Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever attends a funeral until the prayer is offered (and participates in it), he will have a reward of one qirat, and whoever remains present until the burial, he will have a reward of two qirats. The companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What is the meaning of two qirats?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: Like two great mountains in reward.

Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: There is no deceased person upon whom a group of Muslims, whose number reaches one hundred, offers the funeral prayer and then all intercede for him (that is, pray to Allah for his forgiveness), except that their intercession will be accepted.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that one of his sons died at (the place of) Qudayd or ‘Usfan. So he said (to his servant), "O Kurayb! See how many people have gathered (for the funeral prayer)?" Kurayb said, "I went and saw that people had gathered, so I informed him." Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, "In your estimation, are they forty?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Bring out the bier, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Whenever forty people who do not associate anything with Allah attend the funeral of a Muslim, Allah certainly accepts their intercession for him.'"

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: A funeral passed by and the people spoke well of it, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "It has become obligatory," three times he said this. Then another funeral passed by and the people spoke ill of it. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "It has become obligatory," three times he said this. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted, "May my parents be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah! A funeral passed by and the people spoke well of it, and you said three times, 'It has become obligatory.' Then another passed by and the people spoke ill of it, and you said three times, 'It has become obligatory.' What does this mean (what has become obligatory)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "For the one whom you spoke well of, Paradise has become obligatory, and for the one whom you spoke ill of, Hell has become obligatory. You are Allah’s witnesses on earth, you are Allah’s witnesses on earth, you are Allah’s witnesses on earth."

Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the funeral prayer of Ibn Dahdah. Then a horse with a bare back (without a saddle) was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). A man held it, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mounted it, and it was jumping, and all of us were behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and running. So a man from the people said that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How many clusters are hanging in Paradise for Ibn Dahdah."

`Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that a red sheet was spread in the blessed grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

'Amir bin Sa'd narrates that (the conqueror of Persia, Sayyiduna) Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) said during his illness in which he passed away: "Make a lahd (niche in the grave) for me and place unbaked bricks over it, just as was done for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)."

Abu al-Hayyaj al-Asadi says: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me, "I am sending you for the same task for which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me: that you erase every image and level every elevated grave to the ground."

'Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that' the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade plastering graves, sitting on them (using them as a place to rest), and constructing buildings (such as domes, etc.) over them.

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: When any one of you dies, his abode is presented before him morning and evening. If he is among the people of Paradise, then (he is shown) among the people of Paradise, and if he is among the people of Hell, then (he is shown) among the people of Hell. Then it is said: This is your abode, until Allah sends you to it on the Day of Resurrection.