English translation
3118. It was narrated that Umm Salamah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ entered upon Abū Salamah and his eyes were fixed open, so he closed them. Some of his family cried aloud and he said: 'Do not supplicate, but only for good things, for the angels say Āmin to whatever you say.' Then he said: 'Allāhummaghfir li abi Salamata warfa' darajatahu fil-mahdiyyīna, wākhluṣhu fī aqibhi fil-ghābirīna waghfirlana wa lahu. (Yā) Rabbal-ālamīn! Allāhumma! Ifsah lahu fī qabrihi wa nawwir lahu fīh (O Allāh, forgive Abū Salamah and raise him in status among those who are guided, and take care of his family who are left behind, and forgive him and us, O Lord of the worlds. O Allāh, make his grave spacious for him and fill it with light).'" (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: Closing the eyes of the deceased is to be done after the soul departs. I heard Muḥammad bin Muḥammad bin An-Nu'mān Al-Muqṛī say: "I heard Abū Maisarah — a man who was devoted to worship — say: 'I closed the eyes of Ja'far Al-Mu'allim — who was a man devoted to worship — when he was dying, and I saw him in my dream the night he died, saying: "The hardest thing for me was that you closed my eyes before I died."