Funerals

It was narrated that Abu Musa said:“I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): ‘When does a person stop recognizing people?’ he said: ‘When he sees.”

It was narrated that Umm Salamah said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon Abu Salamah (after he had died), and his eyes were wide open. He closed his eyes, then he said: ‘When the soul is taken, the sight follows it...

It was narrated from Shaddad bin Aws that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“When you come to your dead ones, close their eyes, for the sight follows the soul. And say good things, for the Angels say Amin to what the membe...

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) kissed ‘Uthman bin Maz’un when he had died, and it is as if I can see him with his tears flowing down his cheeks.”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas and ‘Aishah that Abu Bakr kissed the Prophet (ﷺ) when he died

Muhammad bin Sirin narrated that Umm ‘Atiyyah said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon us when we were washing his daughter Umm Kulthum. He said: ‘Wash her three or five times, or more than that if you think you nee...

It was narrated from Ayyub who said:“Hafsah narrated to me, from Umm ‘Atiyyah” and it is similar to the Hadith of Muhammad. And in the narration of Hafsah it says: “Wash her an odd number of times.” And: “Wash her face t...

It was narrated that ‘Ali said:“The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: ‘Do not show your thigh, and do not look at the thigh of anyone, living or dead.’”

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘Let the honest wash your dead.”

It was narrated from ‘Ali that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Whoever washes a deceased person, shrouds him, embalms him, carries him and offers the funeral prayer for him, and does not disclose what he has seen, he wi...

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Whoever washes a dead person, let him take a bath.”

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:“If I had known then what I know now, no one would have washed the Prophet (ﷺ) but his wives.”

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came back from Al-Baqi’ and I had a headache and was saying: ‘O my head!’ He said: ‘Rather, I should say, O my head, O ‘Aishah!’ Then he said: ‘It will not ma...

It was narrated from Abu Buraidah that his father said:“When they started to wash the Prophet (ﷺ), a voice called out from inside (the house) saying: ‘Do not remove the shirt of the Messenger of Allah.’”

It was narrated that ‘Ali bin Abu Talib said that when he washed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) he looked for what which is usually looked for on the deceased (i.e., dirt), and he found none. He said:“May my father be sacrif...

It was narrated from ‘Ali that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“When I die, then wash me with seven buckets from me well, the well of Ghars.”

It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Prophet (ﷺ) was shrouded in three white Yemeni cloths, among which there was no shirt and no turban. It was said to ‘Aishah:“They used to claim that he was shrouded in Hibarah.” ‘Ais...

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was shrouded in three thin white Suhuli cloths.”

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was shrouded in three garments: The shirt in which he died, and a Najrani Hullah

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“The best of your garments are those which are white, so shroud your dead in them, and wear them.”