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Lesson 66
Funerals
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Main
Points
Proper
manners concerning funerals
·
Instructing
the deceased to make the Testimony of Faith, direct him towards the Qiblah,
close his eyes when he dies, and cover him.
·
Screaming
and wailing are prohibited; patience is to be sought; and silent weeping out of
mercy is allowed.[44]
·
It
is obligatory to bathe the dead (not those who die as martyrs) before wrapping
them in a clean white shroud; enshrouding in silk is forbidden.
·
It
is a Sunnah to perform funeral prayers before the procession. Women are not
recommended to attend the funeral procession.
· Burial of the dead is a communal obligation. It is a condition to deepen the grave , and it is offensive to heighten it, or construct any building over it (mosque or whatever ), or to sit on it. Exhumation is prohibited, the corpse or its remains is only to be moved if necessary.
Proper manners concerning funenrals:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Exhort
your dying men to recite: La Ilaha Illallah
(There is no deity except Al
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“He
whose last words are: La Ilaha Illallah
(There is no deity except Allah)
will enter Paradise.” (Reported by Abu Dawud)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“When
you visit a sick or a dying person, you should utter good words because the
angels say ‘Amen’ at what you say.”
(Reported
by Muslim)
The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) visited Abu Salamah (may Allah be
pleased with him) when his eyes were open soon after he died. He closed them
(the eyes) for him and said:
“When the soul is taken away, the sight follows it.”
Some members of his family began
to weep. He (peace be upon him) said:
“Do not supplicate for yourselves anything but good, for the angels say
‘Amen’ to what you say.” (Reported by Muslim)
Patience
and calmness:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“The
deceased is tortured in his grave for the bewailing over him.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“If
people wail for anyone, he will be punished for it on the Day of
Resurrection.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Abu Musa
(may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Usamah
Ibn Zayd narrated that the Prophet’s eyes welled up with tears (peace be
upon him) for the death of his granddaughter Umaymah (the daughter of
Zaynab). When asked: What is this, Messenger of Allah? He replied:
“This
is compassion which Allah has placed in the hearts of His servants, and God
shows compassion only to those of His servants who are compassionate.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Endurance is to be shown at the first blow
(of a calamity).”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“If
any Muslim who suffers some calamity says what Allah has commanded him:
Truly! To Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return. O Allah, reward
me for my affliction and give me something better than it in exchange for
it, Allah will give him something better than it in exchange.” (Reported by Muslim)
The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
“Allah,
the Exalted, says: I have no reward except Paradise for a believing slave of
Mine who shows patience and anticipates My reward when I take away his
favorite one from the inhabitants of the world.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Put
on white clothes because they are the best; and use them for shrouding your
dead.” (Reported by
At-Tirmidhi)
“Bathe
him (the dead pilgrim) with water mixed with the leaves of the lote tree and
shroud him in his two (pieces of) cloth
(Ihram), and do not cover his head
for Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection pronouncing Talbiyah.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Following
the funerals:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“The rights of the Muslim on his brother Muslim are five: …and following his
bier (i.e. his funeral).”
(Reported
by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Make
haste at a funeral; if the dead person is good, it is a good state to which
you are sending him on; but if he is otherwise, it is an evil of which you
are ridding yourselves.”
(Reported
by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Whosoever
attends the funeral of a Muslim believing and hoping for the reward from
Allah and remains with it until the prayer is offered over it and the burial
is completed, he will return with a reward of two Qirat; each Qirat is
equivalent to mount Uhud; and whosoever offers his prayer over it and
returns before its burial, he will come back with one Qirat.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
Umm
`Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated:
“We
were forbidden to follow the bier (funeral), but it was not made absolute on
us.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari
and Muslim)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“When you follow a bier, do not sit until it is placed on the
(ground).” (Reported by Muslim)
The
graves:
Hisham Ibn `Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that
the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Dig
graves, make them wide, bury two or three in a single grave.
He was asked:
Which of them should be put first? He replied: The one who knew the Qur'an
most.” (Reported by
At-Tirmidhi)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“The
niche in the side of the grave is for us and the excavation in the middle is
for others.” (Reported by
At-Tirmidhi)
`Uthman
Ibn `Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“You
should neither sit on the graves nor pray with your faces directed towards
them.” (Reported by Muslim)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“It
is better that one of you sits on firebrand which will burn his clothes and
the heat marks his skin, than sitting on a grave.” (Reported by Muslim)
Jabir
Ibn `Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
(Reported by Abu Dawud)
