About Speedy Repayment of the Debts of a Deceased Person and Preparation of Burial
باب تعجيل قضاء الدين عن الميت والمبادرة إلى تجهيزه إلا أن يموت فجأة فيترك حتي يتيقن موته
Riyad as-Saliheen, Book of Visiting the Sick(view book)
Hussain bin Wahwah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
When Talhah bin Al-Bara' (May Allah be pleased with him) fell ill, the Prophet ﷺ came to visit him and said, "Verily, I think that Talhah is about to die. So inform me when he is dead and make haste (in burying him). Indeed, it is improper for the corpse of a Muslim to be kept lying unburied among his family members."
[Abu Dawud].
وعن حصين بن وحوح رضي الله عنه أن طلحة بن البراء رضي الله عنه مرض، فأتاه النبي ﷺ الله عليه وسلمى الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلم يعوده فقال: إني لا أري طلحة إلا قد حدث فيه الموت فآذوني به وعجلوا به، فإنه لا ينبغي لجيفة مسلم أن تحبس بين ظهراني أهله" ((رواه أبو داود)).
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`Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
We were accompanying a funeral procession in Baqi` Al-Gharqad (graveyard in Al-Madinah) when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ proceeded towards us and sat down. We sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand. He was bending down his head and scraping the ground with the stick. He said, "There is none among you but has a place assigned for him either in the Jannah or in the Hell." The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, should we not depend upon what has been written for us (and give up doing good deeds)?'' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Carry on doing good deeds. Every one will find it easy to do such deeds (as will lead him to his destined place) for which he has been created."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
عن علي رضي الله عنه قال: كنا في جنازة في بقيع الغرقد فأتانا رسول الله ﷺ فقعد، وقعدنا حوله ومعه مخصرة فنكس وجعل ينكت بمخصرته، ثم قال: ما منكم من أحد إلا وقد كتب مقعده من النار ومقعده من الجنة” فقالوا: يا رسول الله أفلا نتكل علي كتابنا؟ فقال: "اعملوا فكل ميسر لما خلق له" وذكر تمام الحديث. ((متفق عليه))