Bulugh
al-Maram
بلوغ المرام
The Book of Purification
كتاب الطهارة
Chapter 4: Ablution (Wudu)
باب الوضوء
Bulugh al-Maram 57
Narrated ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him)
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If one after performing ablution completely recites the following supplication: (Ash-hadu an la ilaha ill-Allahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, wa ash hadu anna Muhammad an ‘abduhu wa Rasuluhu) ‘I testify that there is no one worthy of worship but Allah, He is Alone and has no partner and Muhammad (ﷺ) is his slave and Messenger’, all the eight gates of Paradise will be opened for him and he may enter through any gate he wishes”.وَعَنْ عُمَرَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ, فَيُسْبِغُ اَلْوُضُوءَ, ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اَللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ, وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ, إِلَّا فُتِحَتْ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ اَلْجَنَّةِ" } أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِم ٌ 1 .
Bulugh al-Maram 57
Reported by Muslim and At-Tirmidhi who added the following words to the supplication
(Allahumma aj’alni minat-tawwabina waj’alni minAl-mutatahhirina) “Oh Allah! Include me among those who repent and those who keep themselves pure”.وَاَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ, وَزَادَ: { اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْنِي مِنْ اَلتَّوَّابِينَ, وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ اَلْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ } 1 .
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Bulugh al-Maram 570
Salim narrated on the authority of his father (RAA) that he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Abu Bakr and ’Umar walking in front of a Funeral.’ Related by the five Imams, and Ibn Hibban rendered it Sahih.
وَعَنْ سَالِمٍ, عَنْ أَبِيهِ - رضى الله عنه - { أَنَّهُ رَأَى اَلنَّبِيَّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ, يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَ الْجَنَازَةِ } رَوَاهُ اَلْخَمْسَةُ، وَصَحَّحَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ, وَأَعَلَّهُ النَّسَائِيُّ وَطَائِفَةٌ بِالْإِرْسَالِ 1 .
Bulugh al-Maram 571
Umm ‘Atiyah (RAA) narrated, ‘We were forbidden to accompany funeral processions, but this prohibition was not mandatory for us.’ Agreed upon.
وَعَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: { نُهِينَا عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ, وَلَمْ يُعْزَمْ عَلَيْنَا } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْه ِ 1 .
Bulugh al-Maram 572
Abu Sa’id (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Stand up when you see a funeral procession, and he who accompanies it should not sit down until the coffin is placed on the ground." Agreed upon.
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ - رضى الله عنه - أَنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -قَالَ: { إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا, فَمَنْ تَبِعَهَا فَلَا يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْه ِ 1 .
Bulugh al-Maram 573
Abu Ishaq narrated that ‘Abdullah bin Yazid placed a dead body in the grave from the side near the foot of the grave (i.e. the end which will accommodate the feet when the body is placed in it). He then said, ‘This is the Sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ).’ Related by Abu Dawud.
وَعَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ, أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ - رضى الله عنه - { أَدْخَلَ الْمَيِّتَ مِنْ قِبَلِ رِجْلَيِ الْقَبْرَ، وَقَالَ: هَذَا مِنَ السُّنَّةِ } أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُد َ 1 .
Bulugh al-Maram 574
Ibn 'Umar (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When you place your deceased in the grave, say, ‘In the Name of Allah, and in accordance with the tradition of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).” Related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud and An-Nasa’i.
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا, عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -قَالَ: { إِذَا وَضَعْتُمْ مَوْتَاكُمْ فِي الْقُبُورِ, فَقُولُوا: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ, وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -. } أَخْرَجَهُ أَحْمَدُ, وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ, وَالنَّسَائِيُّ, وَصَحَّحَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ, وَأَعَلَّهُ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ بِالْوَقْف ِ 1 .
Bulugh al-Maram 575
A’ishah (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Breaking a deceased body’s bones is exactly like breaking them when he is alive.” Related by Abu Dawud in accordance with the conditions of Muslim.
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهَا; أَنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -قَالَ: { كَسْرُ عَظْمِ الْمَيِّتِ كَكَسْرِهِ حَيًّا } رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِإِسْنَادٍ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِم ٍ 1 .
Bulugh al-Maram 576
Ibn Majah added, on the authority of Umm Salamah (RAA), “with regards to it being a sin.”
وَزَادَ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ: { فِي الْإِثْمِ } 1 .
Bulugh al-Maram 577
Sa'd bin Abi Wqqas (RAA) said (during his death illness) ‘Make a lahd for me and cover it with un-burnt bricks, as you did with the grave of the Prophet (ﷺ).’ Related by Muslim.
وَعَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ: { أَلْحَدُو ا 1 لِي لَحْدًا, وَانْصِبُوا عَلَى اللَّبِنِ نُصْبًا, كَمَا صُنِعَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -. } رَوَاهُ مُسْلِم ٌ 2 .
Bulugh al-Maram 578
Al-Baihaqi transmitted on the authority of Jabir (RAA) a similar narration and added, ‘And his grave was raised one span from the ground.’ Ibn Hibban graded it as Sahih.
وَلِلْبَيْهَقِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ نَحْوُهُ, وَزَادَ: { وَرُفِعَ قَبْرُهُ عَنِ الْأَرْضِ قَدْرَ شِبْرٍ } وَصَحَّحَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّان َ 1 .
Bulugh al-Maram 579
Jabir (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited whitening a grave with plaster, to sit on it or to build over it (such as a dome).’ Related by Muslim.
وَلِمُسْلِمٍ عَنْهُ: { نَهَى رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -أَنْ يُجَصَّصَ الْقَبْرُ, وَأَنْ يُقْعَدَ عَلَيْهِ, وَأَنْ يُبْنَى عَلَيْهِ } 1 .
