WEBVTT 00:00:00.780 --> 00:00:09.779 Riyadh al-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, peace be upon him. 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:16.469 Chapter: Instructing the dying to say 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no god but Allah). 00:00:16.469 --> 00:00:21.329 On the authority of Mu'adh, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:00:21.329 --> 00:00:25.329 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:00:25.329 --> 00:00:31.329 "Whoever’s final words are 'La ilaha illa Allah' will enter Paradise." 00:00:31.329 --> 00:00:34.649 Narrated by Abu Dawud. 00:00:34.649 --> 00:00:38.640 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:42.640 The recommendation to instruct the dying to say 'La ilaha illa Allah'. 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:49.179 Not everyone is able to make this their final utterance on their deathbed. 00:00:49.179 --> 00:00:54.630 Whoever concludes their life with 'La ilaha illa Allah' enters Paradise. 00:00:54.630 --> 00:00:57.630 One should remain committed to Islam throughout their life. 00:00:57.630 --> 00:01:02.630 Because that assists the person in remaining steadfast at the time of death. 00:01:02.630 --> 00:01:07.879 On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:11.879 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:15.879 "Instruct your dying ones to say 'La ilaha illa Allah'." 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:18.200 Narrated by Muslim. 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.939 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:01:21.939 --> 00:01:25.939 The instruction should take place during the throes of death, not after. 00:01:25.939 --> 00:01:29.939 Because it occurs during worldly life and is of benefit then. 00:01:29.939 --> 00:01:35.939 As for one who has died, they have moved from the life of action to the life of reckoning. 00:01:35.939 --> 00:01:38.939 And they do not benefit from witnessing and certainty [at that point]. 00:01:38.939 --> 00:01:41.939 If they had not believed beforehand. 00:01:41.939 --> 00:01:46.510 People fight for the sake of 'La ilaha illa Allah'. 00:01:46.510 --> 00:01:49.510 So let them be keen to die upon it. 00:01:49.510 --> 00:01:53.060 A person’s happiness in this world and the Hereafter. 00:01:53.060 --> 00:01:58.060 Is contingent upon their belief and their saying of 'La ilaha illa Allah'. 00:01:58.060 --> 00:02:04.900 Chapter: What to say after closing the eyes of the deceased. 00:02:04.900 --> 00:02:10.439 On the authority of Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:15.439 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, entered upon Abu Salamah. 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:17.439 His eyes were fixed open. 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:19.439 He closed them, then said: 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:23.439 "Indeed, when the soul is seized, the sight follows it." 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:26.469 Some of his family wailed. 00:02:26.469 --> 00:02:28.469 He said: 00:02:28.469 --> 00:02:31.469 "Do not supplicate against yourselves except for good." 00:02:31.469 --> 00:02:35.469 "For the angels say 'Amin' to what you say." 00:02:35.469 --> 00:02:37.469 Then he said: 00:02:37.469 --> 00:02:40.469 "O Allah, forgive Abu Salamah." 00:02:40.469 --> 00:02:43.469 "And raise his degree among the rightly guided." 00:02:43.469 --> 00:02:47.469 "And be his successor for his descendants among those who remain." 00:02:47.469 --> 00:02:51.469 "And forgive us and him, O Lord of the worlds." 00:02:51.469 --> 00:02:53.469 "And make his grave spacious for him." 00:02:53.469 --> 00:02:56.759 "And illuminate it for him." 00:02:56.759 --> 00:02:58.759 Narrated by Muslim. 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:01.620 "His eyes were fixed open": 00:03:01.620 --> 00:03:03.620 Meaning, his gaze was frozen. 00:03:03.620 --> 00:03:07.620 He began looking at something without his eyes blinking or turning away. 00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:10.909 "Some of his family wailed": 00:03:10.909 --> 00:03:14.039 Meaning, they raised their voices in weeping. 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:17.039 "And raise his degree among the rightly guided": 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:20.039 Meaning, join him with those whom Allah has guided. 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:24.039 And who preceded others in faith in Allah and following the best of creation. 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:27.039 Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:29.300 "And be his successor": 00:03:29.300 --> 00:03:31.360 Meaning, be a guardian for them. 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:32.360 "His descendants": 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:34.360 Meaning, those he leaves behind. 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:36.460 "Among those who remain": 00:03:36.460 --> 00:03:38.490 Meaning, those who stay behind. 00:03:38.490 --> 00:03:40.490 "And make his grave spacious for him": 00:03:40.490 --> 00:03:44.349 Meaning, widen his grave for him. 00:03:44.349 --> 00:03:46.349 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:03:46.349 --> 00:03:49.639 The recommendation to close the eyes of the deceased. 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:52.860 The Muslims have agreed upon this. 00:03:52.860 --> 00:03:56.860 The departure of the soul from the body is followed by the sight. 00:03:56.860 --> 00:04:00.310 The recommendation to supplicate for the deceased at the time of death. 00:04:00.310 --> 00:04:02.310 And for their family and offspring. 00:04:02.310 --> 00:04:05.310 Regarding matters of the Hereafter and this world. 00:04:05.310 --> 00:04:07.819 The bliss of the grave is a reality. 00:04:07.819 --> 00:04:10.889 And it is made spacious for the people of faith. 00:04:10.889 --> 00:04:12.889 And illuminated for them within it. 00:04:12.889 --> 00:04:14.889 Unlike the people of disbelief. 00:04:14.889 --> 00:04:18.430 The angels are present with the deceased. 00:04:18.430 --> 00:04:22.910 And they say 'Amin' to what people say in their presence. 00:04:22.910 --> 00:04:27.259 The prohibition of supplicating at the time of death except for good. 00:04:27.259 --> 00:04:31.259 The obligation to teach people in such situations. 00:04:31.259 --> 00:04:34.649 So that they do not harm themselves. 00:04:34.649 --> 00:04:36.649 Islam encourages patience. 00:04:36.649 --> 00:04:38.649 And accepting the decree with faith. 00:04:38.649 --> 00:04:40.649 And not being impatient or distressed. 00:04:40.649 --> 00:04:46.399 Chapter: What is said in the presence of the deceased. 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:49.399 And what one whose loved one has died should say. 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:54.649 On the authority of Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: 00:04:54.649 --> 00:04:58.649 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:04:58.649 --> 00:05:01.649 "If you are present with the sick or the deceased," 00:05:01.649 --> 00:05:03.649 "Then say good things." 00:05:03.649 --> 00:05:07.649 "For the angels say 'Amin' to what you say." 00:05:07.649 --> 00:05:11.649 She said: When Abu Salamah died, 00:05:11.649 --> 00:05:14.649 I came to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:05:14.649 --> 00:05:17.649 I said: O Messenger of Allah, 00:05:17.649 --> 00:05:20.649 Abu Salamah has died. 00:05:20.649 --> 00:05:25.709 He said: "Say: O Allah, forgive me and him." 00:05:25.709 --> 00:05:28.709 "And grant me a good successor in his place." 00:05:28.709 --> 00:05:30.709 She said: 00:05:30.709 --> 00:05:34.709 So Allah granted me someone better for me than him: 00:05:34.709 --> 00:05:38.870 Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:05:38.870 --> 00:05:40.870 Narrated by Muslim in this manner. 00:05:40.870 --> 00:05:44.870 "If you are present with the sick or the deceased": 00:05:44.870 --> 00:05:45.970 Expressing doubt [in the narration]. 00:05:45.970 --> 00:05:48.970 And it was narrated by Abu Dawud and others: 00:05:48.970 --> 00:05:50.970 "The deceased" without doubt. 00:05:50.970 --> 00:05:55.569 "They say 'Amin' to what you say": 00:05:55.569 --> 00:05:58.569 Meaning, they say 'Amin'. 00:05:58.569 --> 00:06:01.569 "Grant me a successor": Meaning, compensate me. 00:06:01.569 --> 00:06:04.459 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:06:04.459 --> 00:06:07.689 The permissibility of informing a scholar of a man's death. 00:06:07.689 --> 00:06:10.689 Or informing a friend of the death of their friend. 00:06:10.689 --> 00:06:14.689 This is not the prohibited form of announcing death (na'i). 00:06:14.689 --> 00:06:17.040 The scholar teaching others. 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.040 When a calamity occurs. 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:20.040 Patience and contentment. 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.040 With what Allah has decreed and ordained. 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:25.620 Whoever is patient and content with what Allah has decreed, 00:06:25.620 --> 00:06:29.620 Allah compensates them with something better than what they lost. 00:06:29.620 --> 00:06:31.620 For Allah compensated Umm Salamah, 00:06:31.620 --> 00:06:34.620 With the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:06:34.620 --> 00:06:39.060 The intensity of the certainty of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them. 00:06:39.060 --> 00:06:43.060 And their entrusting of their affairs to Allah, the Glorified and Exalted. 00:06:43.060 --> 00:06:47.060 And their keenness to follow the Messenger, peace be upon him. 00:06:47.060 --> 00:06:51.060 And to respond to his command and guidance. 00:06:51.060 --> 00:06:56.220 On the authority of Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: 00:06:56.220 --> 00:07:00.220 I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, say: 00:07:01.220 --> 00:07:04.220 "There is no servant who is struck by a calamity," 00:07:04.220 --> 00:07:05.220 "And says:" 00:07:05.220 --> 00:07:10.220 “Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah's and lo! unto Him we are returning.” (2:156) 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:13.220 "O Allah, reward me in my calamity," 00:07:13.220 --> 00:07:16.220 "And replace it for me with something better." 00:07:16.220 --> 00:07:20.220 "Except that Allah, the Exalted, rewards him in his calamity," 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:23.220 "And replaces it for him with something better." 00:07:23.379 --> 00:07:24.379 She said: 00:07:24.379 --> 00:07:27.379 When Abu Salamah passed away, 00:07:27.379 --> 00:07:32.379 I said as the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, commanded me. 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:35.379 So Allah replaced him for me with someone better than him: 00:07:35.379 --> 00:07:39.439 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:42.110 Narrated by Muslim. 00:07:42.110 --> 00:07:44.110 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:07:44.110 --> 00:07:47.300 If a calamity befalls a Muslim, 00:07:47.300 --> 00:07:50.779 They should praise Allah and recite the Istirja' (Inna lillahi...). 00:07:50.779 --> 00:07:54.779 The believer seeks compensation from Allah, the Glorified and Exalted. 00:07:54.779 --> 00:07:58.069 If the servant turns to their Lord, 00:07:58.069 --> 00:08:02.069 He rewards them for what befell them and compensates them with something better. 00:08:02.069 --> 00:08:07.389 The keenness of the Companions to implement the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:08:07.389 --> 00:08:10.389 Out of faith and seeking reward. 00:08:10.389 --> 00:08:14.610 On the authority of Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him: 00:08:14.610 --> 00:08:18.610 That the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:08:18.610 --> 00:08:21.639 "When a servant's child dies," 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:24.639 "Allah, the Exalted, says to His angels:" 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:27.639 "Have you taken the child of My servant?" 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:29.639 They say: Yes. 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:33.639 He says: "Have you taken the fruit of his heart?" 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:35.639 They say: Yes. 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:39.639 He says: "And what did My servant say?" 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:43.669 They say: He praised You and recited the Istirja'. 00:08:43.669 --> 00:08:46.669 Allah, the Exalted, says: 00:08:46.669 --> 00:08:49.669 "Build for My servant a house in Paradise," 00:08:49.669 --> 00:08:52.669 "And name it the House of Praise." 00:08:52.669 --> 00:08:55.860 Narrated by al-Tirmidhi. 00:08:55.860 --> 00:08:59.860 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:08:59.860 --> 00:09:01.860 Allah’s honoring of His servants. 00:09:01.860 --> 00:09:05.860 This is done by asking about their state when He tests them. 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:08.240 And by attributing them to Himself. 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:12.240 Allah’s care for His servants and His comforting of their hearts. 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:15.779 When calamities befall them. 00:09:15.779 --> 00:09:18.779 The people of faith ascend from the station of patience, 00:09:18.779 --> 00:09:21.779 To the station of contentment and praise. 00:09:21.779 --> 00:09:24.779 And they are constant in reciting the Istirja'. 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:30.360 A clarification of the reward for the one who praises and is patient. 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.360 That Allah compensates them with a house in Paradise. 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:36.360 Called the House of Praise. 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:40.610 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him: 00:09:40.610 --> 00:09:44.610 That the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:09:44.610 --> 00:09:47.669 Allah, the Exalted, says: 00:09:47.669 --> 00:09:50.669 "There is no reward for My believing servant with Me," 00:09:50.669 --> 00:09:53.669 "When I take his beloved one from the people of the world," 00:09:54.669 --> 00:09:57.669 "Then he seeks reward [from Me], except Paradise." 00:09:57.669 --> 00:10:00.860 Narrated by al-Bukhari. 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:04.730 "His beloved one" is the dear, intimate friend, 00:10:04.730 --> 00:10:07.730 Such as a child or a brother. 00:10:07.730 --> 00:10:10.860 And everyone whom a person loves. 00:10:10.860 --> 00:10:13.860 "Seeks reward" means he stores it [as a deed] and hopes for the reward of his death. 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:16.860 And patience regarding it is from Allah, the Exalted. 00:10:16.860 --> 00:10:20.590 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:10:20.590 --> 00:10:23.940 A clarification that whoever has a child taken from them, 00:10:23.940 --> 00:10:26.940 And is patient over their loss, hoping for, 00:10:26.940 --> 00:10:29.940 The reward from Allah, the Exalted, 00:10:29.940 --> 00:10:32.940 Allah, the Exalted, compensates them for that with Paradise. 00:10:32.940 --> 00:10:37.100 On the authority of Usamah ibn Zayd, may Allah be pleased with them both: 00:10:37.100 --> 00:10:40.100 He said: One of the daughters of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:43.100 Sent for him, 00:10:43.100 --> 00:10:46.100 Inviting him and informing him, 00:10:46.100 --> 00:10:49.100 That a child of hers, or a son, was dying. 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:52.100 So he said to the messenger: 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:56.100 "Inform her that to Allah belongs what He takes," 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:59.100 "And to Him belongs what He gives," 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:02.100 "And everything with Him has a specified term." 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:05.100 "So tell her to be patient and seek reward." 00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:08.100 And he mentioned the rest of the hadith. 00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:14.100 Agreed upon. 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:17.100 Chapter: The permissibility of weeping for the deceased. 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:20.940 Without wailing or lamentation. 00:11:20.940 --> 00:11:23.940 As for lamentation, it is forbidden. 00:11:23.940 --> 00:11:26.940 There is a chapter for it in the Book of Prohibitions. 00:11:26.940 --> 00:11:29.940 If Allah the Exalted wills. 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:32.940 As for weeping, 00:11:32.940 --> 00:11:35.940 many hadiths have come down prohibiting it, 00:11:35.940 --> 00:11:38.940 and stating that the deceased is punished by the weeping of their family. 00:11:38.940 --> 00:11:41.940 These are interpreted and understood as applying to one who requested it in their will. 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:44.940 The prohibition only applies to weeping 00:11:44.940 --> 00:11:47.940 that involves wailing or lamentation. 00:11:47.940 --> 00:11:50.940 The evidence for the permissibility of weeping 00:11:51.940 --> 00:11:54.940 includes many hadiths, among them 00:11:54.940 --> 00:11:59.019 the report from Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, 00:11:59.019 --> 00:12:02.019 that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:05.019 visited Sa'd Ibn 'Ubadah, 00:12:05.019 --> 00:12:08.019 accompanied by 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn 'Awf, 00:12:08.019 --> 00:12:11.019 Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas, 00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:14.059 and 'Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with them. 00:12:14.059 --> 00:12:17.059 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, wept. 00:12:17.059 --> 00:12:20.059 When the people saw the weeping of the Messenger of Allah, 00:12:20.059 --> 00:12:23.059 the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:12:23.059 --> 00:12:26.090 they also wept, so he said: 00:12:26.090 --> 00:12:29.090 "Do you not hear? 00:12:29.090 --> 00:12:32.090 Allah does not punish for the tears of the eye, 00:12:32.090 --> 00:12:35.090 nor for the sadness of the heart, 00:12:35.090 --> 00:12:38.090 but He punishes or shows mercy for this," 00:12:38.090 --> 00:12:42.500 and he pointed to his tongue. 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:45.659 It is agreed upon. 00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:49.100 Among the benefits of the hadith: 00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:52.100 [The Prophet's] visiting some of his followers and companions who were ill. 00:12:52.100 --> 00:12:55.620 The permissibility of people gathering around the sick, 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:59.190 provided they do not cause them distress. 00:12:59.190 --> 00:13:02.190 The permissibility of showing grief in front of the sick 00:13:02.190 --> 00:13:05.190 to let them know their status in the hearts of their loved ones 00:13:05.190 --> 00:13:08.700 and brothers, which is a form of enjoining good and forbidding evil, 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:13.269 and a clarification of the warning. 00:13:13.269 --> 00:13:16.269 From Usamah Ibn Zayd, may Allah be pleased with them both: 00:13:16.269 --> 00:13:19.269 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:13:19.269 --> 00:13:22.269 had his daughter's son brought to him while he was dying, 00:13:22.269 --> 00:13:25.269 and the eyes of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, overflowed with tears. 00:13:25.269 --> 00:13:28.269 Sa'd asked him, 00:13:28.269 --> 00:13:31.269 "What is this, O Messenger of Allah?" 00:13:31.269 --> 00:13:34.340 He replied, "This is mercy 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:37.340 that Allah the Exalted has placed in the hearts of His servants, 00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:40.340 and Allah only shows mercy 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:43.429 to those of His servants who are merciful." 00:13:43.429 --> 00:13:46.690 It is agreed upon. 00:13:46.690 --> 00:13:49.690 May Allah be pleased with him. 00:13:49.690 --> 00:13:52.690 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:13:52.690 --> 00:13:55.690 entered upon his son Ibrahim, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:13:55.690 --> 00:13:58.690 while he was in his final moments. 00:13:58.690 --> 00:14:01.690 The eyes of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:14:01.690 --> 00:14:04.690 began to shed tears. 00:14:04.690 --> 00:14:07.690 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn 'Awf said to him, 00:14:07.690 --> 00:14:10.750 "Even you, O Messenger of Allah?" 00:14:10.750 --> 00:14:13.850 He replied, "O Ibn 'Awf," 00:14:13.850 --> 00:14:16.850 and he followed it with another statement, saying: 00:14:16.850 --> 00:14:19.850 "The eye sheds tears, 00:14:19.850 --> 00:14:22.850 the heart grieves, 00:14:22.850 --> 00:14:25.850 and we say nothing except what pleases our Lord. 00:14:25.850 --> 00:14:28.850 And we, at your departure, O Ibrahim, 00:14:28.850 --> 00:14:32.169 are indeed grieved." 00:14:32.169 --> 00:14:36.000 Narrated by al-Bukhari. 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:39.000 Muslim narrated a portion of it. 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.000 "In his final moments" means he was dying. 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:45.159 "Shed tears" means they were weeping. 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:49.179 Among the benefits of the hadith: 00:14:49.179 --> 00:14:52.409 The legitimacy of visiting the young who are ill. 00:14:52.409 --> 00:14:55.730 The legitimacy of being present with the dying. 00:14:55.730 --> 00:14:59.179 A demonstration of the mercy of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:14:59.179 --> 00:15:02.179 toward people. 00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:05.179 His tenderness when encountering that which reminds him of death. 00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:08.179 His lack of impatience when calamities occur. 00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:11.559 The permissibility of questioning someone 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:14.559 whose actions seem to contradict their apparent words, 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:17.559 in order to clarify the distinction, 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:20.559 as 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn 'Awf did 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:23.980 with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:26.980 A clarification from the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:29.980 regarding the reason for his weeping, 00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:32.980 which was that what the people witnessed was 00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:35.980 mercy and tenderness of heart toward the child, 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:39.779 not the impatience they had imagined. 00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:42.779 The life of the righteous.