Chapter 10 of 33 2 min read
1. Closing the Eyes and Du‘aa (Supplication)
1. إغماض العينين والدعاء
The eyes of the dead person should be closed and a du‘aa made for him based on the following hadith of Umm Salamah: ﻭلُ ﺍﻟﺴﺨﹶلَ ﺭﺔﹶ ﻗﹶﺎﻟﹶﺕﹾ ﺩﻠﹶﻤ ﺴ ﺃُﻡﻥﻋ rﻠﱠﻪِ ﻗﹶﺎلَ ﺜﹸﻡﻪﻀ ﻓﹶﺄَﻏﹾﻤﻩﺭﺼ ﺸﹶﻕﱠ ﺒﻗﹶﺩﺔﹶ ﻭﻠﹶﻤﻠﹶﻰ ﺃَﺒِﻲ ﺴ ﻋ :)) ﺭٍ ﺇِﻻﱠ ﺒِﺨﹶﻴﻠﹶﻰ ﺃَﻨﹾﻔﹸﺴِﻜﹸﻡﻭﺍ ﻋﻋﻠِﻪِ ﻓﹶﻘﹶﺎلَ ﻻﹶ ﺘﹶﺩ ﺃَﻫ ﻤِﻥ ﻨﹶﺎﺱﺞ ﻓﹶﻀﺭﺼ ﺍﻟﹾﺒﻪ ﺘﹶﺒِﻌ ﺇِﺫﹶﺍ ﻗﹸﺒِﺽﻭﺡ ﺍﻟﺭﺇِﻥ ﺎﻠﹶﻰ ﻤ ﻋﻨﹸﻭﻥﺅَﻤﻼﹶﺌِﻜﹶﺔﹶ ﻴ ﺍﻟﹾﻤﻓﹶﺈِﻥ ﺘﹶﻘﹸﻭﻟﹸﻭﻥ (( ﻗﹶﺎلَﺜﹸﻡ : “Allaah’s Messenger (r) came in and found Aboo Salamah’s eyes staring so he closed them and said,“Verily when the soul is snatched, the eyes follow it.” Some people from his family began to scream so he said, “Do not call on yourselves except good for verily the angels say “Aameen” to whatever you say, He then prayed: )) ﻘِﺒِﻪِ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟﹾﻐﹶﺎﺒِﺭِﻴﻥ ﻓِﻲ ﻋﺍﺨﹾﻠﹸﻔﹾﻪ ﻭﻴﻥﺩِﻴﻬ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟﹾﻤﺘﹶﻪﺠﺭ ﺩﻓﹶﻊﺍﺭﺔﹶ ﻭﻠﹶﻤ ِﻷَﺒِﻲ ﺴ ﺍﻏﹾﻔِﺭﻡﺍﻟﻠﱠﻬ ﺍﻟﹾﻌﺏﺎ ﺭ ﻴﻟﹶﻪ ﻟﹶﻨﹶﺎ ﻭﺍﻏﹾﻔِﺭﻭ ﻓِﻴﻪِ ﻟﹶﻪﺭﻨﹶﻭﺭِﻩِ ﻭ ﻓِﻲ ﻗﹶﺒ ﻟﹶﻪﺢﺍﻓﹾﺴ ﻭﺎﻟﹶﻤِﻴﻥ (( Allaahummagh-fir li Abee Salamah warfa‘ darajatahu fil-mahdeeyeen [O Allaah, forgive Aboo Salamah and raise his level among the rightly guided,] wakhlufhu fee ‘aqibihi fil-ghaabireen [and let his remaining offspring be like him.] wagh-fir lanaa walahu yaa Rabbal-‘Aalameen [Forgive us and forgive him, O Lord of all the worlds] wafsah lahu fee qabrihee wa nawwir lahu feeh [and expand his grave and illuminate it for him.]1 1 Sahih Muslim, vol.2, pp.436-7, no.2003, Sunan Abu Dawud, vol.2, p.888, no.3112, Sunan Ibn-iMajah, vol.2, pp.370-1, no.1455 and Mishkat Al-Masabih, vol.1, p.337