Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (3/224)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

What Is Said at the Approach of Death
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159 / WHAT SHOULD BE SAID IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMEONE NEAR DEATH

We have already discussed a number of the etiquettes pertaining to visiting the sick and the supplications that are appropriate on such a visit. The discussion here will concern what should be done and said in the presence of someone whose death is imminent, as well as what the dying person should say.

The most important thing is to supplicate for him and to say nothing but good in his presence. It is reported in Sahih Muslim that Umm Salama, may Allah be pleased with her, said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When you are in the presence of the sick or the deceased, say only what is good, for the angels say amen to what you say.”1

One should also take care to prompt him to say the declaration of monotheism, “There is no god but Allah,” so that these will be his final words in this world. Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Prompt those among you who are dying to say, ‘There is no god but Allah.’” Narrated by Muslim2. What is meant by “those among you who are dying” is those among you whose death is imminent, not those who have actually died.

Mu‘ādh ibn Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever’s final words are, ‘There is no god but Allah,’ will enter Paradise.” Narrated by Abū Dāwūd3.

Uthmān ibn Affān, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever dies knowing that there is no god but Allah will enter Paradise.” Narrated by Muslim4.

1. Its source was cited previously. 2. *Sahīh Muslim* (no. 916). 3. *Sunan Abī Dāwūd* (no. 3116); authenticated as sahīh by al-Albānī, may Allah have mercy on him, in *Sahīh al-Jāmiʿ* (no. 6479). 4. *Sahīh Muslim* (no. 26).

ما يقال عند حضرة الموت ... ١٥٩ / مَا يُقالُ عند مَنْ حَضَرَهُ المَوْتُ سبق الكلامُ على جملة من الآداب المتعلِّقة بعيادة المريض، والأدعية التي يَحسنُ أن تُقال عند عيادته، والحديثُ هنا سيكونُ عمَّا يُفعلُ ويُقال عند مَن حَضَرَته الوفاةُ، وكذلك ما يَقوله مَن حَضَرته الوفاةُ. وأهمُّ شيءٍ في ذلك الدعاءُ له وأن لا يَقولَ في حضوره إلاَّ خيراً، ففي صحيح مسلم عن أمِّ سلمة ﵂ قالت: قال رسول الله ﷺ: "إذا حَضَرتُم المريضَ أو الميِّتَ فقولُوا خيراً، فإنَّ الملائكةَ يُؤَمِّنونَ على ما تَقولُون"١. وأن يَحرصَ على تلقِينِه كلمةَ التوحيد لا إله إلاَّ الله؛ لتكونَ آخرَ كلامه من الدُّنيا، فعن أبي سعيد الخدري ﵁ قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ " لَقِّنُوا موتاكم لاَ إله إلاَّ الله " رواه مسلم٢، والمرادُ بقوله: "موتاكم" أي: مَن حَضَرَه الموتُ منكم، لا مَن مات فعلاً. وعن معاذ بن جبل ﵁ قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: "مَنْ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلاَمِهِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ دَخَلَ الجَنَّةَ" رواه أبو داود٣. وعن عثمان بن عفان ﵁ قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: "من مات وهو يَعلمُ أنَّه لا إله إلاَّ الله دخل الجنة" رواه مسلم٤.

١ سبق تخريجه. ٢ صحيح مسلم (رقم:٩١٦) . ٣ سنن أبي داود (رقم:٣١١٦) ، وصحَّحه الألباني ﵀ في صحيح الجامع (رقم:٦٤٧٩) . ٤ صحيح مسلم (رقم:٢٦) .