Advising the dying to say La ilaha illallah, consoling the afflicted, strengthening graves, and forbidding sitting on them

① Sayyiduna Abu Saeed Khudri رضي الله عنه narrates, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:

لقنوا موتاكم لا إله إلا الله

“Encourage your people who are near death to say La ilaha illallah.”

② Sayyida Aisha رضي الله عنها narrates, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:

لقنوا هلكاكم لا إله إلا الله

“Encourage your dying ones to say La ilaha illallah.”

① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:

من عزى مصابا فله مثل أجره

“Whoever consoles a person afflicted with a calamity will receive a reward like his.”

② It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Burzah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

من عزى ثكلى كسي بردا فى الجنة

“Whoever consoles a woman whose child has gone missing will be clothed with a striped cloak in Paradise.”

① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم forbade making graves solid, sitting on them, and building structures on them.

① Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه reports that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:

لأن يجلس أحدكم على جمرة فتحرق ثيابه فتخلص إلى جلده خير له من أن يجلس على قبر

“If any one of you sits on a burning coal that burns his clothes and reaches his skin, it is better for him than sitting on any grave.”

② Sayyiduna Abu Murshid Ghannawi رضي الله عنه reports that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:

لا تجلسوا على القبور ولا تصلوا إليها

“Do not sit on graves, nor pray facing them.”