Aishah ᴿᴬ used to say that there was before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a leather vessel or a wooden container containing water—Umar was uncertain—so he began putting his hands into the water and wiping his face with them, and saying, "There is no god but Allah. Indeed, death has agonies." Then he raised his hand and began saying, "With the Highest Companion." until he passed away and his hand drooped. Abu Abdullah said: The ulbah is of wood, and the rakwah is of leather.

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ رَكْوَةٌ أَوْ عُلْبَةٌ فِيهَا مَاءٌ، يَشُكُّ عُمَرُ، فَجَعَلَ يُدْخِلُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الْمَاءِ فَيَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ، وَيَقُولُ «لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ سَكَرَاتٍ»، ثُمَّ نَصَبَ يَدَهُ، فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ «فِي الرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى»، حَتَّى قُبِضَ وَمَالَتْ يَدُهُ. قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ: الْعُلْبَةُ مِنْ الْخَشَبِ، وَالرَّكْوَةُ مِنْ الْأَدَمِ

Some rough bedouins used to visit the Prophet ﷺ and ask him, "When will the Hour be?" He would look at the youngest of all of them and say, "If this should live till he is very old, your Hour (the death of the people addressed) will take place." Hisham said that he meant (by the Hour), their death.

كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الأَعْرَابِ جُفَاةً يَأْتُونَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَيَسْأَلُونَهُ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ فَكَانَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَصْغَرِهِمْ فَيَقُولُ إِنْ يَعِشْ هَذَا لاَ يُدْرِكْهُ الْهَرَمُ حَتَّى تَقُومَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَاعَتُكُمْ قَالَ هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي مَوْتَهُمْ

A funeral procession passed by Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said, "Relieved or relieving?" The people asked, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What is relieved and relieving?" He said, "A believer is relieved (by death) from the troubles and hardships of the world and leaves for the Mercy of Allah, while (the death of) a wicked person relieves the people, the land, the trees, (and) the animals from him."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ وَالْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَذَاهَا إِلَى رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَالْعَبْدُ الْفَاجِرُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلاَدُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Relieved or relieving. And a believer is relieved (by death).

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَسْتَرِيحُ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Three things follow the deceased: two return and one remains with him. His family, his wealth, and his deeds follow him; then his family and his wealth return, and his deeds remain."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهُ ﷺ: «يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلاَثَةٌ، فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى مَعَهُ وَاحِدٌ: يَتْبَعُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ، فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ».

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When anyone of you dies, his destination is displayed before him in the forenoon and in the afternoon, either in the (Hell) Fire or in Paradise, and it is said to him, "That is your place till you are resurrected and sent to it."

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا مَاتَ أَحَدُكُمْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ مَقْعَدُهُ غُدْوَةً وَعَشِيًّا إِمَّا النَّارُ وَإِمَّا الْجَنَّةُ فَيُقَالُ هَذَا مَقْعَدُكَ حَتَّى تُبْعَثَ إِلَيْهِ

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not abuse the dead, for they have reached the result of what they have done."

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تَسُبُّوا الأَمْوَاتَ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ أَفْضَوْا إِلَى مَا قَدَّمُوا