Narrated Umm Salamah: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon Abu Salamah, his eyes were fixedly open. So he closed them. The members of his family cried. He said: Do not pray for yourself anything but good, for the angels utter Amin to what you say. He then said: O Allah, forgive Abu Salamah, raise his rank among those who are guided, and grant him a succession in his descendants who remain. Forgive both us and him, Lord of the universe. O Allah, make his grave spacious for him, and grant him light in it. Abu Dawud said: The eyes of the deceased should be closed after his expiry. I heard Muhammad bin al-Numan al-Muqri say: I heard a man who was devoted to Allah say: I closed the eyes of Jafar al-Mu'allim when he was dying. He was a man devoted to Allah. I saw him in a dream on the night he died. He said: The biggest thing for me was closing the eyes by you before I died.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الجنائز / 3118
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح مسلم (920), أثر جعفر المعلم ضعيف فيه أبو ميسرة مجھول الحال كما في التقريب
Hadith Takhrij« صحیح مسلم/ الجنائز 4 (920)، سنن ابن ماجہ/ الجنائز 6 (1454)، (تحفة الأشراف: 18205، 19601)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (6/297) (صحیح) »