161 - باب الدعاء للميت بعد دفنه والقعود عند قبره ساعة للدعاء له والاستغفار والقراءة Chapter 161 Supplication for the Deceased after his Burial 946 -

161 - باب الدعاء للميت بعد دفنه والقعود عند قبره ساعة للدعاء له والاستغفار والقراءة
Chapter 161
Supplication for the Deceased after his Burial

946 - عن أبي عمرو وقيل : أبو عبد الله وقيل : أبو ليلى عثمان بن عفان رضي الله عنه قال : كان النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم إذا فرغ من دفن الميت وقف عليه فقال : [ استغفروا لأخيكم واسألوا له التثبيت فإن الآن يسأل ] رواه أبو داود
946. Abu `Amr (also called Abu `Abdullah and also Abu Laila) from `Uthman bin `Affan (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: After the burial of a dead man, the Prophet (PBUH) would stand by the grave and say, "Ask Allah to forgive your brother and supplicate for him for steadfastness because he is being questioned (about his deeds) now.''
[Abu Dawud].
Commentary: We are told in this Hadith that two angels question man in the grave. Allah helps a true believer in answering correctly. He says to the angels, "Allah is my Rubb. Islam is my religion. And the man sent by Allah as His Prophet is Muhammad.'' A condemned person will say, "Aa, Aa, I do not know.'' We are, therefore, particularly instructed that after the burial of a fellow-Muslim, we should supplicate beside his grave for his being firm-footed against the ordeal to which he will be subjected.

947 - وعن عمرو بن العاص رضي الله عنه قال : إذا دفنتموني فأقيموا حول قبري قدر ما تنحر جزور ويقسم لحمها حتى أستأنس بكم وأعلم ماذا أراجع به رسل ربي . رواه مسلم . وقد سبق بطوله ( انظر الحديث رقم 709 )
قال الشافعي رحمه الله : ويستحب أن يقرأ عنده شيء من القرآن وإن ختموا القرآن كله كان حسنا
947. `Amr bin Al-`as (May Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "When you have buried me, keep standing near my grave till (for the time it takes to) a camel is slaughtered and its meat is distributed, so that I may feel your nearness and know what to reply to the angels sent by my Rubb.''
[Muslim].
Commentary: As mentioned in the previous Hadith, the Prophet (PBUH) has instructed his followers that after a Muslim's burial, they should keep standing beside his grave for some time and pray for his firmness on facing the interrogating angels in the grave. `Amr bin Al-`as, too, made a will to this effect. The reference made to Imam Ash-Shafi`i (May Allah had Mercy upon him) about the recitation of the Qur'an beside a Muslim's grave is in disagreement with the Prophet's practice. What has come to us from the Prophet (PBUH) as his Sunnah in this respect is the act of supplicating, and it will be appropriate to confine to it. Aside from it, the reference made to Imam Ash-Shafi`i seems to be of doubtful authenticity. Because according to Fath Al-Bari, Tafsir Ibn Kathir and some other books, Imam Ash-Shafi`i rejected the view that the benefit of reciting the Qur'an could be transmitted to the dead.

162 - باب الصدقة عن الميت والدعاء له
Chapter 162
Charity on behalf of the Deceased and Praying for him

قال الله تعالى ( الحشر 10 ) : { والذين جاءوا من بعدهم يقولون ربنا اغفر لنا ولإخواننا الذين سبقونا بالإيمان }
Allah, the Exalted, says:
"And those who came after them say: `Our Rubb! Forgive us and our brothers who have preceded us in Faith.''' (59:10)

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