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Chapters Regarding Funerals

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What was narrated concerning the times when the funeral prayer should not be offered and the deceased should not be buried

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Hadith 8
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ENGLISH

It was narrated from ‘Ali that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“Whoever washes a deceased person, shrouds him, embalms him, carries him and offers the funeral prayer for him, and does not disclose what he has seen, he will emerge from his sins as on the day his mother bore him.”

ARABIC

‏ مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا وَكَفَّنَهُ وَحَنَّطَهُ وَحَمَلَهُ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يُفْشِ عَلَيْهِ مَا رَأَى خَرَجَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ مِثْلَ يَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ ‏