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977. Umm Salamah narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to us: 'When you attend to the sick or dying then say only good, for indeed the angels say "Āmin" to what you say.'" She said: "When Abū Salāmah died I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Abū Salāmah has died.' He said: 'Then say: "O Allāh forgive me and him, and give me a good replacement for him.'" She said: "I said that, and Allāh gave a replacement that was better than him: The Messenger of Allāh." (Šāhih)
Abū 'Eisā said: Shaqīq (one of the narrators) is Ibn Salāmah, Abū Wā'il Al-Asādī.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Umm Salāmah is a Hasan Šāhih Hadīth. It is recommended to instruct the sick at the time of death to say Lā Ilāha Illallāh.
Some of the people of knowledge said that when he says that one time, as long as he does not say anything after that then there is no need to coax him again nor get him to say more. It has been reported from Ibn Al-Mubārak that when he was in the near his death a man began to coax him to say Lā Ilāha Illallāh and to say it many times. So 'Abdullāh said to him: "When I say it one time, that is enough as long as I do not talk afterwards." 'Abdullāh was referring to what has
been reported from the Prophet ﷺ, saying: "Whoever's last words are Lā Ilāha Illallāh, he will enter Paradise."
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Whoever goes to visit a sick person, he should pray for his health, and whoever goes to visit or participate in a funeral of someone, he should pray for forgiveness and blessings of Allāh ﷻ for the deceased, because when someone asks for Allāh's blessings, the angels say 'Amin.' On such occasions one should not talk about useless matters.
