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Chapters Regarding Funerals

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What was narrated concerning recitation of Qur’an in the funeral prayer

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Hadith 6
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ENGLISH

It was narrated that Umm Salamah said:

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon Abu Salamah (after he had died), and his eyes were wide open. He closed his eyes, then he said: ‘When the soul is taken, the sight follows it.’”

ARABIC

‏ إِنَّ الرُّوحَ إِذَا قُبِضَ تَبِعَهُ الْبَصَرُ ‏