Book 23
Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)
كتاب الجنائز
98 chapters · 148 hadiths
1.0
What is said about funerals, and those whose last words were: La ilãha ilallãh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah)
2باب فِي الْجَنَائِزِ وَمَنْ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلاَمِهِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ
2.0The order of following the funeral procession
2باب الأَمْرِ بِاتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ
3.0Visiting the deceased person after he has been put in his shroud
3باب الدُّخُولِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ إِذَا أُدْرِجَ فِي كَفَنِهِ
4.0A man who informs the relatives of the deceased person (of his death) by himself
2باب الرَّجُلِ يَنْعَى إِلَى أَهْلِ الْمَيِّتِ بِنَفْسِهِ
5.0Conveying the news of funeral (procession)
1باب الإِذْنِ بِالْجَنَازَةِ
6.0The superiority of the person whose child dies
3باب فَضْلِ مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَاحْتَسَبَ
7.0The saying of a man to a woman at the grave, "Be patient"
1باب قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لِلْمَرْأَةِ عِنْدَ الْقَبْرِ اصْبِرِي
8.0The bath of a dead and his ablution with water and Sidr
1باب غُسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ وَوُضُوئِهِ بِالْمَاءِ وَالسِّدْرِ
9.0It is desirable to wash (the dead body) for an odd number of times
1باب مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يُغْسَلَ وِتْرًا
10.0To start from the right side while giving a bath to a dead body
1باب يُبْدَأُ بِمَيَامِنِ الْمَيِّتِ
11.0(To start with) the parts of the dead body which are washed in ablution
1باب مَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ
12.0Can a woman be shrouded in the waist-sheet of a man?
1باب هَلْ تُكَفَّنُ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي إِزَارِ الرَّجُلِ
13.0To sprinkle camphor on the dead body
1باب يَجْعَلُ الْكَافُورَ فِي آخِرِهِ
14.0To undo the hair of a (dead) female
1باب نَقْضِ شَعَرِ الْمَرْأَةِ
15.0How to shroud a dead body
1باب كَيْفَ الإِشْعَارُ لِلْمَيِّتِ
16.0To entwine the head-hair of a (dead) woman in three braids
1باب هَلْ يُجْعَلُ شَعَرُ الْمَرْأَةِ ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ
17.0To make the hair of a (dead) woman fall at her back
1باب يُلْقَى شَعَرُ الْمَرْأَةِ خَلْفَهَا
18.0White cloth for the shroud
1باب الثِّيَابِ الْبِيضِ لِلْكَفَنِ
19.0Shrouding in two pieces of cloth
1باب الْكَفَنِ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ
20.0The perfuming of a dead body with Hanut
1باب الْحَنُوطِ لِلْمَيِّتِ
21.0How to shroud a Muhrim
2باب كَيْفَ يُكَفَّنُ الْمُحْرِمُ
22.0To shroud one in a shirt, stitched or unstitched
2باب الْكَفَنِ فِي الْقَمِيصِ الَّذِي يُكَفُّ أَوْ لاَ يُكَفُّ ، وَمَنْ كُفِّنَ بِغَيْرِ قَمِيصٍ
23.0To shroud (a dead) body without using a shirt
2باب الْكَفَنِ بِغَيْرِ قَمِيصٍ
24.0Using no turban in shrouding
1باب الْكَفَنِ وَلاَ عِمَامَةٌ
25.0To shroud one with all of one's property
1باب الْكَفَنِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمَالِ
26.0If there is nothing except one piece of cloth (for shrouding)
1باب إِذَا لَمْ يُوجَدْ إِلاَّ ثَوْبٌ وَاحِدٌ
27.0If sufficient cloth for the shroud is not available
1باب إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ كَفَنًا إِلاَّ مَا يُوَارِي رَأْسَهُ أَوْ قَدَمَيْهِ غَطَّى رَأْسَهُ
28.0(if) somebody prepared his shroud (before his death)
1باب مَنِ اسْتَعَدَّ الْكَفَنَ فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمْ يُنْكَرْ عَلَيْهِ
29.0(Is it permissible for) woman to accompany the funeral procession
1باب اتِّبَاعِ النِّسَاءِ الْجَنَائِزَ
30.0The mooring of a woman for a dead person other than her husband
3باب إِحْدَادِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى غَيْرِ زَوْجِهَا
31.0Visiting the graves
1باب زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ
32.0The statement of the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ : "The deceased is punished because of the weeping (with wailing) of some of his relatives, if wailing was the custom of that dead person."
5باب قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «يُعَذَّبُ الْمَيِّتُ بِبَعْضِ بُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ» إِذَا كَانَ النَّوْحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِهِ
33.0What (sort of) wailing over a deceased is disliked
2باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ النِّيَاحَةِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ
34.0(untitled)
1باب
35.0He who tears off his clothes (when afflicted with a calamity) is not from us
1باب لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ شَقَّ الْجُيُوبَ
36.0The sorrow of the Prophet (ﷺ) for Sa'ad bin Khaula
1باب رِثَاءِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَعْدَ ابْنَ خَوْلَةَ
37.0Shaving the head on a calamity is forbidden
1باب مَا يُنْهَى مِنَ الْحَلْقِ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ
38.0He who slaps his cheeks is not from us
1باب لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ ضَرَبَ الْخُدُودَ
39.0Prohibition of wailing and following the traditions of the Days of Ignorance when afflicted with a calamity
1باب مَا يُنْهَى مِنَ الْوَيْلِ وَدَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ
40.0Whoever sat down and looked sad when afflicted with a calamity
2باب مَنْ جَلَسَ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ يُعْرَفُ فِيهِ الْحُزْنُ
41.0Whoever shows no signs of grief and sorrow on the falling of a calamity
1باب مَنْ لَمْ يُظْهِرْ حُزْنَهُ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ
42.0Patience is to be observed at the first stroke of a calamity
1باب الصَّبْرِ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الأُولَى
43.0The saying of the Prophet (ﷺ): " Indeed we are grieved by your separation."
1باب قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إِنَّا بِكَ لَمَحْزُونُونَ»
44.0To weep near a patient
1باب الْبُكَاءِ عِنْدَ الْمَرِيضِ
45.0The forbiddance of wailing and crying aloud
2باب مَا يُنْهَى عَنِ النَّوْحِ، وَالْبُكَاءِ، وَالزَّجْرِ، عَنْ ذَلِكَ
46.0Standing for the funeral procession
1باب الْقِيَامِ لِلْجَنَازَةِ
47.0when should one sit after standing for the funeral procession?
2باب مَتَى يَقْعُدُ إِذَا قَامَ لِلْجَنَازَةِ
48.0Whoever accompanies a funeral procession should not sit till the coffin is put down
1باب مَنْ تَبِعَ جَنَازَةً فَلاَ يَقْعُدُ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ عَنْ مَنَاكِبِ الرِّجَالِ، فَإِنْ قَعَدَ أُمِرَ بِالْقِيَامِ
49.0Standing for the funeral procession of a jew
2باب مَنْ قَامَ لِجَنَازَةِ يَهُودِيٍّ
50.0Men, and not women, are to carry the coffin
1باب حَمْلِ الرِّجَالِ الْجِنَازَةَ دُونَ النِّسَاءِ
51.0Hurrying up with the coffin
1باب السُّرْعَةِ بِالْجِنَازَةِ
52.0The saying of the deceased while he is being carried on the bier, "Take me quickly."
1باب قَوْلِ الْمَيِّتِ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ قَدِّمُونِي
53.0Whoever aligned in two or three rows behind the Imam for a funeral Salat (Prayer)
1باب مَنْ صَفَّ صَفَّيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةً عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ خَلْفَ الإِمَامِ
54.0The rows for a funeral prayer
3باب الصُّفُوفِ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ
55.0The lining up of boys in rows with men in the funeral
1باب صُفُوفِ الصِّبْيَانِ مَعَ الرِّجَالِ عَلَى/فِي الْجَنَائِزِ
56.0The legal way of offering the funeral prayer
1باب سُنَّةِ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ
57.0Superiority of accompanying funeral processions
1باب فَضْلِ اتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ
58.0Whoever waits till the deceased is buried
1باب مَنِ انْتَظَرَ حَتَّى تُدْفَنَ
59.0The offering of the funeral salat (prayer) by boys along with the men
1باب صَلاَةِ الصِّبْيَانِ مَعَ النَّاسِ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ
60.0To offer the funeral Salat (prayer) at the Musalla and at the Mosque
2باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ بِالْمُصَلَّى وَالْمَسْجِدِ
61.0What is disliked of establishing places of worship (mosques) over the graves,
1باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنِ اتِّخَاذِ الْمَسَاجِدِ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ
62.0The offering of the funeral Salat of a woman who died during the delivery (of a child)
1باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى النُّفَسَاءِ إِذَا مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا
63.0Where should the Imam stand while leading the funeral prayer of a female or a male?
1باب أَيْنَ يَقُومُ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالرَّجُلِ
64.0There are four Takbir's in the funeral prayers
2باب التَّكْبِيرِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ أَرْبَعًا
65.0The recitation of Surah Al-Fathiha in the funeral Salat
1باب قِرَاءَةِ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ
66.0To offer the (funeral) Salat on the grave after the burial of the deceased
2باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ بَعْدَ مَا يُدْفَنُ
67.0A dead person hears the footsteps (of the living)
1باب الْمَيِّتُ يَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ النِّعَالِ
68.0Whoever desired to be buried in the Sacred Land
1باب مَنْ أَحَبَّ الدَّفْنَ فِي الأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ أَوْ نَحْوِهَا
69.0Burial at night and Abu Bakr (ra) was buried at night.
1باب الدَّفْنِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَدُفِنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ لَيْلاً
70.0Building a mosque (a place of worship) at a grave
1باب بِنَاءِ الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ
71.0Who may get down in the grave of a woman
1باب مَنْ يَدْخُلُ قَبْرَ الْمَرْأَةِ
72.0The funeral Salat (prayer) of a martyr
2باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الشَّهِيدِ
73.0The burial of two or three men in one grave
1باب دَفْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةِ فِي قَبْرٍ وَاحِدٍ
74.0Whoever thinks no bath is required for the martyrs
1باب مَنْ لَمْ يَرَ غَسْلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ
75.0Who should be put first in the <i>Lahd</i> (a side extension of a grave)
1باب مَنْ يُقَدَّمُ فِي اللَّحْدِ
76.0The placing of Idhkhir and grass in the grave
1باب الإِذْخِرِ وَالْحَشِيشِ فِي الْقَبْرِ
77.0Can the dead body be taken out of its grave
3باب هَلْ يُخْرَجُ الْمَيِّتُ مِنَ الْقَبْرِ وَاللَّحْدِ لِعِلَّةٍ
78.0The <i>Lahd</i> (a side extension of a grave) and the (straight) cut in the grave
1باب اللَّحْدِ وَالشَّقِّ فِي الْقَبْرِ
79.0If a boy becomes a Muslim and then dies, should a funeral prayer be offered for him? Should Islam be explained to a boy?
5باب إِذَا أَسْلَمَ الصَّبِيُّ فَمَاتَ هَلْ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَهَلْ يُعْرَضُ عَلَى الصَّبِيِّ الإِسْلاَمُ
80.0If Al-Mushrik says, "La ilaha illallah" at the time of his death
1باب إِذَا قَالَ الْمُشْرِكُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ
81.0Placing a leaf of a date palm over the grave
1باب الْجَرِيدِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ
82.0Preacher delivering a lecture at a grave and the sitting of his com anions around him
1باب مَوْعِظَةِ الْمُحَدِّثِ عِنْدَ الْقَبْرِ، وَقُعُودِ أَصْحَابِهِ حَوْلَهُ
83.0What is said about committing suicide
2باب مَا جَاءَ فِي قَاتِلِ النَّفْسِ
84.0It is disliked to offer the funeral prayer for the hypocrites, and to ask Allah's Forgiveness for the Mushrikun
1باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالاِسْتِغْفَارِ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ
85.0The praising of a deceased by the people
2باب ثَنَاءِ النَّاسِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ
86.0The punishment in the grave
6باب مَا جَاءَ فِي عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
87.0To seek refuge from the punishment in the grave
3باب التَّعَوُّذِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
88.0Punishment in the grave because of back-biting and soiling one's clothes with urine
1باب عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ مِنَ الْغِيبَةِ وَالْبَوْلِ
89.0The deceased is shown his actual place (in Paradise or in Hell)
1باب الْمَيِّتِ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ
90.0The speech of the deceased upon the bier
1باب كَلاَمِ الْمَيِّتِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ
91.0The dead children of Muslims
2باب مَا قِيلَ فِي أَوْلاَدِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
92.0The (dead) children of Al-Mushrikun
3باب مَا قِيلَ فِي أَوْلاَدِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
93.0(untitled)
1باب
94.0Dying on Monday
1باب مَوْتِ يَوْمِ الاِثْنَيْنِ
95.0Sudden unexpected death
1باب مَوْتِ الْفَجْأَةِ الْبَغْتَةِ
96.0The graves of the Prophet (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, and Umar Radiyallahu Anhu
6باب مَا جَاءَ فِي قَبْرِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما
97.0What is forbidden as regards abusing the dead
1باب مَا يُنْهَى مِنْ سَبِّ الأَمْوَاتِ
98.0Talking about the wicked among the dead
1باب ذِكْرِ شِرَارِ الْمَوْتَى