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It is related from Abu Saʾíd that, 'The Apostle of God said, "When a corpse is placed (on a bier), and men carry it on their shoulders, then, if it was a good person, it will say 'Carry me forward.' And if it was not a good person, it will say to its bearers, 'Woe to it! where are you carrying it!' And everything hears its voice except mankind ; and if mankind heard it he would swoon away."'—Al Bukhárí.

It is related from Jábir that he said, 'A funeral passed by, and the Apostle of God stood up for it, and we stood up with him. And we said, "O Apostle of God, verily it was a Jewess." He replied, "Verily death is a terrible thing, therefore whenever you see a funeral, stand."—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.

It is related from Auf bin Málik that he said, 'The Apostle of God prayed over a corpse, and I memorized a part of his prayer. He said, "O Lord, forgive him, and have mercy on him, and preserve him from evil, and remit his sins for him, and make his resting-place honourable, and expand the (grave) into which he enters, and wash him with water and with snow and with hail, and purify him from sins as Thou cleansest a white robe from impurity, and exchange for his (present) house a better one, and for his people a better people, and for his wife a better wife. Enter him into paradise, and protect him from the punishments of the grave and the punishment of the fire." And in another tradition it runs, "Protect him from the afflictions of the grave and the punishment of the fire." Auf said, (He prayed thus) until I wished that I might become that dead man.'—Muslim.

It is related from Ibn ʿOmar that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Make mention of the good deeds of your dead, but abstain from their faults."'—Abú Dáud.

It is related from ʿUbádah binuʾṣ-Ṣámit that he said, 'When the Apostle of God used to follow a corpse he did not sit down until it was placed in the grave. And a learned man of the Jews approached him and said to him, "O Muḥammad, we do the same as this." ʿUbádah said, 'Then the Apostle of God sat down and said, "Do the opposite to what they do."'—At Tirmidhí, Abú Dáud, Ibn Májah.