This excerpt is taken from the Arabic book Al-Awamer wal-Nawahi by Sheikh Hussain bin Mubarak Al-Mawsili, whose Urdu translation has been done by Muhammad Sarwar Gohar Sahib under the title Ahkamat o Mamnooat.
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."
Reference: Muslim, Book of Funerals 917. Ibn Majah, Book on Funerals 1444. Ibn Hibban 304.
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."
Reference: This narration is authentic, An-Nasa’i 5/4.
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."
Reference: This narration is weak, Tirmidhi, Book of Funerals 1073. Ibn Majah, What is mentioned about funerals 1602, in its chain Ali bin Asim is weak, see Al-Arawa 765.
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."
Reference: Its chain is weak, Tirmidhi, Book of Funerals from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) 1076, Imam Tirmidhi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Its chain is not strong, this narration is rare, researcher Zubair Ali Zai states: In its narration is Munya bint Ubaid who is unknown.
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.
Reference: Muslim, Kitab al-Jana'iz 970/94. Tirmidhi, Kitab al-Jana'iz 1052. Nasai, Kitab al-Jana'iz 72/4.
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."
Reference: Muslim, Kitab al-Jana'iz 971/96. Abu Dawood, Kitab al-Jana'iz 3228. Nasai, Kitab al-Jana'iz 77/4.
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."
Reference: Muslim, Kitab al-Jana'iz 972/97. Abu Dawood, Kitab al-Jana'iz 3229.
