Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you place your dead in their graves, say: 'Bismillah, wa 'ala sunnati Rasulillah' (In the name of Allah, and upon the Sunnah (way) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him))." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. Hammam bin Yahya is a reliable and trustworthy narrator; when he narrates such a hadith as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet), it is not rendered defective by someone else narrating it as mawquf (stopping at the Companion), while Shu'bah narrated it as mawquf:

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that whenever he placed a deceased person in the grave, he would say: 'Bismillah, wa 'ala sunnati Rasulillah' (In the name of Allah, and upon the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)). The hadith of al-Bayadi, who is well known among the Companions, is a supporting narration (shahid) for the musnad hadith of Hammam from Qatadah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bayadi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the deceased is placed in his grave, those lowering him into the niche (lahd) should say while lowering him: 'Bismillah, wa billah, wa 'ala millati Rasulillah' (In the name of Allah, and with the help of Allah, and upon the way (religion) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him))."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a grave where there was a funeral, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Whose grave is this?" The people said: "O Messenger of Allah, it is the grave of so-and-so, the Abyssinian." the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "La ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah (There is no god but Allah, there is no god but Allah)! He was driven from his land and his sky to the soil from which he was created." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it. Unays bin Abi Yahya al-Aslami is the paternal uncle of Ibrahim bin Abi Yahya, and he is a reliable and trustworthy narrator. This hadith has many supporting narrations (shawahid), most of which are authentic; among them is this one:

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jundub bin Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty wishes to take the soul of a servant in a particular land, He creates for him some need or task there." And among them is this:

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the time of death of one of you is written in a particular land, a need is created for him there; then he sets out for it, and when he reaches his last footstep, his soul is taken there. Then on the Day of Resurrection that land will say: 'O my Lord, this is the trust that You deposited with me.'" And among them is this:

Sayyiduna Matar bin Ukamis al-Abdi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty has not appointed the time of any man's death in a land except that He has created for him some need to go there." And among them is this:

Sayyiduna Urwah bin Mudarris (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty intends to take the soul of a servant in a particular land, He creates for him some need to go there."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man was making dhikr (remembrance of Allah) in a loud voice. Someone said: If only he would lower his voice a little. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not say anything to him; he is indeed one who greatly beseeches Allah with sighs and humility (awwah)." The narrator said: Then that man died, and a man saw a "fire" (light) in his grave. He went there and saw that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was inside the grave, saying: "Bring your companion close to me." And behold, it was the same man who used to make dhikr in a loud voice.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I saw a fire in the graveyard. I went there, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the grave, saying: "Hand your companion over to me." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it; and it has a corroborating report (shahid) with a mu'dal chain: