Funerals

It was narrated from ‘Umar bin Khattab that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:“The deceased is punished for the wailing over him.”

It was narrated from Asid bin Abu Asid, from Musa bin Abu Musa Ash’ari, from his father that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:“The deceased is punished for the weeping of the living. If they say: ‘O my strength, O he who clothed us,...

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:“A Jewish woman had died, and the Prophet (ﷺ) heard the weeping for her. He said: ‘Her family is weeping for her, and she is being punished in her grave.’”

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:"Patience should come with the first shock

It was narrated from Abu Umamah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:“Allah says: ‘O son of Adam! If you are patient and seek reward at the moment of first shock, I will not approve of any reward for you less than Paradise.’”

It was narrated from Umm Salamah that Abu Salamah told her that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:“There is no Muslim who is stricken with a calamity and reacts by saying as Allah has commanded: ‘Inna lillahi, wa i...

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) opened a door that was between him and the people or drew back a curtain and he saw the people praying behind Abu Bakr. He praised Allah for what he saw of th...

It was narrated from Fatimah bint Husain that her father said:The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever was stricken with a calamity and when he remembers it he says ‘Inna lillahi, wa inna ilayhi raji’un (Truly, to Allah we belong...

Qais, Abu ‘Umarah, the freed slave of the Ansar, said:“I heard ‘Abdullah bin Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin ‘Amr bin Hazm narrating from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘There is no believer who c...

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever consoles a person stricken by calamity will have a reward equal to his.’”

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:“No man who loses three of his children will ever enter the Fire, except in fulfillment of the oath (of Allah).”

‘Utbah bin ‘Abd Sulami said:“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘There is no Muslim, three of whose children die before reaching the age of puberty, but they will meet him at the eight gates of Paradise and whicheve...

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:“There are no two Muslims (mother and father), three of whose children die before reaching the age of puberty, but Allah will admit them to Paradise by virtue...

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Whoever sends fourth three of his children who had not reached the age of puberty, they will be a strong fortification for him against the Fire.” Abu D...

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘A miscarried fetus sent before me is dearer to me than a horseman whom I leave behind.”

It was narrated that ‘Ali said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The miscarried fetus will plead with his Lord if his parents are admitted to Hell. It will be said: “O fetus who pleads with your Lord! Admit your parents...

It was narrated from Mu’adh bin Jabal that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:“By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The miscarried fetus will drag his mother by his umbilical cord to Paradise, if she (was patient and) sought reward (f...

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far said:“When news of the death of Ja’far was brought, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Prepare food for the family of Ja’far, for there has come to them that which is keeping them...

Asma’ bint ‘Umais said:“When Ja’far was killed, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to his family and said: ‘The family of Ja’far are busy with the matter of their deceased, so prepare food for them.’” (One of the narrators)...

It was narrated that Jarir bin ‘Abdullah Al-Bajali said:“We used to think that gathering with the family of the deceased and preparing food was a form of wailing.”