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ibnmajah:1455Abū Dāwud Sulaymān b. Tawbah > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī > Qazaʿah b. Sūwayd > Ḥumayd al-Aʿraj > al-Zuhrī > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Shaddād b. Aws

“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 members of the household say.”  

ابن ماجة:١٤٥٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا قَزَعَةُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الأَعْرَجِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا حَضَرْتُمْ مَوْتَاكُمْ فَأَغْمِضُوا الْبَصَرَ فَإِنَّ الْبَصَرَ يَتْبَعُ الرُّوحَ وَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ تُؤَمِّنُ عَلَى مَا قَالَ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ  


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ahmad:17136Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Qazaʿah > Ḥaddathanīḥumayd al-Aʿraj > al-Zuhrī > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Shaddād b. Aws

“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 members of the household say.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1455)  

أحمد:١٧١٣٦حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَزَعَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِيحُمَيْدٌ الْأَعْرَجُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا حَضَرْتُمْ مَوْتَاكُمْ فَأَغْمِضُوا الْبَصَرَ فَإِنَّ الْبَصَرَ يَتْبَعُ الرُّوحَ وَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّهُ يُؤَمَّنُ عَلَى مَا قَالَ أَهْلُ الْمَيِّتِ  

ahmad:26739ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Um Salamah

Whenever you visit the sick or the dead, supplicate for good because angels say" Amen" to whatever you say. She added: When Abu Salama died, I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, Abu Salama has died. He told me to recite:" O Allah! forgive me and him (Abu Salama) and give me a better substitute than he." So I said (this), and Allah gave me in exchange Muhammad, who is better for me than him (Abu Salama). (Using translation from Muslim 919)  

أحمد:٢٦٧٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا حَضَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ أَوِ الْمَرِيضَ فَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ  

hakim:1301Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. Shādhān al-Jawharī from my father > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > Qazaʿah b. Sūwayd > Ḥumayd al-Aʿraj > al-Zuhrī > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Shaddād b. Aws

“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 members of the household say.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1455)   

الحاكم:١٣٠١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَبِي ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا قَزَعَةُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا حَضَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ فَغَمِّضُوا الْبَصَرَ فَإِنَّ الْبَصَرَ يَتْبَعُ الرُّوحَ وَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تُؤَمِّنُ عَلَى دُعَاءِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ
tabarani:20119Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you witness a deceased person, say good things about them, for the angels will believe in what you say."  

الطبراني:٢٠١١٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا حَضَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ فَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ»  

tabarani:7168Aḥmad b. Dāwud al-Makkī > Rawḥ b. ʿAbd al-Muʾmin al-Muqriʾ And ʾIbrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Sāmī > Qazaʿah b. Sūwayd > Ḥumayd al-Aʿraj > al-Zuhrī > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Shaddād b. Aws

“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 members of the household say.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1455)  

الطبراني:٧١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْمُقْرِئُ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَا ثنا قَزَعَةُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ ثنا حُمَيْدٌ الْأَعْرَجُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا حَضَرْتُمْ مَوْتَاكُمْ فَأَغْمِضُوا الْبَصَرَ فَإِنَّ الْبَصَرَ يَتْبَعُ الرُّوحَ وَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّهُ يُؤَمَّنُ عَلَى مَا قَالَ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ»  

suyuti:1677a

“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 members of the household say.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1455)   

السيوطي:١٦٧٧a

"إِذا حَضَرتُمُ موتَاكم فأغْمضُوا البَصَرَ؛ فإنَّ البَصَرَ يتبعُ الرُّوحَ، وَقُولُوا خيرًا، فإنَّ الملائِكَة تُؤَمِّنُ على ما يقُولُ أهلُ البيتِ".  

[حم] أحمد [هـ] ابن ماجة [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك طبَ، من طريق محمد بن لبيد عن شدَّاد بن أوس