39808 - Al-Sha'bi said: And Marhab or Ibn Abi Marhab told me that Abdur Rahman ibn Awf entered the grave with them (1).

It is narrated from Hazrat Sha'bi that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was given the ritual bath by Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Hazrat Fadl, and Hazrat Usama. The narrator says: Ibn Abi Marhab told me that Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Awf also entered the grave with them. The narrator says: Hazrat Sha'bi states: The guardians of the deceased are his own family. In the hadith of Abu Idris, narrated from Ibn Abi Khalid, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May my parents be sacrificed for you; you were fragrant in life and fragrant after death.

39810 - He said: Ibn Abi Marhab told me that Abdur Rahman ibn Awf entered the grave with them (1).

39811 - He said: Al-Sha'bi said: None should tend to the deceased except his family.

39812 - And in the hadith of Ibn Idris from (Ibn) (1) [Abi Khalid, and he made Ali say: May my father and mother be ransomed for you, (you are pure) (2) alive and dead (3).

It is narrated from Hazrat Muhammad bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was given a bath in a shirt. Thus, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was entrusted with the lower part of the shirt, and Hazrat Fadl was entrusted with the part from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) chest to his armpit and side. Hazrat Abbas was pouring water. The narrator says: Hazrat Fadl was saying,“I feel as if something is descending upon me.”The narrator says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was given a bath with water from the well of Sa’d bin Khaythamah, located in Quba. This is the same well which is called Bir-e-Rais. The narrator says: By Allah! I myself have drunk water from this well and have also bathed with it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sought from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what is usually sought from the deceased, but he found nothing. So he said, "May my parents be sacrificed for you! You were fragrant in life and you are fragrant after death as well."

Hazrat Ja'far narrates from his father that when the companions intended to bathe the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, his blessed body was covered with a shirt. They wanted to remove this shirt, but they heard a voice from the room: Do not remove the shirt.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Hazrat Abu Bakr kissed the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) after his passing.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, people began to weep. Upon this, Hazrat Umar stood up in the mosque to deliver a sermon and said: I do not want to hear about any man who thinks that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has passed away. Rather, his Lord has sent him in the same state as He sent Musa. Allah Almighty sent a message to Musa, so he stayed away from his people for forty days. By God! I have firm hope that the hands and feet of those people will be cut off who think that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has died.