Abu Dawud Book 14. Funerals

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn Ja’far : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) said: Prepare food for the family of Ja’far for there came upon them an incident which has engaged them.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Jabir ibn Abdullah : A man had a shot of arrow in his chest or throat (the narrator is doubtful). So he died. He was shrouded in his clothes as he was. The narrator…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn Abbas : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) commanded to remove weapons and skins from the martyrs of Uhud, and that they should be buried with their blood and clothes.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Anas ibn Malik : The martyrs of Uhud were not washed, and they were buried with their blood. No prayer was offered over them.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Anas ibn Malik : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) passed Hamzah who was killed and disfigured. He said: If Safiyyah were not grieved, I would have left him until the birds and beasts of…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Anas ibn Malik : The Prophet (PBUH) passed by Hamzah who was disfigured (after being killed). He did not offer prayer over any martyr except him.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Ali ibn AbuTalib : The Prophet (PBUH) said: Do not unveil your thigh, and do not look at the thigh of the living and the dead.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By ‘Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin : By Allah, we did not know whether we should take off the clothes of the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) as we took off the clothes of our dead, or wash…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Jabir ibn Abdullah : The Prophet (PBUH) said: When one of you dies, and he possesses something, he should be shrouded in the garment of the Yemeni stuff.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By ‘Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) was shrouded in three garments of white Yemeni stuff, among which was neither a shirt nor a turban.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By ‘Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin : The Prophet (PBUH) was shrouded in three garments of cotton. The narrator said: ‘Aisha was told that the people said that he was shrouded in two garments and one cloak.…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn Abbas : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) was shrouded in three garments made in Najran: two garments and one shirt in which he died.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Ali ibn AbuTalib : Do not be extravagant in shrouding, for I heard the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) say: Do not be extravagant in shrouding, for it will be quickly decayed.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Ubadah ibn as-Samit : The Prophet (PBUH) said: The best shroud is a lower garment and one which covers the whole body, and the best sacrifice is a horned ram.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Layla daughter of Qa’if ath-Thaqafiyyah : I was one of those who washed Umm Kulthum, daughter of the Prophet (PBUH), when she died. The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) first gave us lower garment, then…