Recommendation of Inquiring the Family Members of the Patient about his
Condition Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: When `Ali (May
Allah be pleased with him) came out after visiting the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) during his last illness, the people asked: "How is Messenger of Allah
(PBUH), O Abul-Hasan?'' He replied: "Praise be to Allah, he (PBUH) is feeling
better.''
[Al-Bukhari].
Commentary: This Hadith shows that if a patient is in a critical condition
and people are advised not to visit him, it will be appropriate to enquire of
his blood relatives about his health. The family members, too, are supposed to
give an encouraging report about the patient's condition to enquirers.
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Prohibition of Disclosing the Physical defects of the Deceased
Abu Rafi` Aslam (May Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "He who
washes a dead body and conceals what he notices of physical defects, he will be
forgiven forty times.''
[Al-Hakim].
Commentary: If during washing a man's dead body, the washer has noticed some
physical defect or some sort of deformation in it, he should avoid disclosing
it to others so that a bad name may not come to the departed soul. Yet, the
deformity in his body may have come as a Divine vengeance for the sinful and
heretic life led by him in this world. In this case, there will be room for
such a disclosure. Because on being dreaded and warned of a horrible end,
people will come to adopt a clean and pure life in accordance with the
religious principles
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Haste in Burial
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Prophet
(PBUH) saying, "Hurry up with the dead body (for its burial), for if it is
pious, you are speeding it to goodness and if it is otherwise, you are laying
an evil off your necks.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Commentary: This Hadith underlines the Prophet's command of an undelayed
shrouding and burial of a dead body as well as the rationale behind it. Hence,
there should be no unnecessary delay in the funeral, rather the burial
procession should reach the grave with utmost haste without of course causing
inconvenience to those following it, nor shaking the dead body.
Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet
(PBUH) said, "When a dead body is placed on a bier and men carry it on their
shoulders, if he was a pious man, it (corpse) says: `Take me in haste.' But if
he was not righteous, it says to its bearers: `Woe to it. Where are you taking
it?' Everything except man hears its voice. Had a human being heard its voice,
he would have surely fallen into swoon.''
[Al-Bukhari].
Commentary: Only Allah knows the reality as to how a dead body speaks.
However, no improbability is involved in this matter. Allah is empowered to let
any dead body speak if He so likes. We are supposed to believe it on the
authority of authentic Ahadith.
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