Riyad as-Salihin, 919

Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) said: "Do not supplicate for yourselves anything but good, for the angels say 'amin' to what you say." Then he said, "O Allah! Forgive Abu Salamah, raise his rank among those who are rightly-guided and grant him a successor from his descendants who remain behind. Grant him pardon and us, too. O Rubb of the worlds. Make his grave spacious for him and give him light in it." [Muslim].

عن أم سلمة رضي الله عنها قالت‏:‏ دخل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم علي أبي سلمه وقد شق بصره فأغمضه، ثم قال‏:‏ ‏"‏إن الروح إذا قبض، تبعه البصر‏"‏ فضج ناس من أهله، فقال‏:‏ ‏"‏لا تدعو علي أنفسكم إلا بخير فإن الملائكة يؤمنون علي ما تقولون” ثم قال‏:‏ “اللهم اغفر لأبي سلمه، وارفع درجته في المهديين،واخلفه في عقبه في الغابرين، واغفر لنا وله يا رب العالمين، وافسح له في قبره، ونور له فيه‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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In-Book Reference: Book 6, Hadith 26

Sharh · explanationclick to expand

Guidance from the Hadith: 1) The angels say ‘amen’ to the supplication of those around the dead person. So, upon the strike of disasters, people should supplicate only for what is good. 2) We are required to differ from the pre-Islamic customs of ignorance, like supplication for ruin and expression of discontentment at the time of a disaster. The believer should be content and submissive to his Lord. 3) There is blessing in the Prophet’s supplications, which are brief and comprise all goodness in the worldly life and the Hereafter. Blissful are those who follow this Prophetic Sunnah. 4) The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) was merciful and compassionate towards his Companions and his Ummah. 5) It informs us that when the soul departs the body, the dead person sees it, but those around him do not see it. This is part of the realm of the unseen in which we believe. Allah Almighty says: {And they ask you about the soul. Say: “The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And you [i.e. mankind] have not been given of knowledge except a little.”} [Surat al-Isrā’: 85]

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