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1447. It was narrated that Umm Salamah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'When you visit one who is sick or dying, say good things, for the angels say: Amin to whatever you say.' When Abu Salamah died, I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Abu Salamah has died.' He said: 'Say: Allāhummaghfir li wa lahu, wa a'qibni minhu 'uqbā hasanah (O Allāh, forgive me and him, and compensate me with someone better than him).'' She said: 'I said that, and Allāh compensated me with someone better than him: Muhammad the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.'''[1] (Sahih)
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[1] See also no. 1598
Commentary
a. It is also a duty to enquire after the health of a person on the death bed.
b. The people of knowledge and piety should also visit the bereaved family of the deceased, to make supplication for the forgiveness of the deceased, and for the rewarding patience by the relatives.
c. As for the custom followed in some countries that the people sit outside the house on laid rugs or mats for three days mourning, and whenever someone comes they raise their hands for reciting Al-Fātiḥah (the first chapter of the Noble Qur'ān), this custom is not proven from the tradition (Sunnah) of the Prophet ﷺ.
