Riyad as-Salihin: Book 6, Hadith 49

Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When a dead body is placed on a bier and men carry it on their shoulders, if he was a pious man, it (corpse) says: ‘Take me in haste.’ But if he was not righteous, it says to its bearers: ‘Woe to it. Where are you taking it?’ Everything except man hears its voice. Had a human being heard its voice, he would have surely fallen into swoon.”.

وعن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلمى الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلم يقول‏:‏ ‏”‏إذا وضعت الجنازة، فاحتملها الرجال علي أعناقهم، فإن كانت صالحة، قال‏:‏ قدموني، وإن كانت غير صالحة، قالت لأهلها‏:‏ يا ويلها أين تذهبون بها‏؟‏ يسمع صوتها كل شيء إلا الأنسان، ولو سمع الأنسان لصعق” ‏(‏‏(‏رواه البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

The above hadith is from the Riyad as-Salihin collection of hadiths. The hadith collection known as Riyad as-Salihin was meticulously assembled over more than four decades by Imam al-Nawawi. This 12th-century work, whose title translates to The Gardens of the Righteous, categorizes its roughly 1,900 hadiths across 20 different thematic sections for the purpose of moral and spiritual guidance.

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For more Hadith in Book 6: The Book of Visiting the Sick

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 6, Hadith 49

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 6, Hadith 49

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