Chapter Introduction
١٤٢ - باب ما يقوله بعد تغميض الميت
Riyad-us-Saliheen
Chapter 142: About the Permitted Speech after Closing the Deceased's Eyes
Hadith 472: Hadith 472
٤٧٢ - عَنْ أَمْ سَلَمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى عَنْهَا قَالَتْ : دَخَلَ رَسُوَلَاللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، وَقَد شُق بَصَرَهُ ، فَأَغْمَضَهُ ، ثُمََّّّ قَالَ : إِنَّ الرَّوْحَ إِذَا قُبِضَ اتَّبَعَهُ البَصَرُ ، فَضَحَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ ، فَقَالَ : لَا تَدْعُوْ عَلَى أَنَّفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ ، فَإِنَ
المَلَائِكَةَ تُؤَمِنْ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ ، ثُمََّّّ قَالَ : : اللَّهُ ) .مََّّ اغْفِرْ لِأَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي المَهْدِيَيْنَ ، وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ ، وَتَوَرْ لَهُ فِيهِ ، وَاخْلَفَهُ فِي عَقِبِهِ رَوَاهُ مُسلم
Translation: 472. Narrated Umm Salama: ' Allah's Messenger entered to see Abu-Salama after he had died, and his eyes were fixedly open. So he shut them and said: “ When the soul is taken, the sight follows it. " Some of his family wept and wailed, the Messenger of Allah said: “ Do not supplicate for yourselves anything but good, for the angels say Amen to whatever you say. ” He then said: “ O Allah! Forgive Abu- Salama, raise his degree among those who are rightly guided, and grant him a succession in his descendants who remain, make his grave spacious for him and grant him light in it. ” ** (Muslim)