with the decree of Allah. In some of the reports, it is stated: 'If the family of the deceased (27) call out with woe and destruction, the Angel of Death will stand at the threshold of the door and say: "If your cry is directed at me, I have been commanded; if it is directed at your deceased, he is buried; if it is directed at your Lord, then woe and destruction to you! I have many returns (28) to you, and then more returns."' The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 'If you attend to a deceased person, say good things, for the angels say "Amin" to what you say.' (29)
Section: It has been authentically reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he said: 'The deceased is punished in his grave for what is wailed over him.' In another wording: 'The deceased is indeed punished by the weeping of his family over him.' This was narrated by 'Umar, his son, and al-Mughirah, and these are agreed-upon hadiths (30). The scholars differed regarding...
(27) In copies A and M: "al-bayt" (the house). (28) In copies A and M: "'awdat" (returns). (29) Recorded by Muslim, in: Chapter on what is to be said for the sick, from the Book of Funerals. Sahih Muslim 2/633. And Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on what is recommended to be said in the presence of the deceased from the speech, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/169. And al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what was narrated regarding instructing the sick person at the time of death and praying for him, from the Chapters of Funerals. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 4/199, 200. And al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on frequent remembrance of death, from the Book of Funerals. Al-Mujtaba 4/5. And Ibn Majah, in: Chapter on what was narrated regarding what is said for the sick when he is attended to, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/465. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/291, 306, 322. (30) The first is agreed upon from the narration of 'Umar; it was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on what is disliked of wailing over the deceased, from the Book of Funerals. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/102. And Muslim, in: Chapter on the deceased being punished by the weeping of his family over him, from the Book of Funerals. Sahih Muslim 2/639. It was also recorded by al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on wailing over the deceased, from the Book of Funerals. Al-Mujtaba 4/14. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/26, 36, 50, 51. The second is agreed upon from the narration of Ibn 'Umar, and it is found in Muslim from the narration of 'Umar. It was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on the Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) statement: "The deceased is punished..." and Chapter on weeping in the presence of the sick, from the Book of Funerals. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/101, 106. And Muslim, in: Chapter on the deceased being punished by the weeping of his family over him, from the Book of Funerals. Sahih Muslim 2/638 - 641. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on wailing, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/172. And al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what was narrated regarding the dislike of weeping over the deceased, and Chapter on what was narrated regarding the concession to weep over the deceased, from the Chapters of Funerals. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 4/222, 225. And al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on the prohibition of weeping over the deceased, and Chapter on wailing over the deceased, from the Book of Funerals. Al-Mujtaba 4/13, 15, 16. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/36, 38, 41, 42, 45, 47, 54, 2/31, 38, 61, 134, 6/281. And the hadith of al-Mughirah is what he narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "Whoever is wailed over will be punished for that which he was wailed over."
