Aishah narrated: When the Messenger of Allah died, they disagreed over where to bury him. So Abu Bakr said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah saying something which I have not forgotten, he said: Allah does not take (the life of ) a Prophet except at the location in which He wants him to be buried.' So they buried him at the spot of his bed.
Read More..Ibn Umar narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: Mention good things about your dead, and refrain from (mentioning) their evil.
Read More..Ubadah bin As-Samit said: When the Messenger of Allah follows a corpse, he would not sit until (the deceased was) placed in the Lahd. A rabbi came upon him and said: 'This is what we do, O Muhammad' He said: So the Messenger of Allah sat, and he said: 'Differ from them.'
Read More..Abu Sinan said: I buried my son Sinan and Abu Talhah Al-Khawlani was sitting on the rim of the grave. When I wanted to leave he took me by my hand and said: 'Shall I not inform you of some good new O Abu Sinan!' I said: 'Of course.' He said: 'Ad-Dahhak bin Abdur-Rahman bin Arzab narrated to me, from Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari: The Messenger of Allah said: 'When a child of the slave (of Allah) died, Allah says to the angels: Have you taken the fruits of his work. They reply: Yes. So He says: What did My slave say? They reply: He praised you and mentioned that to You is the return. So Allah says: Build a house in Paradise for My slave, and name it 'the house of praise.'
Read More..Abu Hurairah narrated: The Prophet prayed and in the funeral prayer he for An-Najashi, said four Takbir.
Read More..Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila said: Zaid bin Arqam would say four Takbir for our funerals. (Once) he said five Takbir for a funeral so we asked him about that and he said: 'The Messenger of Allah would say those Takbir.'
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