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Sahih Muslim 916a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Exhort to recite There is no god but Allah to those of you who are dying.

Abu Said al-Khudrinarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ، فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ بِشْرٍ، (قَالَ أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ،) حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ غَزِيَّةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُمَارَةَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ

يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَقِّنُوا مَوْتَاكُمْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Exhort to recite There is no god but Allah to those of you who are dying.

হারমালাহ ইবনু ইয়াহইয়া (রহঃ) ..... আবূ হুরাইরাহ (রাযিঃ) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়া সাল্লাম-কে বলতে শুনেছি ..... উপরের (মালিকের) হাদীসের অবিকল। কিন্তু এ বর্ণনায় ইবনু শিহাবের বক্তব্য উল্লেখ করা হয়নি।

۔ ( مالک کے بجائے ) یونس نے ابن شہاب سے ، انہوں نے ابن مسیب اور ابو سلمہ بن عبد الرحمن سے روایت کی کہ حضرت ابو ہریرہ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ نے کہا : میں نے رسول اللہﷺ سے سنا ... ( آگے ) مالک کی مذکورہ بالا روایت کی طرح ہے ، البتہ یونس نے ابن شہاب کا قول بیان نہیں کیا ۔

Bana Harmeletubnü Yahya rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize ibn-i Vehb haber verdi. (Dediki): Bana Yunus, İbni Şihâb'dan naklen haber verdi. (Demiş ki): Bana İbnül-Müseyyeb ile Ebu Selemetübnü Abdirrahmân haber verdi ki, Ebu Hureyre: «Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) 'den işittim.» diyerek Mâlik'in hadisi gibi rivayette bulunmuş; yalnız râvi ibn-i Şihâb'ın sözünü zikretmemiş

Sahih Muslim 916a, Book 11, The Book of Prayer - Funerals, Hadith 1. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (ﷺ) encouraged that we prompt and remind those experiencing the throes of death to say the word of monotheism —"La ilāha illallāh" (There is no god but Allah) so that they may utter it, and it will be the last words they speak before dying.

What it teaches

  • It is recommended to prompt the dying person to say the testimony of faith.
  • It is disliked to excessively prompt or insist on it once the dying person has said the testimony of faith or understood it, so as not to distress him and cause him to utter something inappropriate.
  • An-Nawawi said: If the dying person says the testimony of faith once, it should not be repeated for him, except if he speaks something else afterward; then it may be gently prompted again so that the testimony of faith becomes his last words.
  • The Hadīth emphasizes being present with the dying person to remind him, offer comfort, gently close his eyes, and attend to his rights.
  • The impermissibility of prompting the deceased (to testify to faith) after death and at the grave after burial, because the Prophet (ﷺ) did not do so.

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. 2Fudayl ibn HusaynTold us, Fourth generation, died 237 AH
  3. 3Uthman ibn Abi ShaybahWith, Fourth generation, died 239 AH
  4. 4بِشْرٍ أَبُو كَامِلٍFrom
  5. 5Bishr ibn al-MufaddalTold us, Third generation, died 186 AH
  6. 6Umarah ibn GhaziyyahTold us, Successor, died 134 AH
  7. 7Yahya ibn UmarahTold us, Successor, died 140 AH
  8. 8Abu Said al-KhudriHeard, Companion, died 63 AH

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