Maliks Muwatta Book 16. Burials

Section : Washing the Dead. Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was washed in a long shirt.

Section : Washing the Dead. Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Abi Tamima as-Sakhtayani from Muhammad ibn Sirin that Umm Atiyya al-Ansariyya said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to…

Section : Washing the Dead. Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that Asma bint Umays washed Abu Bakr as-Siddiq when he died. Then she went out and asked some of the muhajirun who were there,…

Section : Washing the Dead. Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard people of knowledge say, “When a woman dies and there are no women with her to wash her and no man who has the right…

Section : Shrouding the Dead. Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah…

Section : Shrouding the Dead. Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that he had heard that when Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was ill he asked A’isha, “How many shrouds did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah…

Section : Shrouding the Dead. Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Humayd ibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Awf that Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As said, “A dead man is clothed in a shirt and a waist-wrapper and then…

Section : Walking in Front of the Bier. Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and Abu Bakr and Umar as well as the khalifas…

Section : Walking in Front of the Bier. Yahya related to me from Muhammad ibn alMunkadir that Rabia ibn Abdullah ibn alHadir told him that he had seen Umar ibn al-Khattab leading people in front of the bier at the…

Section : Walking in Front of the Bier. Yahya related to me from Malik that Hisham ibn Urwa said, “I only ever saw my father in front of a funeral procession.” He added, “Then he would come to al-Baqi and…

Section : Walking in Front of the Bier. Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, “Walking behind the bier is in contradiction to the sunna.”

Section : The Prohibition Against Following the Bier with a Burning Torch. Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that Asma bint Abi Bakr said to her family, “Perfume my clothes with incense when I die and…

Section : The Prohibition Against Following the Bier with a Burning Torch. Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburi that Abu Hurayra forbade anyone to follow him with a burning torch after his death. Yahya…

Section : The Takbir Over a Dead Man. Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al-Musayyab from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, announced the death…

Section : The Takbir Over a Dead Man. Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Abu Umama ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf told him that once a poor woman fell ill and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah…