Sunan Abi Dawud · Funerals (Kitab Al-Janaiz)

باب تَغْمِيضِ الْمَيِّتِ

Chapter: Closing The Eyes Of The Deceased.

1 hadith · references 3118–3118

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Abu Dawud · 3118لَا تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ ، فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ ، وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي Narrated Umm Salamah: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon Abu Salamah, his eyes were fixedly open. So he closed them. The members of his family cried. He said: Do not pray for yourself anything but good, for the a6 narrators