<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) This supplication is made for the deceased person in particular. The funeral prayer comprises the recitation of Al-Fātihah supplication, then invoking Allah’s blessings upon the Prophet, then supplication for Muslims at large, and then supplication for the deceased in particular.<br> 2) It urges us to be sincere to Allah Almighty and be persistent in our supplication for the deceased to be forgiven and his sins to be completely erased.<br> 3) The supplication for him to be given in exchange a better home, family, and spouse may mean to be given a better alternative or to be given the same but with better qualities.<br> 4) The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) were so keen to benefit from the blessing of the Prophet’s supplication that the Companion reporting the Hadith wished he had been the deceased one, for whom the supplication was made.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> His words: “Wash him with water, snow, and hail. Purify him from sins as a white garment is cleansed of dirt,” point to the common mistake made by laymen when they say the expression "the heat of faith". Rather, we should say "the coolness of faith". In the Hadith, he mentions snow and hail because they are cool, and water because it cleans. As sins lead to heated punishment and Satan who whispers to humans to commit them was created from fire, it was appropriate to couple water with snow and hail so that complete cleanliness and cooling from sins would be achieved.<br> He mentioned the white garment because it is where the least traces of dirt is obvious. So, when it is purified and clear, this means it does not have any traces of dirt whatsoever, which happens as a result of persistent supplication for forgiveness and cleansing of sins. How beneficial the Prophet’s supplications are, as they comprise all the aspects of goodness!<br> <br> <b>Words in the Hadith:</b><br> His entry: It refers to the place he enters, namely his grave.