56 – “Whoever offers a funeral prayer inside the mosque will receive nothing for it.”
Reported by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī on the authority of Abū Hurayrah.
Authentic (ṣaḥīḥ): al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah (2351).
Later ruled weak: al-Thamar al-Mustatāb, p. 768.
57 – “Whoever sets out in the path of Allah and then dies … for him is Paradise.”
Reported by Abū Dāwūd, Ahmad, and al-Bayhaqī on the authority of Abū Mālik al-Ashʿarī.
Sound (ḥasan): Aḥkām al-Janāʾiz, p. 37 (Islamic Office ed.).
Later ruled weak: al-Silsilah al-Ḍaʿīfah (5361).
58 – “Whoever says, ‘O Allah, I call You and Your angels to bear witness …,’ Allah will free him completely from the Fire.”
Reported by Ahmad on the authority of Abū Hurayrah.
Authentic (ṣaḥīḥ): al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah (267).
Later ruled weak: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah (under 267), new edition.