10. Book of Funerals
١٠۔ كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ وَمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِهَا مُقَدَّمًا أَوْ مُؤَخَّرًا
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا أَمْهَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي أَعْمَارِهِمْ، وَاكْتِسَابِ الطَّاعَاتِ لِيَوْمِ فَقْرِهِمْ وَفَاقَتِهِمْ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever Allah grants sixty years of age, then he has been excused for his lifespan."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ عَمَّرَهُ اللَّهُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْعُمْرِ»
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ وَصْفِ الْعَدَدِ الَّذِي بِهِ يَكُونُ عَوَامُّ أَعْمَارِ النَّاسِ
“The ages of (the people in) my nation will be between sixty and seventy, and few of them will exceed that.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4236)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَعْمَارُ أُمَّتِي مَا بَيْنَ السِّتِّينَ إِلَى السَّبْعِينَ وَأَقَلُّهُمْ مَنْ يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مِنْ خِيَارِ النَّاسِ مَنْ حَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ فِي طُولِ عُمْرِهِ جَعَلْنَا اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ بِمَنِّهِ
[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Shall I not inform you of your best?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The best of you are those with the longest lives and the best of you in deeds."
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ « أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخِيَارِكُمْ» قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «خِيَارُكُمْ أَطْوَلُكُمْ أَعْمَارًا وَأَحْسَنُكُمْ أَعْمَالًا»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ، وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ قَدْ يَفُوقُ الشَّهِيدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى
[Machine] Two men from a tribe came to the Prophet ﷺ , and both of them embraced Islam. One of them was more dedicated and committed than the other. The more dedicated man participated in a battle and was martyred, while the other lived for a year, observed fasting in Ramadan, and then passed away. The Prophet ﷺ saw Talhah ibn Ubaydullah outside of paradise. He permitted the one who died after living longer to enter paradise first, then permitted the martyr to enter. The Prophet ﷺ returned to Talhah and said to him, "Go back, for it is not yet your time." Talhah then began telling people about what he had witnessed. The news reached the Prophet ﷺ , and he asked about it. When they explained the situation, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Didn't this man live for a year after the martyrdom of the other man?" They replied, "Yes."
قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ بَلِيٍّ فَكَانَ إِسْلَامُهُمَا جَمِيعًا وَاحِدًا وَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَشَدَّ اجْتِهَادًا مِنَ الْآخَرِ فَغَزَا الْمُجْتَهِدُ فَاسْتُشْهِدَ وَعَاشَ الْآخَرُ سَنَةً حَتَّى صَامَ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَرَأَى طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ خَارِجًا خَرَجَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَذِنَ لِلَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ آخِرَهُمَا ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَأَذِنَ لِلَّذِي اسْتُشْهِدَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَأْنِ لَكَ فَأَصْبَحَ طَلْحَةُ يُحَدِّثُ بِهِ النَّاسَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثُوهُ الْحَدِيثَ وَعَجِبُوا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَانَ أَشَدَّ الرَّجُلَيْنِ اجْتِهَادًا وَاسْتُشْهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدَخَلَ هَذَا الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلَيْسَ قَدْ مَكَثَ هَذَا بَعْدَهُ بِسَنَةٍ؟ » قَالُوا نَعَمْ
ذِكْرُ إِعْطَاءِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا نُورًا فِي الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِهِ
That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever develops some gray hair in the cause of Allah, it shall be a light for him in the Day of Judgement. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1635)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
ذِكْرُ إِعْطَاءِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا نُورًا فِي الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِهِ
"O Ka'b bin Murrah! Relate (something) to is from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and be cautious. He said: 'I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "Whoever develops some gray hair in Islam, it shall be a light from him on the Day of Judgement." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1634)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
ذِكْرُ كَتْبَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الْحَسَنَاتِ، وَحَطِّ السَّيِّئَاتِ، وَرَفْعَ الدَّرَجَاتِ لِلْمُسْلِمِ بِالشَّيْبِ فِي الدُّنْيَا
[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Do not pluck out gray hair, as it will be a light on the Day of Judgment. And whoever has gray hair in Islam, good deeds will be written for him because of it, and his sins will be forgiven through it, and he will be elevated in rank because of it."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَنْتِفُوا الشَّيْبَ فَإِنَّهُ نُورٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ كُتِبَ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةٌ وَحُطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةٌ وَرُفِعَ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةٌ»
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ شَنَّعَ بِهِ بَعْضُ الْمُعَطِّلَةِ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ الْحَدِيثِ وَمُنْتَحِلِي السُّنَنِ
There would be none amongst the created beings living on the earth (who would survive this century). (Using translation from Muslim 2539)
لَمَّا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ تَبُوكَ سُئِلَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ فَقَالَ «لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ وَعَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ» *
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ وَهِمَ فِي تَأْوِيلِهِ جَمَاعَةٌ لَمْ يُحْكِمُوا صِنَاعَةَ الْحَدِيثِ
I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying this one month before his death: You asked me about the Last Hour whereas its knowledge is with Allah. I, however, take an oath and say that none upon the earth, the created beings (from amongst my Companions), would survive at the end of one hundred years. (Using translation from Muslim 2538a)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِشَهْرٍ «تَسْأَلُونِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ وَإِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَأُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ الْيَوْمَ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ»
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ عَالِمًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنَّ سِنَّ أَحَدٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ لَا يَجُوزُ عَلَى الْمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ
[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ who said: "You ask me about the Hour (i.e., Day of Judgment), while my soul is in the Hand of Allah, there is no soul on Earth that is more knowledgeable about when the Hour will happen than a hundred years."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «تَسْأَلُونِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ وُرُودَ هَذَا الْخَطَّابِ كَانَ لِمَنْ كَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْخُصُوصِ دُونَ الْعُمُومِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the night prayer in the last days of his life, and when he finished, he stood up and said, "Did you see this night of yours? Verily, after one hundred years, none of those who are on the face of the earth will remain."
صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ فِي آخِرِ حَيَاتِهِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ فَقَالَ «رَأَيْتُمْ لَيْلَتَكُمْ هَذِهِ؟ فَإِنَّ عَلَى رَأْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهَا مِمَّنْ هُوَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ»
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحْ بِأَنَّ عُمُومَ خَبَرِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ، أُرِيدَ بِهِ بَعْضُ ذَلِكَ الْعُمُومِ لِأَقْوَامٍ بِأَعْيَانِهِمْ دُونَ كُلِّيَةِ عُمُومِهِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no one among you whose soul passes through a hundred years while they are still alive."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «وَعَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ» أَرَادَ بِهِ مَنْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ
[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ said, "You ask me about the Hour (i.e., the Day of Judgment), and by the one in whose hand is my soul, there is not living being on the face of the Earth today who will remain but for a hundred years."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «تَسْأَلُونَنِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ الْيَوْمَ تَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ»