When I am informed of the death of a man from Ahlus-Sunnah, it is as if I have lost a part of my own body.
Category: Funerals & Condolences
On the death of Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh
We extend our deepest condolences to ourselves on the loss suffered by the Ummah in the passing of its eminent scholar, Shaykh 'Abdul 'Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh رحمه الله the Mufti of this land.
When a Muslim dies due to the Coronavirus
I ask Allaah to have mercy upon the deceased [from among the] Muslims.
When it's too late to return to make amends
The aayah in al-An'aam [6:27] at which 'Ali ibn al-Fudhayl died was
He broke down and wept
Yahya ibn Abi Bukayr رحمه الله narrates that he said to al-Hasan ibn Saalih رحمه الله: 'Describe for us the description of washing the body of the deceased [in preparation for burial]...
Washing the bodies of the dead in preparation for burial
[In preparation for their burial], al-Muzanee رحمه الله would wash the dead as an act of worship, and he would say
It rained over the grave of Harim ibn Hayyaan
It rained over the grave of Harim ibn Hayyaan on the day he died, and then vegetation began to sprout [forthwith].
When Harim ibn Hayyaan died
[When] Harim ibn Hayyaan died it was a hot day. So when they had finished with his grave, there came a cloud which stopped over the grave; it was neither longer nor shorter than it (the grave).
None of them had seen what I had seen
I attended the funeral of al-Ahnaf [ibn Qays] in Koofahah, and was amongst those who descended down into his grave.
Bury him where he dies
On 30 Jumaada ath-Thaanee 1414H (Wednesday, 15 December 1993), when asked about the will within which the deceased requested burial in Madeenah, Shaykh Ibn Baaz رحمه الله said