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Rewards for the Living in Honouring the
Dead
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Action
|
Reward
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1
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Helping
someone in need
|
The
same reward as doing I’tikaaf in Masjid Nabawee
|
2
|
Visiting
the sick
|
70,000
angels ask for your forgiveness
You
remain in the gardens of Jannah as long as you stay
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3
|
Being
present at the moment of death
|
If
you make any du’aa for anyone it is accepted and the angels say aameen
|
4
|
Washing
the deceased
|
Forgiveness
x40
|
5
|
Shrouding
the deceased
|
Allaah
covers his sins.
Allaah
clothes him with silk garments on the Day of Judgement
|
6
|
Janaazah
prayer
|
Qeeraat
(huge reward greater than Mount Uhud)
Reward
like praying in jamaa’ah
|
7
|
Digging
the grave
|
Granted
a dwelling until Day of Judgement
|
8
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Burial
|
2
qeeraat
|
9
|
Condolences
|
Green
silk clothes that will delight
|
10
|
Visiting
the graves
|
Reminder
of hereafter, softens the heart
Eyes
shed tears
|
11
|
Looking
after the widow
|
Like
a person who fights in the way of Allaah.
Like
someone who prays without resting and fasts continuously.
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Hadeeth References according to the
numbering in the table above:
1.
Helping
a Muslim in need - On the authority of Ibn Umar رضي الله عنه who said: ‘A man came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah! Which of the
people are the most beloved to Allaah and which of the actions are most beloved
to Allaah?’ The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: ‘The most beloved of the people to Allaah are the
most beneficial for the people. The most beloved of actions to Allaah –Azza wa
Jal- are to cause happiness to reach a Muslim, to relieve him from a hardship,
to settle a debt for a Muslim or to repel hunger from him. For me to walk with
a brother in order to assist him is more beloved to me than to make 'Itikaf in
this Masjid (Masjid al-Madeenah) for a month. Whoever holds back his anger then
Allaah hides his mistakes. Whoever suppresses his anger – even though he is not
scared to show it, but withholds due to the truth - Allaah fills his heart with
hope on the day of Judgement. Whoever walks with his brother to assist him with
a need until he has helped him completely, then Allaah plants his feet firmly
on the day people will not stand firmly. Indeed bad behaviour spoils good
actions, just as vinegar spoils honey.’ Taken from Silsilah Ahadeeth
As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani. No. 906
2.
Visiting the Sick - 'Ali bin Abu Talib (May Allah be pleased with
him) reported:I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
saying, "When a Muslim visits a sick Muslim at dawn, seventy thousand
angels keep on praying for him till dusk. If he visits him in the evening,
seventy thousand angels keep on praying for him till the morning; and he will
have (his share of) reaped fruits in Jannah. [At- Tirmidhi Book 7 Hadeeth 6].
3.
Du’aa at the time of death - Umm Salama reported: The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon came to Abu Salama (as he died). His eyes
were fixedly open. He closed them, and then said: When the soul is taken away
the sight follows it. Some of the people of his family wept and wailed. So he
said: Do not supplicate for yourselves anything but good, for angels say"
Amen" to what you say. He then said: O Allah, forgive Abu Salama, raise
his degree among those who are rightly guided, grant him a successor in his
descendants who remain. Forgive us and him, O Lord of the Universe, and make
his grave spacious, and grant him light in it. Saheeh Muslim 920 a.
4.
Washing, Shrouding and digging the grave - Abu Raafi’ رضي الله عنه reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “The one who washes a Muslim and
conceals what he sees, Allaah grants him forgiveness forty times. And he who
digs for him a grave and buries him would be granted a rewards similar to providing
for him a dwelling until the Day of Resurrection. And he who shrouds him,
Allaah will clothe him on the Day of Resurrection from the silk garments of
Jannah.” (Al Hakim and Al Bayhaqi).
5.
Washing and Shrouding – Abu Umaamah رضي الله عنه reported that Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Whoever washes a deceased and
covers him, Allaah will cover his sins. And whoever shrouds him, Allaah will
give him silk garments.” (Tabaraani. As Saheehah 2353).
6.
Praying Janaazah prayer and following it for the
burial – Abu Hurayrah
رضي الله عنه reported that Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “He who follows a Muslim’s janaazah,
out of faith and hoping for reward, from its house until the prayer is performed
for it, gets a huge reward. And he who follows it until its burial is completed,
gets two huge rewards. He was asked, “What are these two huge rewards? He
replied, ‘They are like two great mountains’. In another narration he said, ‘Each
huge reward is greater than Mount Uhud.’ (Bukhari and Muslim).
7.
Digging a grave - Abu Raafi’ رضي الله عنه
reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
said, “The one who washes a Muslim and conceals what he sees, Allaah grants him
forgiveness forty times. And he who digs for him a grave and buries him would
be granted a rewards similar to providing for him a dwelling until the Day of
Resurrection. And he who shrouds him, Allaah will clothe him on the Day of
Resurrection from the silk garments of Jannah.” (Al Hakim and Al Bayhaqi).
8.
Following until the burial “And he who follows it until its
burial is completed, gets two huge rewards.” (Bukhari and Muslim).
9.
Condolences – Anas bin Maalik رضي
الله عنه reported that Allaah’s Messenger صلى
الله عليه وسلم said, “Whoever consoles his brother in an affliction, Allaah will
clothe him with a green suit with which he will be delighted on the Day of
Resurrection.” (Ahkaam al Janaa’iz Shaykh al Albaanee p206)
10.
Visiting the graves - Anas bin Maalik رضي الله عنه reported that Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “I had prohibited you from visiting
the graves, so visit them, because that softens the heart, makes the eye shed
tears and reminds of the Hereafter. But do not say heedless words.” (Ahmad and
Haakim)
11. Looking
after widows - Reported
by Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet (peace
be upon him) said, “One who strives to help the widows and the poor is like the
one who fights in the way of Allah.” The narrator said: I think that he (peace
be upon him) added also: “I shall regard him as the one who stands up (for
prayer) without rest and as the one who observes fasts continuously”. (Bukhari
and Muslim)
Compiled
by Umm ‘AbdirRahmaan Tara Hashim 1439/2018.
