The Book of Al-Janaiz (Funerals)
بَابٌ في الْجَنَائِزِ، وَمَنْ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلاَمِهِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ:
(1) Chapter. What is said about funerals, and those whose last words were: La ilaha illallah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah).
2بَابُ الأَمْرِ بِاتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ:
(2) Chapter. The order of following the funeral procession.
3بَابُ الدُّخُولِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ إِذَا أُدْرِجَ فِي كَفَنِهِ:
(3) Chapter. Visiting the deceased person after he has been put in his shroud.
4بَابُ الرَّجُلِ يَنْعَى إِلَى أَهْلِ الْمَيِّتِ بِنَفْسِهِ:
(4) Chapter. A man who informs the relatives of the deceased person (of his death) by himself.
5بَابُ الإِذْنِ بِالْجَنَازَةِ:
(5) Chapter. What is said regarding conveying the news of the funeral (procession).
6بَابُ فَضْلِ مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَاحْتَسَبَ، وَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ} :
(6) Chapter. The superiority of the person whose child dies and he faces the event with patience hoping for Allah’s reward.
7بَابُ قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لِلْمَرْأَةِ عِنْدَ الْقَبْرِ اصْبِرِي:
(7) Chapter. The saying of a man to a woman at the grave, “Be patient.”
8بَابُ غُسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ وَوُضُوئِهِ بِالْمَاءِ وَالسِّدْرِ:
(8) Chapter. The bath of a dead (Muslim) and his ablution with water and Sidr (lote-tree leaves).
9بَابُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يُغْسَلَ وِتْرًا:
(9) Chapter. It is desirable to wash (the dead body) for an odd number of times.
10بَابُ يُبْدَأُ بِمَيَامِنِ الْمَيِّتِ:
(10) Chapter. To start from the right side while giving a bath to a dead body.
11بَابُ مَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ:
(11) Chapter. (To start with) the parts of the dead body which are washed in ablution.
12بَابُ هَلْ تُكَفَّنُ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي إِزَارِ الرَّجُلِ:
(12) Chapter. Can a woman be shrouded in the waist-sheet of a man?
13بَابُ يَجْعَلُ الْكَافُورَ فِي آخِرِهِ:
(13) Chapter. To Sprinkle camphor on the dead body as the last thing (before shrouding).
14بَابُ نَقْضِ شَعَرِ الْمَرْأَةِ:
(14) Chapter. To undo the hair of a (dead) female.
15بَابُ كَيْفَ الإِشْعَارُ لِلْمَيِّتِ:
(15) Chapter. How to shroud a dead body.
16بَابُ هَلْ يُجْعَلُ شَعَرُ الْمَرْأَةِ ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ:
(16) Chapter. To entwine the head-hair of a (dead) woman in three braids.
17بَابُ يُلْقَى شَعَرُ الْمَرْأَةِ خَلْفَهَا:
(17) Chapter. To make the hair of a (dead) woman fall at her back.
18بَابُ الثِّيَابِ الْبِيضِ لِلْكَفَنِ:
(18) Chapter. White cloth for the shroud.
19بَابُ الْكَفَنِ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ:
(19) Chapter. Shrouding in two pieces of cloth.
20بَابُ الْحَنُوطِ لِلْمَيِّتِ:
(20) Chapter. The perfuming of a dead body with Hanut (a kind of perfume).
21بَابُ كَيْفَ يُكَفَّنُ الْمُحْرِمُ:
(21) Chapter. How to shroud a Muhrim.
22بَابُ الْكَفَنِ فِي الْقَمِيصِ الَّذِي يُكَفُّ أَوْ لاَ يُكَفُّ، وَمَنْ كُفِّنَ بِغَيْرِ قَمِيصٍ:
(22) Chapter. To shroud one in a shirt, stitched or unstitched.
23بَابُ الْكَفَنِ بِغَيْرِ قَمِيصٍ:
(23) Chapter. To shroud (a dead) body without using a shirt.
24بَابُ الْكَفَنِ وَلاَ عِمَامَةٌ:
(24) Chapter. Using no turban in shrouding.
25بَابُ الْكَفَنِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمَالِ:
(25) Chapter. To shroud one with (the price of) all of one’s property.
26بَابُ إِذَا لَمْ يُوجَدْ إِلاَّ ثَوْبٌ وَاحِدٌ:
(26) Chapter. If there is nothing except one piece of cloth (for shrouding).
27بَابُ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ كَفَنًا إِلاَّ مَا يُوَارِي رَأْسَهُ أَوْ قَدَمَيْهِ غَطَّى رَأْسَهُ:
(27) Chapter. If sufficient cloth for the shroud is not available but only that much which covers the head or the feet, then the head is to be covered.
28بَابُ مَنِ اسْتَعَدَّ الْكَفَنَ فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يُنْكَرْ عَلَيْهِ:
(28) Chapter. (If) somebody prepared his shroud (before his death) (in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ did not object to that).
29بَابُ اتِّبَاعِ النِّسَاءِ الْجَنَائِزَ:
(29) Chapter. (Is it permissible for) women to accompany the funeral procession?
30بَابُ إِحْدَادِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى غَيْرِ زَوْجِهَا:
(30) Chapter. The mourning of a woman for a dead person other than her husband.
31بَابُ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ:
(31) Chapter. Visiting the graves.
32بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يُعَذَّبُ الْمَيِّتُ بِبَعْضِ بُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ» إِذَا كَانَ النَّوْحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِهِ:
(32) Chapter. The statement of the Prophet ﷺ: "The deceased is punished because of the weeping (with wailing) of some of his relatives, if wailing was the custome of that dead person."
33بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ النِّيَاحَةِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ:
(33) Chapter. What (sort of) wailing over a deceased is disliked.
34بَابٌ:
(34) Chapter.
35بَابُ لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ شَقَّ الْجُيُوبَ:
(35) Chapter. He who tears off his clothes (when afflicted with a calamity) is not from us.
36بَابُ رِثَاءِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَعْدَ ابْنَ خَوْلَةَ:
(36) Chapter. The sorrow of the Prophet ﷺ for Sa’d bin Khaula.
37بَابُ مَا يُنْهَى مِنَ الْحَلْقِ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ:
(37) Chapter. Shaving the head on the falling of a calamity is forbidden.
38بَابُ لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ ضَرَبَ الْخُدُودَ:
(38) Chapter. He who slaps his cheeks is not from us.
39بَابُ مَا يُنْهَى مِنَ الْوَيْلِ وَدَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ:
(39) Chapter. Prohibition of wailing and following the traditions of the Days of Ignorance when afflicted with a calamity.
40بَابُ مَنْ جَلَسَ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ يُعْرَفُ فِيهِ الْحُزْنُ:
(40) Chapter. Whoever sat down and looked sad when afflicted with a calamity.
41بَابُ مَنْ لَمْ يُظْهِرْ حُزْنَهُ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ:
(41) Chapter. Whoever shows no signs of grief and sorrow on the falling of a calamity.
42بَابُ الصَّبْرِ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الأُولَى:
(42) Chapter. Patience is to be observed at the first stroke of a calamity.
43بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّا بِكَ لَمَحْزُونُونَ»:
(43) Chapter. The saying of the Prophet ﷺ (at the death of his son Ibrahim): “ Indeed we are grieved by your separation.”
44بَابُ الْبُكَاءِ عِنْدَ الْمَرِيضِ:
(44) Chapter. To weep near a patient.
45بَابُ مَا يُنْهَى عَنِ النَّوْحِ وَالْبُكَاءِ وَالزَّجْرِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ:
(45) Chapter. The forbiddance of wailing and crying aloud; and scolding those who practise them.
46بَابُ الْقِيَامِ لِلْجَنَازَةِ:
(46) Chapter. Standing for the funeral procession.
47بَابُ مَتَى يَقْعُدُ إِذَا قَامَ لِلْجَنَازَةِ:
(47) Chapter. When should one sit after standing for the funeral procession?
48بَابُ مَنْ تَبِعَ جَنَازَةً فَلاَ يَقْعُدُ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ عَنْ مَنَاكِبِ الرِّجَالِ، فَإِنْ قَعَدَ أُمِرَ بِالْقِيَامِ:
(48) Chapter. Whoever accompanies a funeral procession should not sit till the coffin is put down from the shoulders of men, and if someone sits before this, then he is to be ordered to stand up.
49بَابُ مَنْ قَامَ لِجَنَازَةِ يَهُودِيٍّ:
(49) Chapter. Standing for the funeral procession of a Jew.
50بَابُ حَمْلِ الرِّجَالِ الْجِنَازَةَ دُونَ النِّسَاءِ:
(50) Chapter. Men, and not women, are to carry the coffin.
51بَابُ السُّرْعَةِ بِالْجِنَازَةِ:
(51) Chapter. Hurrying up with the coffin.
52بَابُ قَوْلِ الْمَيِّتِ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ قَدِّمُونِي:
(52) Chapter. The saying of the deceased while he is being carried on the bier, “Take me quickly.”
53بَابُ مَنْ صَفَّ صَفَّيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةً عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ خَلْفَ الإِمَامِ:
(53) Chapter. Whoever aligned in two or three rows behind the Imam for a funeral Salat (prayer).
54بَابُ الصُّفُوفِ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ:
(54) Chapter. The rows for funeral prayer.
55بَابُ صُفُوفِ الصِّبْيَانِ مَعَ الرِّجَالِ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ:
(55) Chapter. The lining up of boys in rows with men in the funeral prayer.
56بَابُ سُنَّةِ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ:
(56) Chapter. The legal way of offering the funeral prayer.
57بَابُ فَضْلِ اتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ:
(57) Chapter. Superiority of accompanying funeral processions.
58بَابُ مَنِ انْتَظَرَ حَتَّى تُدْفَنَ:
(58) Chapter. Whoever waits till the deceased is buried.
59بَابُ صَلاَةِ الصِّبْيَانِ مَعَ النَّاسِ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ:
(59) Chapter. The offering of the funeral Salat (prayer) by boys along with the men.
60بَابُ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ بِالْمُصَلَّى وَالْمَسْجِدِ:
(60) Chapter. To offer the funeral Salat (prayer) at a Musalla and in the mosque.
61بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنِ اتِّخَاذِ الْمَسَاجِدِ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ:
(61) Chapter. What is disliked of establishing places for worship (mosques) over the graves.
62بَابُ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى النُّفَسَاءِ إِذَا مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا:
(62) Chapter. The offering of the funeral Salat (prayer) of a woman who died during the delivery (of a child).
63بَابُ أَيْنَ يَقُومُ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالرَّجُلِ:
(63) Chapter. Where should the Imam stand while leading the funeral prayer of a female or a male?
64بَابُ التَّكْبِيرِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ أَرْبَعًا:
(64) Chapter. There are four Takbir in the funeral prayers.
65بَابُ قِرَاءَةِ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ:
(65) Chapter. The recitation of Surat-al-Fatiha in the funeral Salat.
66بَابُ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ بَعْدَ مَا يُدْفَنُ:
(66) Chapter. To offer the (funeral) Salat (prayer) on the grave after the burial of the deceased.
67بَابُ الْمَيِّتُ يَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ النِّعَالِ:
(67) Chapter. A dead person hears the footsteps (of the living).
68بَابُ مَنْ أَحَبَّ الدَّفْنَ فِي الأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ أَوْ نَحْوِهَا:
(68) Chapter. Whoever desired to be buried in the Sacred Land or something like it.
69بَابُ الدَّفْنِ بِاللَّيْلِ:
(69) Chapter. Burial at night and Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ was buried at night.
70بَابُ بِنَاءِ الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ:
(70) Chapter. Building a mosque (a place of worship) at a grave.
71بَابُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ قَبْرَ الْمَرْأَةِ:
(71) Chapter. Who may get down in the grave of a woman.
72بَابُ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الشَّهِيدِ:
(72) Chapter. The funeral Salat (prayer) of a martyr.
73بَابُ دَفْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةِ فِي قَبْرٍ وَاحِدٍ:
(73) Chapter. The burial of two or three men in one grave.
74بَابُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرَ غَسْلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ:
(74) Chapter. Whoever thinks that no bath is required for the martyrs.
75بَابُ مَنْ يُقَدَّمُ فِي اللَّحْدِ:
(75) Chapter. Who should be put first in the Lahd (a side extension of a grave) and it is called Lahd because it is to the side. If it is a straight one (i.e. has no side extension), it is called Darih.
76بَابُ الإِذْخِرِ وَالْحَشِيشِ فِي الْقَبْرِ:
(76) Chapter. The placing of Idhkhir (a kind of shrub with a fragrant smell) and grass in the grave.
77بَابُ هَلْ يُخْرَجُ الْمَيِّتُ مِنَ الْقَبْرِ وَاللَّحْدِ لِعِلَّةٍ:
(77) Chapter. Can the dead body be taken out of its grave and Lahd for some reason?
78بَابُ اللَّحْدِ وَالشَّقِّ فِي الْقَبْرِ:
(78) Chapter. The Lahd and the (straight) cut in the grave.
79بَابُ إِذَا أَسْلَمَ الصَّبِيُّ فَمَاتَ هَلْ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَهَلْ يُعْرَضُ عَلَى الصَّبِيِّ الإِسْلاَمُ:
(79) Chapter. If a boy becomes a Muslim and then dies, should a funeral prayer be offered for him? Should Islam be explained to a boy (below the age of puberty)?
80بَابُ إِذَا قَالَ الْمُشْرِكُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ:
(80) Chapter. If Al-Mushrik says, “La ilaha illallah" (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) at the time of his death.
81بَابُ الْجَرِيدِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ:
(81) Chapter. Placing a leaf of a date-palm over the grave.
82بَابُ مَوْعِظَةِ الْمُحَدِّثِ عِنْدَ الْقَبْرِ، وَقُعُودِ أَصْحَابِهِ حَوْلَهُ:
(82) Chapter. Preacher delivering a lecture at a grave and the sitting of his companions around him.
83بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي قَاتِلِ النَّفْسِ:
(83) Chapter. What is said about committing suicide.
84بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالاِسْتِغْفَارِ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ:
(84) Chapter. It is disliked to offer the funeral prayer for the hypocrites, and to ask Allah’s Forgiveness for the Mushrikun.
85بَابُ ثَنَاءِ النَّاسِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ:
(85) Chapter. The praising of a deceased by the people.
86بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ:
(86) Chapter. Wha is said regarding the punishment in the grave.
87بَابُ التَّعَوُّذِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ:
(87) Chapter. To seek refuge with Allah from the punishment in the grave.
88بَابُ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ مِنَ الْغِيبَةِ وَالْبَوْلِ:
(88) Chapter. Punishment in the grave because of back-biting and soiling one’s clothes with urine.
89بَابُ الْمَيِّتِ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ:
(89) Chapter. The deceased is shown his actual place (in Paradise or in Hell) both in the morning and in the afternoon.
90بَابُ كَلاَمِ الْمَيِّتِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ:
(90) Chapter. The speech of the deceased after it is lifted upon the bier.
91بَابُ مَا قِيلَ فِي أَوْلاَدِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ:
(91) Chapter. What is said regarding the dead children of Muslims.
92بَابُ مَا قِيلَ فِي أَوْلاَدِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ:
(92) Chapter. What is said regarding the (dead) children of Al-Mushrikun.
93بَابٌ:
Chapter.
94بَابُ مَوْتِ يَوْمِ الاِثْنَيْنِ:
(94) Chapter. Dying on Monday.
95بَابُ مَوْتِ الْفَجْأَةِ الْبَغْتَةِ:
(95) Chapter. Sudden unexpected death.
96بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي قَبْرِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا:
(96) Chapter. What is said regarding the graves of the Prophet ﷺ, Abu Bakr, and Umar.
97بَابُ مَا يُنْهَى مِنْ سَبِّ الأَمْوَاتِ:
(97) Chapter. What is forbidden as regards: Abusing the dead.
98بَابُ ذِكْرِ شِرَارِ الْمَوْتَى:
(98) Chapter. Talking about the wicked among the dead.
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