Death

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “None of you should wish for death because of a difficulty that befalls him. Rather he should say [the above].” (Bukhārī 5671, Muslim 2680)

“Abū Saʿīd al-Khuḍrī (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Encourage your dying to say [the above].” (Muslim 916)

Muʿādh b. Jabal (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “He whose last words are [the above] will enter Paradise.” (Abū Dāwūd 3116)

ʿĀisha (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhā) narrated: “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say [the above] as he leaned on me.” (Bukhārī 4440)

Al-Agarr Abī Muslim (raḥimahullāh) narrates that he bears witness from Abū Sa‘īd al-Khuḍrī and Abū Hurayrah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhumā) that they bear witness that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever says: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest, (Lā ilāha illallāh, wa Allāhu akbar)’ His Lord affirms his statement and says: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Me, and I am the Greatest,’ and when he says: ‘There is none worthy of worship except for Allah, Alone, (Lā ilāha illallāh, waḥdahū)’ Allah says: ‘There is none worthy of worship except for Me and I am Alone.’ And when he says: ‘There is none worthy of worship except for Allah, Alone, without partner, (Lā ilāha illallāh, waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū)’ Allah says: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Me, Alone, I have no partner.’ And when he say: ‘There is none worthy of worship except for Allah, to Him belongs all that exists, and to Him is the praise, (Lā ilāha illallāh, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu)’ Allah says: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Me, to Me belongs all that exists, and to Me is the praise.’ And when he says: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Allah, and there is no might or power except by Allah, (Lā ilāha illallāh, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh)’ Allah says: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Me, and there is no might or power except by Me.’” And he would say: “Whoever says it in his illness, then dies, the Fire shall not consume him.” (Tirmidhī 3430)

Umm Salamah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhā) reported: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Abū Salamah, and his eyes were open; so he closed them. Then he said: ‘When the soul is taken out, the sight follows it.’

Some people from his family shouted and screamed, so he ﷺ said: ‘Do not make duʿā’ for yourselves except for good, for the angels say āmīn to what you say.’ Then he ﷺ said [the above]. (Muslim 920)

Umm Salamah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhā) reported: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If you are with a sick person or a person in the agony of death then speak [only] good, for the angels say āmīn to what you say.’

When Abū Salamah passed away I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, Abū Salamah has passed away.’ He said: ‘Say [the above].’ I say that Allah gave me better than him: Muhammad.” (Muslim 919)

Umm Salamah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhā) reported: “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘There is no servant [of Allah] who has been afflicted with a calamity and then says [the above] without Allah rewarding him for his affliction and giving him something better than it.’”

Umm Salamah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhā) also related: “When Abū Salamah passed away, I said what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had instructed me to say, and Allah gave me someone better than Abū Salamah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” (Muslim 918)

A daughter of the Prophet ﷺ sent word to him that her child was dying; he responded by conveying the greeting of salām to her and saying [the above]. She again sent for him, swearing that he should come.

The Prophet ﷺ got up, and so did Saʿd b. ʿUbāda, Muʿādh b. Jabal, Ubayy b. Kaʿb, Zayd b. Thābit and some other men (radiy Allāhū ‘anhum). The child was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while his breath was disturbed in his chest (the sub-narrator thinks that Usāma added:) as if it was a leather water-skin.

Upon this, the eyes of the Prophet ﷺ started shedding tears. Saʿd said, “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What is this?” He replied, “It is mercy which Allah has placed in the hearts of His slaves, and Allah is Merciful only to those of His slaves who are merciful (to others). (Bukhārī 1284)

ʿAwf b. Mālik (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) reported: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the janāzah (funeral) prayer, and I memorised [the above] supplication which he said. (Muslim 963)

Abū Hurayrah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed salah on the deceased and recited [the above]. (Abū Dāwūd 3201)

Wāthilah b.al-Asqaʿ (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) related: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed with us for one of the Muslims and I heard him saying [the above].” (Ibn Mājah 1499)

A person asked Abū Hurayrah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu): “Did you hear how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate in the Janāzah (funeral) ṣalāh?” Abū Hurayrah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) said [the above]. (Abū Dāwūd 3200)

Yazīd b. Abdullāh b. Rukānah b. al-Muṭṭalib (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to perform Salah for the deceased, he would say [the above]. (Hākim 1328, Ṭabarāni in Muʿjam al-Kabīr 647)

Buraydah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) narrated: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach them, when they went out to the graveyard, to say [the above]. (Ibn Mājah 1547)

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Visit the graves, for they will remind you of the Hereafter.” (Ibn Mājah 1569, Aḥmad 1240)”

Ibn ʿAbbās (radiy Allāhū ‘anhumā) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by the graves of Madinah, and he turned his face towards them and said [the above]. (Tirmidhī 1053)

Ibn ʿUmar (radiy Allāhū ‘anhumā) reported that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laid the dead in the grave, he said [the above]. (Abū Dāwūd 3213)