدثني محمد بن حرب، حدثنا ابو مروان، يحيى بن ابي زكرياء عن هشام، عن عروة، عن عايشة، قالت ان كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ليتعذر في مرضه " اين انا اليوم اين انا غدا " استبطاء ليوم عايشة، فلما كان يومي قبضه الله بين سحري ونحري، ودفن في بيتي

Narrated `Aisha:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in his fatal illness said, "Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians, for they built the places of worship at the graves of their prophets." And if that had not been the case, then the Prophet's grave would have been made prominent before the people. So (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) was afraid, or the people were afraid that his grave might be taken as a place for worship

حدثنا موسى بن اسماعيل، حدثنا ابو عوانة، عن هلال، عن عروة، عن عايشة رضى الله عنها قالت قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في مرضه الذي لم يقم منه " لعن الله اليهود والنصارى، اتخذوا قبور انبيايهم مساجد ". لولا ذلك ابرز قبره، غير انه خشي او خشي ان يتخذ مسجدا. وعن هلال قال كناني عروة بن الزبير ولم يولد لي

Narrated Abu Bakr bin `Aiyash:Sufyan at-Tammar told me that he had seen the grave of the Prophet (ﷺ) elevated and convex

حدثنا محمد بن مقاتل، اخبرنا عبد الله، اخبرنا ابو بكر بن عياش، عن سفيان التمار، انه حدثه انه، راى قبر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم مسنما

Narrated `Urwa:When the wall fell on them (i.e. graves) during the caliphate of Al-Walid bin `Abdul Malik, the people started repairing it, and a foot appeared to them. The people got scared and thought that it was the foot of the Prophet. No one could be found who could tell them about it till I (`Urwa) said to them, "By Allah, this is not the foot of the Prophet (ﷺ) but it is the foot of `Umar

حدثنا فروة، حدثنا علي، عن هشام بن عروة، عن ابيه، لما سقط عليهم الحايط في زمان الوليد بن عبد الملك اخذوا في بنايه، فبدت لهم قدم ففزعوا، وظنوا انها قدم النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فما وجدوا احدا يعلم ذلك حتى قال لهم عروة لا والله ما هي قدم النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ما هي الا قدم عمر رضى الله عنه

Aisha narrated that she made a will to `Abdullah bin Zubair, "Do not bury me with them (the Prophet (ﷺ) and his two companions) but bury me with my companions (wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) in Al-Baqi as I would not like to be looked upon as better than I really am (by being buried near the Prophet)

وعن هشام، عن ابيه، عن عايشة رضى الله عنها انها اوصت عبد الله بن الزبير رضى الله عنهما لا تدفني معهم وادفني مع صواحبي بالبقيع، لا ازكى به ابدا

Narrated `Amr bin Maimun Al-Audi:I saw `Umar bin Al-Khattab (when he was stabbed) saying, "O `Abdullah bin `Umar! Go to the mother of the believers Aisha and say, `Umar bin Al-Khattab sends his greetings to you,' and request her to allow me to be buried with my companions." (So, Ibn `Umar conveyed the message to `Aisha.) She said, "I had the idea of having this place for myself but today I prefer him (`Umar) to myself (and allow him to be buried there)." When `Abdullah bin `Umar returned, `Umar asked him, "What (news) do you have?" He replied, "O chief of the believers! She has allowed you (to be buried there)." On that `Umar said, "Nothing was more important to me than to be buried in that (sacred) place. So, when I expire, carry me there and pay my greetings to her (`Aisha ) and say, `Umar bin Al-Khattab asks permission; and if she gives permission, then bury me (there) and if she does not, then take me to the graveyard of the Muslims. I do not think any person has more right for the caliphate than those with whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was always pleased till his death. And whoever is chosen by the people after me will be the caliph, and you people must listen to him and obey him," and then he mentioned the name of `Uthman, `Ali, Talha, Az-Zubair, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf and Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas. By this time a young man from Ansar came and said, "O chief of the believers! Be happy with Allah's glad tidings. The grade which you have in Islam is known to you, then you became the caliph and you ruled with justice and then you have been awarded martyrdom after all this." `Umar replied, "O son of my brother! Would that all that privileges will counterbalance (my short comings), so that I neither lose nor gain anything. I recommend my successor to be good to the early emigrants and realize their rights and to protect their honor and sacred things. And I also recommend him to be good to the Ansar who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the Faith. He should accept the good of the righteous among them and should excuse their wrongdoers. I recommend him to abide by the rules and regulations concerning the Dhimmis (protectees) of Allah and His Apostle, to fulfill their contracts completely and fight for them and not to tax (overburden) them beyond their capabilities

حدثنا قتيبة، حدثنا جرير بن عبد الحميد، حدثنا حصين بن عبد الرحمن، عن عمرو بن ميمون الاودي، قال رايت عمر بن الخطاب رضى الله عنه قال يا عبد الله بن عمر، اذهب الى ام المومنين عايشة رضى الله عنها فقل يقرا عمر بن الخطاب عليك السلام، ثم سلها ان ادفن مع صاحبى. قالت كنت اريده لنفسي، فلاوثرنه اليوم على نفسي. فلما اقبل قال له ما لديك قال اذنت لك يا امير المومنين. قال ما كان شىء اهم الى من ذلك المضجع، فاذا قبضت فاحملوني ثم سلموا ثم قل يستاذن عمر بن الخطاب. فان اذنت لي فادفنوني، والا فردوني الى مقابر المسلمين، اني لا اعلم احدا احق بهذا الامر من هولاء النفر الذين توفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو عنهم راض، فمن استخلفوا بعدي فهو الخليفة، فاسمعوا له واطيعوا. فسمى عثمان وعليا وطلحة والزبير وعبد الرحمن بن عوف وسعد بن ابي وقاص، وولج عليه شاب من الانصار فقال ابشر يا امير المومنين ببشرى الله، كان لك من القدم في الاسلام ما قد علمت، ثم استخلفت فعدلت، ثم الشهادة بعد هذا كله. فقال ليتني يا ابن اخي وذلك كفافا لا على ولا لي اوصي الخليفة من بعدي بالمهاجرين الاولين خيرا، ان يعرف لهم حقهم، وان يحفظ لهم حرمتهم، واوصيه بالانصار خيرا الذين تبوءوا الدار والايمان ان يقبل من محسنهم، ويعفى عن مسييهم، واوصيه بذمة الله وذمة رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم ان يوفى لهم بعهدهم، وان يقاتل من ورايهم، وان لا يكلفوا فوق طاقتهم

Narrated `Aisha:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Don't abuse the dead, because they have reached the result of what they forwarded

حدثنا ادم، حدثنا شعبة، عن الاعمش، عن مجاهد، عن عايشة رضى الله عنها قالت قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " لا تسبوا الاموات فانهم قد افضوا الى ما قدموا ". ورواه عبد الله بن عبد القدوس عن الاعمش، ومحمد بن انس عن الاعمش. تابعه علي بن الجعد وابن عرعرة وابن ابي عدي عن شعبة

Narrated Ibn `Abbas.:Abu Lahab, may Allah curse him, once said to the Prophet (ﷺ), "Perish you all the day." Then the Divine Inspiration came: "Perish the hands of Abi Lahab! And perish he

حدثنا عمر بن حفص، حدثنا ابي، حدثنا الاعمش، حدثني عمرو بن مرة، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما قال قال ابو لهب عليه لعنة الله للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم تبا لك ساير اليوم. فنزلت {تبت يدا ابي لهب وتب}