Riyad as-Salihin, 942

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When a dead body is placed on a bier and men carry it on their shoulders, if he was a pious man, it (corpse) says: 'Take me in haste.' But if he was not righteous, it says to its bearers: 'Woe to it. Where are you taking it?' Everything except man hears its voice. Had a human being heard its voice, he would have surely fallen into swoon." [Al- Bukhari].

وعن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلمى الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلم يقول‏:‏ ‏"‏إذا وضعت الجنازة، فاحتملها الرجال علي أعناقهم، فإن كانت صالحة، قال‏:‏ قدموني، وإن كانت غير صالحة، قالت لأهلها‏:‏ يا ويلها أين تذهبون بها‏؟‏ يسمع صوتها كل شيء إلا الأنسان، ولو سمع الأنسان لصعق” ‏(‏‏(‏رواه البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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In-Book Reference: Book 6, Hadith 49

Sharh · explanationclick to expand

Guidance from the Hadith: 1) It is one of the favors of Allah Almighty that He kept hidden from His servants the conditions in the grave, whether it is bliss or torture. If they knew it, they would never bury one another. 2) Muslims are required to believe in the unseen, including the information told by the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), which our minds would not absorb properly. Let none say: How would the funeral say: “Send me forward” and “woe to it, where are you taking it?”

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