What Should Be Said At The Time Of Death
Darussalam · Volume 3
BOOK 20. THE BOOKOF FUNERALSSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3115 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 190
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Sahih
صحيح ابن ماجة (١٤٤٧)
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Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين. وقد أخرجه مسلم وابن حبان في "صحيحيهما". وصححه الترمذي)
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3115. It was narrated that Umm Salamah said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "If you are in the presence of one who is dying, say good words, for the angels say Āmīn to whatever you say." When Abū Salamah died, I said: "O Messenger of Allāh, what should I say?" He said: "Say: Allāhummaghfirlahu, wa a'qibnā 'uqbā ṣāliḥah (O Allāh, forgive him and compensate us with something good in return)." She said: "And Allāh compensated me for him with Muḥammad ﷺ.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
3115 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا حَضَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ فَقُولُوا خَيْرًا، فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ» فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ: «قُولِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَأَعْقِبْنَا عُقْبَى صَالِحَةً» قَالَتْ: فَأَعْقَبَنِي اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
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However high and mighty be a man's aspirations and dreams, he cannot even think of the standards Allāh has set to recompense His chosen servants.