The stupors of Death

Sahih Bukhari Hadith


42. The stupors of Death


Hadith 8.517 Narrated by Aisha (Radhiallah hu Taala anhaa)
There was a leather or wood container full of water in front of Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) (at the time of his death). He would put his hand into the water and rub his face with it, saying, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah! No doubt, death has its stupors.' Then he raised his hand and started saying, '(O Allah!) with the highest companions,' (See Qur'an 4.69) (and kept on saying it) till he expired and his hand dropped.


Hadith 8.518 Narrated by Aisha (Radhiallah hu Taala anhaa)
Some rough Bedouins used to visit the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) and ask him, 'When will the Hour be?' He would look at the youngest of all of them and say, 'If this should live till he is very old, your Hour (the death of the people addressed) will take place.' Hisham said that he meant (by the Hour), their death.


Hadith 8.519 Narrated by Abu Qatada bin Ribi Al Ansari (Radhiallah hu Taala anhu)
A funeral procession passed by Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) who said, 'Relieved or relieving?' The people asked, 'O Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam)! What is relieved and relieving?' He said, 'A believer is relieved (by death) from the troubles and hardships of the world and leaves for the Mercy of Allah, while (the death of) a wicked person relieves the people, the land, the trees, (and) the animals from him.'


Hadith 8.520 Narrated by Abu Qatada (Radhiallah hu Taala anhu)
The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, 'Relieved or relieving. And a believer is relieved (by death).'

Hadith 8.521 Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhiallah hu Taala anhu)
Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, 'When carried to his grave, a dead person is followed by three, two of which return (after his burial) and one remains with him: his relative, his property, and his deeds follow him; relatives and his property go back while his deeds remain with him.'

Hadith 8.522 Narrated by Ibn Umar (Radhiallah hu Taala anhu)
Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, 'When anyone of you dies, his destination is displayed before him in the forenoon and in the afternoon, either in the (Hell) Fire or in Paradise, and it is said to him, 'That is your place till you are resurrected and sent to it.'

Hadith 8.523 Narrated by Aisha (Radhiallah hu Taala anhaa)
The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, 'Do not abuse the dead, for they have reached the result of what they have done.'