"The Messenger of Allah commanded us to do seven things: He commanded us to attend funerals, visit the sick, to reply (say: Yarhamuk Allah [may Allah have mercy on you]) to one who sneezes, to accept invitations, to support the oppressed, to fulfill oaths (when adjured by another) and to return greetings of Salaam." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3778)   

«أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِاتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ وَعِيَادَةِ الْمَرْضَى وَتَشْمِيتِ الْعَاطِسِ وَإِبْرَارِ الْمُقْسِمِ وَنُصْرَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ وَإِفْشَاءِ السَّلَامِ وَإِجَابَةِ الدَّاعِي»  

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, he gathered the women of the Ansar in a house. Umar bin Al-Khattab sent for us, and he stood at the door and greeted us with peace. We returned the greeting to him, and then he said, "I am the Messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to you." We said, "Welcome to the Messenger of Allah and the Messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "Will you pledge allegiance to me that you will not associate anything with Allah, and that you will not commit adultery or steal?" We said, "Yes." He then extended his hand from outside the house, and we extended our hands from inside the house. Then he said, "O Allah, bear witness." She said, "He commanded us to celebrate Eid, and that we should go out during menstruation and post-natal bleeding, and that Jumu'ah prayer is not obligatory upon us. He also forbade us from following funeral processions."  

لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ جَمَعَ نِسَاءَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي بَيْتٍ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَامَ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْنَا فَرَدَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنَا رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَيْكُنَّ قَالَتْ فَقُلْنَا مَرْحَبًا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «تُبَايِعْنَنِي عَلَى أَنْ لَا تُشْرِكْنَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا تَزْنِينَ وَلَا تَسْرِقْنَ الْآيَةُ»؟ قَالَتْ فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَتْ فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ مِنْ خَارِجِ الْبَيْتِ وَمَدَدْنَا أَيْدِيَنَا مِنْ دَاخِلِ الْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ قَالَتْ «وَأَمَرَنَا بِالْعِيدِ وَأَنْ نُخْرِجَ فِيهِ الْحُيَّضَ وَالْعُتَّقَ وَلَا جُمُعَةَ عَلَيْنَا وَنَهَانَا عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَازَةِ»  

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: Walk quickly with a funeral, for if the dead person was good it is a good condition to which you are sending him on, but it he was otherwise it is an evil of which you are riding yourselves. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3181)   

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَسْرِعُوا بِجَنَائِزِكُمْ فَإِنْ تَكُ خَيْرًا تُقَدِّمُونَهَا إِلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ تَكُ شَرًّا تَضَعُونَهَا عَنْ رِقَابِكُمْ»  

[Machine] And he said, "By the one in whose hand is my soul, I have indeed seen us with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and we were almost stoning our faces with sand." He said, "Then the people came and hurriedly walked, and Ziyad walked fastest."  

وَقَالَ «خَلُّوا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّا نَكَادُ أَنْ نَرْمُلَ بِهَا رَمَلًا» قَالَ فَجَاءَ الْقَوْمُ وَأَسْرَعُوا الْمَشْيَ وَأَسْرَعَ زِيَادٌ الْمَشْيَ  

[Machine] "I saw us, while I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , burying the corpses with sand."  

«لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَأَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَكَادُ أَنْ يُرْمَلَ بِالْجَنَائِزِ رَمَلًا»  

That his father saw the Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr and 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, walking in front of the Janazah. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1944)   

أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا «يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَ الْجَنَازَةِ»  

I saw the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr and Umar walking before the funeral. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3179)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَانُوا «يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَ الْجَنَازَةِ»  

[Machine] Narrated by Az-Zuhri, not once, I bear witness to you regarding him, he said, Salim bin Abdullah informed me from his father who said, I saw the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , Abu Bakr, and Umar "walking in front of the funeral procession."  

حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ أَشْهَدُ لَكَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ «يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَ الْجَنَازَةِ»  

[Machine] "And indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to walk in front of her, along with Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman."  

«وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ»  

"The Messenger of Allah said: The riders should move behind the Janazah and the pedestrian may walk wherever he wishes, and the (funeral) prayer should be offered for a child."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1942)   

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الرَّاكِبُ فِي الْجَنَازَةِ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ وَالْمَاشِي حَيْثُ شَاءَ مِنْهَا وَالطِّفْلُ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ»  

We were with the Prophet ﷺ when a funeral passed hi and he stood up for it. When we went to carry it, we found that it was a funeral of a Jew. We, therefore said: Messenger of Allah, this is the funeral of a Jew. He said: Death is fearful event, so when you see a funeral, stand up. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3174)   

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ مَرَّتْ بِنَا جَنَازَةٌ فَقَامَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبْنَا لِنَحْمِلَ إِذَا هِيَ جَنَازَةُ يَهُودِيٍّ قَالَ «إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ فَزَعًا فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ جَنَازَةً فَقُومُوا»  

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: When you see a funeral, stand up for it till it leaves you behind or it is placed (on the ground). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3172)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا حَتَّى تُخَلِّفَكُمْ أَوْ تُوضَعَ»  

"When you see a funeral, stand up until it has passed you, or (the body) is placed (in the grave)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1916)   

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا لَهَا حَتَّى تُخَلِّفَكُمْ»  

[Machine] A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, a funeral of a disbeliever passes by us, should we stand for it?" He ﷺ said, "Yes, stand for it, for you are not standing for him, but for the respect of the soul-taker."  

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تَمُرُّ بِنَا جَنَازَةُ الْكَافِرِ أَفَنَقُومُ لَهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ فَقُومُوا لَهَا فَإِنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ تَقُومُونَ لَهَا إِنَّمَا تَقُومُونَ إِعْظَامًا لِلَّذِي يَقْبِضُ الْأَرْوَاحَ»  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to "stand at the funeral and then sit down."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يَقُومُ فِي الْجَنَازَةِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ»  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood on the graves until they were levelled, then he sat down."  

«قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ»  

I saw a funeral among Banu Salimah so I stood up. Nafi’ bin Jubair said to me: Sit down, and I will tell you something decisive about this: Masʿood bin al-Hakam az-Zuraqi told me that he heard ‘Ali bin Abi Talib ؓ in Rahbatal-Koofah saying: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us to stand up for funerals; then later on he remained seated and told us to remain seated. (Using translation from Aḥmad 623)  

شَهِدْتُ جَنَازَةً فِي بَنِي سَلِمَةَ فَقُمْتُ فَقَالَ لِي نَافِعُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ اجْلِسْ فَإِنِّي سَأُخْبِرُكَ فِي هَذَا بِثَبْتٍ حَدَّثَنِي مَسْعُودُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا بِرَحْبَةِ الْكُوفَةِ يَقُولُ لِلنَّاسِ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَأْمُرُنَا بِالْقِيَامِ فِي الْجَنَازَةِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَأَمَرَ بِالْجُلُوسِ»  

[Machine] "From his father, the Messenger of Allahﷺ used to inquire about the deceased when invited to a funeral. If praised for their goodness, he would stand and pray for them. However, if condemned, he would say to their family, 'What is your concern with them?' and he would not offer prayers for them."  

عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا دُعِيَ إِلَى جَنَازَةٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهَا فَإِنْ أُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا قَامَ فَصَلَّى وَإِنْ أُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا شَرًّا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهَا «شَأْنُكُمْ بِهَا» وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهَا  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was brought a funeral for him to pray on it, and he said, "Does he have any debt?" They replied, "Yes, two dinars."  

أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ «أَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ؟ » قَالُوا نَعَمْ دِينَارَيْنِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a funeral for him to pray over it and he said, "Does he have any debts?" They replied, "He has two dinars of debt." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Pray for your companion." Abu Qatadah said to me, "O Messenger of Allah, those debts are upon me." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came forward and prayed for him.  

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا وَقَالَ «عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ؟ » قَالُوا عَلَيْهِ دِينَارَانِ فَقَالَ صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ قَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ إِلَيَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هُمَا عَلَيَّ فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ  

“I heard 'Abdullah bin Abu Qatadah narrate from his father that a corpse was brought to the Prophet ﷺ for him to offer the funeral prayer, and he said: 'Pray for your companion, for he owes a debt.' Abu Qatadah said: 'I will stand surely for him?' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'In full?' He said: 'In full.” And the debt he owed was eighteen or nineteen Dirham.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2407)   

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا» فَقَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ أَنَا أَكْفُلُ بِهِ قَالَ «بِالْوَفَاءِ؟ » قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا  

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "The believer's soul remains suspended until they have paid off their debt."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «نَفْسُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مُعَلَّقَةٌ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ»  

[Machine] "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the Hour (Day of Judgment), his cheeks would turn red, his anger would intensify, and his voice would rise as if he were warning of an approaching army. He would say, 'You have experienced both morning and evening.' He would also say, 'I am more deserving of the believers than themselves. Whoever leaves behind wealth, it belongs to their family, and whoever leaves behind a debt or dependents, it is my responsibility and mine alone. I am more deserving of the believers.'"  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا ذَكَرَ السَّاعَةَ احْمَرَّتْ وَجْنَتَاهُ وَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ وَعَلَا صَوْتُهُ كَأَنَّهُ مُنْذِرُ جَيْشٍ قَالَ صُبِّحْتُمْ مُسِّيتُمْ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ «أَنَا أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَلِأَهْلِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ دَيْنًا أَوْ ضَيَاعًا فَعَلَيَّ وَإِلَيَّ فَأَنَا أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ»  

if a believer died at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had debts, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would ask: “Did he leave anything with which to off his debt?” If they said yes, then he would offer the funeral prayer for him, but if they said no, then he would say: “Pray for your companion.” When Allah granted his Prophet ﷺ the conquests, he said: “I am nearer to the believers than their own selves. Whoever dies owing a debt, I will pay it off for him, and whoever leaves behind wealth, it will be for his heirs.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2415)   

كَانَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ سَأَلَ «هَلْ لَهُ وَفَاءٌ؟ » فَإِذَا قِيلَ نَعَمْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا قِيلَ كَلَّا قَالَ «صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ» فَلَمَّا فَتْحَ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ الْفُتُوحَ قَالَ «أَنَا أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ مَنْ تَرَكَ دَيْنًا فَعَلَيَّ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَلِلْوَارِثِ»  

[Machine] The translation of the given Arabic text is: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to not pray over a man who died with debt. Then a deceased person was brought and he asked, "Does he have any debt?" They replied, "Yes, two dinars."  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَأُتِيَ بِمَيِّتٍ فَقَالَ «أَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ؟ » فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ دِينَارَانِ  

I swear by Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over Suhail b. al-Baida' in the mosque. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3189)  

«وَاللَّهِ مَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى سَهْلِ ابْنِ بَيْضَاءَ إِلَّا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ»  

[Machine] "Enter with him into the mosque until I pray upon him, and then she disapproved of that. She said, "By Allah, indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for Ibn Baydhaa in the mosque.""  

ادْخُلُوا بِهِ الْمَسْجِدَ حَتَّى أُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَأُنْكِرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ «صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى ابْنِ بَيْضَاءَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ»  

I prayed behing the Prophet ﷺ over a woman who died in childbirth, and he stood opposite her waist. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3195)  

«صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا فَقَامَ عَلَيْهَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَسَطَهَا»  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave the people news of death of Negus on the day on which he died, took them out to the place of prayer, drew them up in rows and said: "Allah is Most Great" four times. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3204)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَى لِلنَّاسِ النَّجَاشِيَّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَخَرَجَ بِهِمْ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى فَصَفَّ بِهِمْ وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ»  

“Zaid bin Arqan used to say the Takbir four times in the funeral prayer, and he said the Takbir five times for one funeral. I asked him (about that) and he said: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do that.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1505)   

«كَبَّرَهَا أَوْ كَبَّرَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ»  

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed over a dead person, he said: O Allah, forgive those of us who are living and those of us who are dead, those of us who are present and those of us who are absent, our young and our old, our male and our female. O Allah, to whomsoever of us Thou givest life grant him life as a believer, and whomsoever of us Thou takest in death take him in death as a follower of Islam. O Allah, do not withhold from us the reward (of faith) and do not lead us astray after his death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3201)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ»  

"I offered the funeral prayer behind Ibn 'Abbas. He recited Fatihat Al-Kitab and a Surah, which he recited loudly, such that we could hear him. When he finished I took him by the hand and asked him. He said: '(It is) Sunnah and the truth."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1987)  

«سُنَّةٌ وَحَقٌّ»  

[Machine] "Yes, my nephew, it is a Sunnah (tradition) and a right."  

«نَعَمْ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي سُنَّةٌ وَحَقٌّ»  

from the Prophet ﷺ when he prayed during a funeral he would say, “allāhuma ʿabduk, wa-ibnu ʿabdik, kāna yashhadu an lā ilaha illā allāh wa-anna muḥammadun ʿabduka wa-rasūluk, wa-anta aʿlamu bihī minnī, in kāna muḥsinun fa-zid fī iḥsānihi, wa-in kāna musīʾun fa-ighfir lah, wa-lā taḥrimnā ajrah, wa-lā taftinnā baʿdah (O Allah, Your slave and the child of Your female slave is in need of Your mercy, and You are not in need of his torment. If he was pious then increase his rewards and if he was a transgressor then pardon him.)  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ كَانَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي إِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا فَزِدْ فِي إِحْسَانِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسِيئًا فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ وَلَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُ»  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered the funeral prayer for a man among the Muslims and I heard him say: ‘O Allah, so-and-so the son of so-and-so is in Your case and under Your protection. Protect him from the trial of the grave and the torment of the Fire, for You are the One Who keeps the promise and You are the Truth. Forgive him and have mercy on him, for You are the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1499)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ صَلَّى عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ فِي ذِمَّتِكَ وَحَبْلِ جِوَارِكَ فَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ أَنْتَ أَهْلُ الْوَفَاءِ وَالْحَقِّ اللَّهُمَّ فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ»  

"I heard the Messenger of Allah offer the funeral prayer and say: Allahumma ighfir lahu warhamhu waʿfu ʿanhu wa ʿafihi, wa akrim nuzulahu wa wassiʿ mudkhalahu waghsilhu bi-ma'in wa thaljin wa-barad, wa naqqihi min al-khataya kama yunaqqa ath-thawb al-abyad min ad-danas. Wa abdilhu daran khairan min darihi wa ahlan khayran min ahlihi, wa zawjan khayran min zawjihi, wa qihi 'adhab al-qabri wa 'adhab an-nar (O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, forgive him and keep him safe and sound, honor the place where he settles and make his entrance wide; wash him with water and snow and hail, and cleanse him of his sin as a white garment is cleansed of dirt. Give him a house better than his house and a family better than his family and a spouse better than his spouse. Protect him from the torment of the grave and the torment of Hell-fire)." 'Awf said: "I wished that I was that deceased person because of the supplication that the Messenger of Allah said for that deceased person." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1983)   

سَمِعْتَ عَوْفَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيَّ يَقُولُ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَحَفِظْتُ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ وَأَكْرِمْ مَنْزِلِهِ وَأَوْسَعْ مُدْخَلَهُ وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ وَأَبْدِلْهُ بِدَارِهِ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ وَأَهْلًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَزَوْجَةً خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجَتِهِ وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعِذْهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ» حَتَّى تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ ذَلِكَ الْمَيِّتَ  

The Prophet ﷺ said: When you pray over the dead, make a sincere supplication for him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3199)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمْ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ فَأَخْلِصُوا لَهُ الدُّعَاءَ»  

The Prophet ﷺ said: When you pray over the dead, make a sincere supplication for him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3199)   

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمْ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ فَأَخْلِصُوا لَهَا الدُّعَاءَ»  

He who attends the funeral till the prayer is offered for (the dead), for him is the reward of one qirat, and he who attends (and stays) till he is buried, for him is the reward of two qirats. It was said: What are the qirats? He said: They are equivalent to two huge mountains. Two other narrators added: Ibn 'Umar used to pray and then depart (without waiting for the burial of the dead). When the tradition of Abu Huraira reached him, he said:" We have lost many qirats." (Using translation from Muslim 945a)  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ شَهِدَ الْجَنَازَةَ حَتَّى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَلَهُ قِيرَاطٌ وَمَنْ شَهِدَهَا حَتَّى تُدْفَنَ فَلَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْقِيرَاطَانِ؟ قَالَ «مِثْلُ جَبَلَيْنِ عَظِيمَيْنِ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard saying: "Whoever follows a funeral from the house until they pray over it, and then follows it until it is buried, will have two Qirats, with each Qirat similar to the size of Mount Uhud. And whoever goes back after praying over it and does not follow it, will have one Qirat similar to the size of Mount Uhud."  

سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ تَبِعَ جَنَازَةً مِنْ بَيْتِهَا حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ تَبِعَهَا حَتَّى يَدْفِنَهَا كَانَ لَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ كُلُّ قِيرَاطٍ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ وَمَنْ رَجَعَ عَنْهَا بَعْدَمَا يُصَلِّي وَلَمْ يَتْبَعْهَا كَانَ لَهُ قِيرَاطٌ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever follows the funeral of a Muslim with faith and seeking reward, and prays for him until he is buried, then sits until he is placed in his grave, he will return with two measures of reward similar to Uhud mountain. And whoever prays for him and leaves before he is buried, he will have one measure of reward."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اتَّبَعَ جَنَازَةَ مُسْلِمٍ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ حَتَّى يُوضَعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يَرْجِعُ وَلَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ وَهُمَا مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ وَمَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوضَعَ فِي الْقَبْرِ فَلَهُ قِيرَاطٌ»  

[Machine] The following is the translation of the Arabic phrase into English: "The Messenger of Allahﷺ said, 'If anyone dies and a hundred people of his Ummah (community) pray for him, and they intercede for him, their intercession will be accepted.'"  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَمُوتُ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةٌ يَبْلُغُونَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا مِائَةً فَيَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا شُفِّعُوا فِيهِ»  

[Machine] O Kuraib, look at the people who have gathered for him. He said, "So I went out and saw a group of people who had gathered. I informed him and he asked, "Are they forty?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Take him out, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'There is no Muslim who dies and forty men who do not associate anything with Allah gather and stand around his funeral prayer, except that Allah will intercede for them on his behalf.'"  

يَا كُرَيْبُ انْظُرْ مَا اجْتَمَعَ لَهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا نَاسٌ قَدِ اجْتَمَعُوا فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ يَكُونُونَ أَرْبَعِينَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ اخْرُجُوا بِهِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ فَيَقُومُ عَلَى جَنَازَتِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلًا لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا شَفَّعَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ»  

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet ﷺ offered the funeral prayer for Najashi and said four Takbir. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1538)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «صَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرِ فُلَانَةَ فَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًا»  

That the Prophet prayed at the grave of a woman after she had been buried. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2025)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «صَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرِ امْرَأَةٍ قَدْ دُفِنَتْ»  

I said to Sha'bi: Who narrated it to you? He said: An authentic one, 'Abdullah b. 'Abbas. This is the word of a hasan hadith. In the narration of Ibn Numair (the words are): The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to the grave which had been newly prepared and prayed over it, and they also prayed who were behind him and he recited four takbirs. I said to 'Amir: Who narrated it to you? He said: An authentic one who saw him, i e. Ibn 'Abbas. (Using translation from Muslim 954a)  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «صَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرٍ بَعْدَمَا دُفِنَ»  

[Machine] A man used to cause harm in the mosque, and then he died. The Prophet ﷺ missed him and asked, "What happened to so-and-so?" They said, "He died." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Why didn't you inform me?" They seemed to have concealed his matter. He then said to his companions, "Go and guide me to his grave." So, he went and prayed over him and said, "Verily, these graves are filled with darkness for their inhabitants, but Allah illuminates them for them with my prayers."  

أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَلْتَقِطُ الْأَذَى مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَمَاتَ فَفَقَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟ » قَالُوا مَاتَ قَالَ «هَلَّا كُنْتُمْ آذَنْتُمُونِي بِهِ» فَكَأَنَّهُمُ اسْتَخَفُّوا شَأْنَهُ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «انْطَلِقُوا فَدُلُّونِي عَلَى قَبْرِهِ» فَذَهَبَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْقُبُورَ مَمْلُوءَةٌ ظُلْمَةً عَلَى أَهْلِهَا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُنَوِّرُهَا عَلَيْهِمْ بِصَلَاتِي»  

“We went out with the Prophet ﷺ and when we reached Al-Baqi’, we saw a new grave. He asked about it and they said: ‘(It is) so-and-so (a woman).’ He recognized the name and said: ‘Why did you not tell me about her?’ They said: ‘You were taking a nap and you were fasting, and we did not like to disturb you.’ He said: ‘Do not do that; I do not want to see it happen again that one of you dies, while I am still among you, and you do not tell me, for my prayer for him is a mercy.’ Then he went to the grave and we lined up in rows behind him, and he said four Takbir (i.e. for the funeral prayer).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1528)   

خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا وَرَدْنَا الْبَقِيعَ إِذَا هُوَ بِقَبْرٍ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا فُلَانَةُ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ «أَلَا آذَنْتُمُونِي بِهَا؟ » قَالُوا كُنْتُ قَائِلًا صَائِمًا قَالَ «فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا لَا أَعْرِفَنَّ مَا مَاتَ مِنْكُمْ مَيِّتٌ مَا كُنْتُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ إِلَّا آذَنْتُمُونِي بِهِ فَإِنَّ صَلَاتِي عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةٌ» قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْقَبْرَ فَصَفَفْنَا خَلْفَهُ وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعًا  

[Machine] He told me, "Whoever prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a despised grave, should line up behind it." I asked him, "Who informed you?" He said, "Ibn Abbas."  

أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ «صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَبْرٍ مَنْبُوذٍ فَصَفَّهُمْ خَلْفَهُ» قُلْتُ مَنْ أَخْبَرَكَ؟ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ  

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ arrived at a forsaken grave and prayed for and we prayed with him."  

«انْتَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى قَبْرٍ مَنْبُوذٍ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُ»