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Chapters Regarding Funerals

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What was narrated concerning supplication during the funeral prayer

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Hadith 6
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ENGLISH

It was narrated from Shaddad bin Aws that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“When you come to your dead ones, close their eyes, for the sight follows the soul. And say good things, for the Angels say Amin to what the members of the household say.”

ARABIC

‏ إِذَا حَضَرْتُمْ مَوْتَاكُمْ فَأَغْمِضُوا الْبَصَرَ فَإِنَّ الْبَصَرَ يَتْبَعُ الرُّوحَ وَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ تُؤَمِّنُ عَلَى مَا قَالَ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ ‏