What Has Been Related About Praise For The Deceased
Darussalam · Volume 2
8. The Chapters On Janā'iz From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 360
Source no. 1058 · Volume 3 · Page 58
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (١٤٩١)
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1058. Anas bin Mālik narrated: "A funeral (procession) passed by the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and they were praising him with good statements. So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Granted.' Then he said: 'You are Allāh's witnesses on the earth.'"[1] (Ṣaḥīḥ) He said: There are narrations on this topic from 'Umar, Ka'b bin 'Ujrah, and Abū Hurairah. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Anas is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
١٠٥٨ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: «مُرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: وَجَبَتْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ». وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ، وَكَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ، وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ. حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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This narration gives us the information that if the pious people praise the deceased, it is an indication that the deceased too was a pious person. And the supplications of the pious for the deceased is accepted by Allāh by His grace and mercy.