It is narrated from Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In my Ummah there are four things from the practices of the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance) which they will not abandon: boasting about ancestry and lineage, slandering the lineage of others, seeking rain from the stars, and wailing over the dead. And the wailing woman, if she does not repent before her death, will stand on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of sulphur, and over it she will be clothed in a shirt made of flames of the Fire." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs. Imam Muslim recorded the abridged narration of Aban bin Yazid from Yahya bin Abi Kathir, but the two Shaykhs did not record it with the additions found in the hadith of Ali bin al-Mubarak, even though it meets the condition of both of them.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) states that when this verse was revealed: "When the believing women come to you to pledge allegiance" [Surah al-Mumtahanah: 12] up to these words of Allah: "and that they will not disobey you", refraining from wailing was among the terms of this pledge. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Except for the family of so-and-so (grant me permission), for they supported me (by weeping in my grief) in the time of Jahiliyyah, so I must repay them in kind. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Except for the family of so-and-so (that is, you are permitted to go to them)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) states: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Three things are among (the deeds of) disbelief in Allah: tearing the collar (of one's garment), wailing over the dead, and slandering someone's lineage." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to look after the Ansar, visit them when they were ill and ask about their circumstances. He (peace and blessings be upon him) learned of a woman of the Ansar whose only son had died and who was grieving intensely over him. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her and exhorted her to be mindful of Allah and to be patient. The woman said: O Messenger of Allah! I am a woman who is raqub (one whose children do not survive); I no longer hope for more children, and I had no son besides him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The real raqub is the one whose child remains (alive after her)." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any Muslim man or woman who has three children die, Allah Almighty will surely admit him into Paradise because of them." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, and if two die? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And (for) two as well." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it with the mention of the word raqub.

Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Qurrah (may Allah be pleased with him)) that a man used to come to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) bringing his son with him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "Do you love him?" He said: May Allah love you as I love him. Then after some time the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) no longer saw the child, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What has happened to so-and-so?" The people said: His son has died. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Would it not please you that whichever gate of Paradise you come to, you find him there waiting for you?" A man said: Is this glad tidings for him specifically, or for all of us? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, it is for all of you." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (with an authentic chain), as I mentioned earlier that a single Tabi'i being alone in narrating from a Companion (does not contradict its authenticity).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The (deceased) children of the believers are on a mountain in Paradise, where Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and Sarah (peace be upon her) take care of them until they hand them over to their parents on the Day of Resurrection." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

Ziyad bin Ilaqah narrates from his paternal uncle that Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke ill of Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), so Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up towards him and said: O Mughirah! Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade reviling the dead? Why then are you reviling Ali when he has passed away? This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but they did not record it in this way. However, both of them (Bukhari and Muslim) agreed upon the hadith of al-A'mash from Mujahid from Sayyidah Aishah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not revile the dead, for they have reached (the outcome of) the deeds they sent forth."

Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not hurt a Muslim by abusing a (deceased) disbeliever." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Mention the good qualities of your dead, and restrain your tongues from their faults." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it. These are hadiths that I found in this chapter after the copying of the Book of Funerals, and they ought to have been recorded earlier in their proper places.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not consider your dead impure, for a Muslim does not become impure, whether alive or dead." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.