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Sahih Muslim 1631

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: When a man dies, his acts come to an end, but three, recurring charity, or knowledge (by which people) benefit, or a pious son, who prays…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ، (يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ) وَابْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، (هُوَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ) عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا مَاتَ الإِنْسَانُ انْقَطَعَ عَنْهُ عَمَلُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ إِلاَّ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ جَارِيَةٍ أَوْ عِلْمٍ يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ أَوْ وَلَدٍ صَالِحٍ يَدْعُو لَهُ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: When a man dies, his acts come to an end, but three, recurring charity, or knowledge (by which people) benefit, or a pious son, who prays for him (for the deceased).

আহমাদ ইবনু আবদুল্লাহ ইবনু ইউনুস (রহঃ) ..... মুআয (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমরা তাবুক অভিযানে রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম এর সাথে ছিলাম। (এ সফরে) তিনি যুহর ও আসর এবং মাগরিব ও ইশার সালাত একসাথে একই ওয়াক্তে আদায় করতেন। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ১৫০১, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

زہیر نے کہا : ہمیں ابو زبیر نے ابو طفیل عامر سے حدیث سنائی اور انھوں نے حضرت معاذ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے روایت کی کہ ہم غزوہ تبوک میں رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے ساتھ نکلے تو ( اس دوران میں ) آپ ظہر اور عصر اکھٹی پڑھتے رہے اور مغرب اور عشاء کو جمع کرتے رہے ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Yunus] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Zuhair] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Zubair] dari [Abu Thufail Amir] dari [Mu'adz] katanya; "Kami berangkat bersama Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam ketika perang Tabuk, lalu beliau melakukan shalat zhuhur dan ashar sekaligus, maghrib dan isya` sekaligus

Bize Ahmed b. Abdillâh b. Yûnus rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Züheyr rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Ebû'z-Zübeyr, Ebû't-Tufeyl Âmir'den, o da Muâz'dan naklen rivayet etti. Muâz şöyle demiş: «Tebûk gazasına Resûlullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) ile birlikte çıktık kendileri öğle ile ikindiyi toptan; akşamla yatsıyı da toptan kılıyordu.»

Sahih Muslim 1631, Book 25, The Book of Wills, Hadith 20. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that the deeds of a person come to a halt when he dies. No good deeds are recorded for him after death, except for these three things, as he was the cause behind them: First: Charity whose reward is enduring, permanent, and ceaseless, like endowment, building mosques, digging wells, etc. Second: Knowledge from which people draw benefits, like authoring books of knowledge or teaching knowledge to someone, who in turn disseminates this knowledge after his teacher's death. Third: A pious, believing child who supplicates for his parents.

What it teaches

  • The scholars unanimously agreed that the rewards that reach a person after his death include ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, supplication, and Hajj, as mentioned in other Hadīths.
  • He singled out these three things in the Hadīth because they represent the foundations of goodness and they are mostly the things virtuous people want to endure after their passing.
  • Any beneficial knowledge will bring reward, but at the top and pinnacle of it is the Shar‘i knowledge and the sciences that support it.
  • Knowledge is the most beneficial of these three, because knowledge benefits the person who learns it, preserves the Shariah, and benefits people in general. Plus, it is more comprehensive and inclusive as people learn from your knowledge that exists during your lifetime and endures after your death.
  • The Hadīth encourages us to raise righteous children, as they are the ones who will benefit their parents in the Hereafter, and an example of their benefit is that they supplicate for them.
  • It encourages kindness to parents after their death, which is also a form of righteousness from which the child benefits.
  • Supplication benefits a deceased person even if the supplicant is not his child. But, a person's child is specifically mentioned because he is mostly the one who continues to supplicate for his parents until he dies.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Yahya ibn Ayyub al-MaqabiriTold us, Fourth generation, died 233 AH
  3. 3Qutaybah ibn SaidWith, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  4. 4Ali ibn HujrWith, Third generation, died 244 AH
  5. 5Ismail ibn JafarTold us, Third generation, died 180 AH
  6. 6Al-Ala ibn Abd ar-RahmanFrom, Successor, died 130 AH
  7. 7Abd ar-Rahman ibn YaqubFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  8. 8Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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