Tag Archives: Death

June, 2019

• 24 June

  Whoever is free of three things will enter Jannah

  Question Kindly inform me if there is a Hadith which says: “Anyone whose soul leaves his body [i.e. passes away] and he is free of three things, will enter Jannah; Pride/arrogance, stealing from the spoils of war, and debt.”

May, 2019

• 14 May

  The da’amis of Jannah; Children who pass away before puberty

  Question Could you reference this narration? Abu Hassan (rahimahullah) once said to Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu): “Two of my sons have passed away, can you narrate to me any Hadith from Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) which will console us for our loss?” He said, ‘Yes, [Nabi sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said] Their little ones [i.e. Children who pass …

April, 2019

• 29 April

  A person will be resurrected in the state he passed away

  Question I wanted to know the status of the following Hadith: “Each person will be resurrected upon the last action that he died upon.”
• 25 April

  White clothing are the best of clothes

  Question Could you reference this narration? “You should wear white garments dress your living ones in them and shroud your dead in them, for they are among the best of your garments.”
• 23 April

  The virtue of passing away and leaving behind a will

  Question What is the status of this Hadith? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever passes away leaving a will [stating whatever is necessary to state], he passes away on the straight path and on the Sunnah and he passes away with piety and witness and he passes away forgiven”
• 19 April

  Man has never encountered anything more severe than death

  Question Is this narration authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The Son of Adam never encountered anything since Allah created him more severe than death, then death is less than what is after”
• 15 April

  A narration regarding the demise of Dawud (‘alayhis salam)

  Question عن أبي هريرة، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: كان داود النبي فيه غيرة شديدة، وكان إذا خرج أغلقت الأبواب فلم يدخل على أهله أحد حتى يرجع ، قال: فخرج ذات يوم، وأغلقت الدار، فأقبلت امرأته تطلع إلى الدار، فإذا رجل قائم وسط الدار، فقالت لمن في البيت: من أين دخل هذا الرجل الدار، والدار مغلقة، والله …
• 1 April

  The reward for passing away far from one’s birthplace

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? There is a Hadith of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) to the effect that when a Muslim passes away a distance from where he/she was born, Allah Ta’ala gives them a place in Jannah equivalent to the distance.

February, 2019

• 25 February

  The intelligent one is he who subjugates his nafs and carries out deeds which will benefit him after death

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The intelligent person is the one who subjugates his soul/takes account of himself, and works for what is after death and the incapable is the one who follows his desires and thereafter entertains hopes in [the mercy] of Allah”
• 6 February

  Giving sadaqah with one’s own hands

  Question Is this a reliable incident? At some point in his life, Sayyiduna Harithah ibn Nu’man (radiyallahu ‘anhu) lost his sight. After losing his sight, he placed a basket filled with dates and other similar items near his musallah and also had a string tied between his musallah and the door of his home. When any beggar would knock on …
• 6 February

  Seeing one’s abode in Jannah before death

  Question Is there a dhikr mentioned in any reliable Hadith through which the virtue of seeing one’s abode in Jannah before one’s death is promised
• 1 February

  Which of the Believers are the most intelligent?

  Question Could you mention the reference for this please? أي المؤمنين أكيس؟ قال: أكثرهم للموت ذكرا وأحسنهم له استعدادا قبل أن ينزل بهم أولئك من الأكياس

December, 2018

• 18 December

  Caution against oppressing in one’s bequests/wasiyyah

  Question Kindly provide the reference for this narration. Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Sometimes a man and a woman live in the obedience of Allah for sixty years then before they die they cause such harm in their bequests that Jahannam becomes warranted for them” [i.e. They cause harm to the heirs by either bequeathing more than one third, …