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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 950

Read the original Arabic and English translation of this hadith from The Book of Visiting the Sick, with its chapter, grading, and reference kept together.

In-book entry
57

Chapter 20

Chapter context: Praising the Deceased

- باب ثناء الناس علي الميت

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

- عن أنس رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ مروا بجنازة، فأثنوا عليها خيراً، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلمى الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏"‏وجبت”، ثم مروا بأخرى، فأثنوا عليها شراً، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلمى الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏"‏وجبت‏"‏ فقال عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه‏:‏ ما وجبت‏؟‏ قال‏:‏ ‏"‏هذا أثنيتم عليه خيراً، فوجبت له الجنة، وهذا أثنيتم عليه شراً فوجبت عليه النار، أنتم شهداء الله في الأرض” ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Some Companions happened to pass by a funeral procession (bier) and they praised him (the deceased). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He will certainly enter it." Then they passed by another funeral procession and they spoke ill of the deceased. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He will certainly enter it." `Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "(O Messenger of Allah,) what do you mean by `He will certainly enter it?'' He (ﷺ) replied, "You praised the first person, so he will enter Jannah; and you spoke ill of the second person, so he will enter Hell. You are Allah's witnesses on earth." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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This is Hadith 950 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 7, The Book of Visiting the Sick, as in-book entry 57 under the chapter “Praising the Deceased.”

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