Musnad Ahmad

‘Ati says that I saw an elder speaking in Madinah Munawwarah, so I asked people about him (who is he?). People told me that he is Hazrat Ubayy bin Ka‘b (may Allah be pleased with him). He said that when the time of Hazrat Adam’s (peace be upon him) departure from this world drew near, he said to his sons, “Children! My heart desires to eat the fruit of Paradise.” So his sons set out in search of the fruit of Paradise. They saw angels coming towards them, who had with them a shroud and embalming materials, and in their hands were axes, shovels, and spades. The angels asked them, “O children of Adam, where are you intending to go and what are you searching for?” They replied, “Our father is ill and his heart desires to eat the fruit of Paradise.” The angels said to them, “Go back, for your father’s final time has come near.” When the angels reached Hazrat Adam (peace be upon him), Hazrat Hawwa (peace be upon her) recognized them as soon as she saw them and clung to Hazrat Adam (peace be upon him). Hazrat Adam (peace be upon him) said to her, “Move back; it is because of you that these matters have come upon me. Leave the way for me and the angels of my Lord.” So the angels took his soul, bathed him, shrouded him, applied embalming materials, dug a pit and prepared a grave, performed his funeral prayer, then descended into the grave, laid him in it, leveled raw bricks over it, then came out of the grave and began to pour soil over him. After that, they said, “O children of Adam! This is the way to bury the dead.”