Hadith ref at burial.
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all ofthe sunnah acts for the below points pls give reference for each from
authentic and established sunnah of our rasulullah (sawa)
- Close the eyes and the mouth
of the deceased if open, straighten their hands and their legs if bent.
- Wash the body of the
deceased.
- Shroud the body of the
deceased, preferably in white cloth.
- The believers should offer
the prescribed funeral prayer for the deceased.
- Bury the deceased.
- Immediately after the burial,
it is Sunnah to again make supplication for the deceased.
- Guide and exhort the family of
the deceased towards patience, and try to provide them food and drink for
the three-day period of mourning.
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Hadith ref at burial
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
- Close the eyes and the mouth
of the deceased if open, straighten their hands and their legs if bent.
The Prophet (saws) went to visit Abu Salamah
(r.a.). He saw that his eyes were wide open and blank with the stare of death.
So the Prophet (saws) closed his eyes and said: "Verily, when a soul is
seized, the eyesight follows it."
Related by Muslim.
At times it may happen that if the hands and the legs of
the deceased are left bent for a long period of time, the joints in the body of
the deceased become cold, and it would be unable to straighten them. The absolute majority of the scholars and
jurists in Islam recommend that the hands and the legs of the deceased if bent
at the time of death should be straightened, so that a honorable burial is
provided for their deceased brethren.
- Wash the body of the
deceased.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 2.353 Narrated by Um Atiyya
One of the daughters of the Prophet (saws)
expired and he (saws) came to us and said, "Wash her (deceased body) with
‘Sidr’ (water) for odd number of times, i.e. three, five or more, if you think
it necessary, and in the last, put camphor or (some camphor on her), and when
you finish, notify me." So when we finished we informed him. He (saws)
gave his waist-sheet to us (to shroud her).
- Shroud the body of the
deceased, preferably in white cloth.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 4.33a
Topic: Preferable Practices in Shrouding the
deceased
In shrouding, the following practices are
recommended and should be observed while preparing a body for burial.
1. The shroud should be nice, clean, and
large enough to cover the entire body. This is based on a narration of Ibn
Majah and Tirmidhi from Abu Qatadah that the Prophet (saws) said: "If one
of you is a guardian to his deceased brother, he should give him the best
shroud he can."
2. A shroud should be white, as it is
recorded by Ahmad, Abu Daw'ud, and Tirmidhi on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that
the Prophet (saws) said: "Wear white clothes, for these are your best
clothes, and enshroud your dead in them."
3. The shroud should be scented and
perfumed. The hadith is cited by Ahmad and by Al-Hakim in accordance with
Jabir's narration that the Prophet (saws) said: "If you perfume a dead
body, do it three times." Abu Sa'id, Ibn 'Umar, and Ibn 'Abbas directed
their heirs in their wills to perfume their shrouds with aloes-wood.
4. The shroud should be three wraps for a
man and five wraps for a woman, in light of what is narrated by Bukhari and
Muslim from Aishah who said: "The Messenger of Allah (saws) was wrapped in
three pieces of new white sheets of cloth from
- The believers should offer
the prescribed funeral prayer for the deceased.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 4.37
Topic: Funeral Prayer, its Legal Status
There is an absolute consensus among all the
scholars and jurists in Islam that a funeral prayer for a believing deceased
person is a collective obligation or ‘fard kifayah’. The Prophet (saws)
commanded the believers to offer the funeral prayers of their believing
deceased brethren.
Abu Hurairah reported that when the Prophet
(saws) was informed of the death of a believer, he (saws) used to ask: ‘Does he
owe anything to anyone?' If the answer was in the affirmative, he (saws) would
then ask: 'Has he (the deceased) left anything to settle his debt?' If the deceased had left something to settle
his debt, he (saws) would offer the funeral prayer for him. Otherwise, he
(saws) would say to his companions: 'Offer a (funeral) prayer for your
brother"' (Related by Bukhari and Muslim).
- Immediately after the burial,
it is Sunnah to again make supplication for the deceased.
Hadrat Uthman ibn Affan (r.a.) said::
"After burial the Prophet (saws) would stand by the grave of the deceased
and say: "Seek forgiveness for your brother and pray for his acceptance,
because he is now being questioned about it."
Related by Abu Daw'ud and al-Hakim.
- Guide and exhort the family
of the deceased towards patience, and try to provide them food and drink
for the three-day period of mourning.
Abdullah ibn Ja'far (r.a.) reported that the
Messenger of Allah (saws), at the martyrdom of Hadrat Jaafar ibn Abi Talib
(r.a.), said: "Prepare some food for the family of Ja'far (ibn Abi Taalib
(r.a.)), for what has befallen them is keeping them preoccupied."
Related by Abu Daw'ud, Ibn Majah and
Tirmidhi,
Usamah ibn Zaid reported, "A daughter of
the Prophet (saws) sent him a message to come to her house, because a son of
hers had died. In response the Prophet (saws) sent her a message with his
regards saying: 'Verily, to Allah belongs what He has taken, and to Him belongs
what He has given. For everything He has set a term. So be patient and be
content'.'' (Related by Bukhari)
Ibn Majah and Al-Baihaqi reported from Amr
ibn Hazm that the Prophet (saws) said: "Every believer who consoles his
brother in distress, will be dressed by Allah in an apparel of honor on the Day
of Resurrection."
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister