Funerals (Kitab Al-Janaiz)

Narrated Amir ar-Ram: We were in our country
when flags and banners were raised. I said:
What is this? The (the people) said: This is
the banner of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_
upon_him). So I came to him. He was (sitting)
under a tree. A sheet of cloth was spread for
him and he was sitting on it. His Companions
were gathered around him. I sat with them.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
mentioned illness and said: When a believer is
afflicted by illness and Allah cures him of it, it
serves as an atonement for his previous sins
and a warning to him for the future. But when
a hypocrite becomes ill and is then cured, he
is like a camel which has been tethered and
then let loose by its owners, but does not
know why they tethered it and why they let it
loose. A man from among those around him
asked: Apostle of Allah, what are illnesses? I
swear by Allah, I never fell ill. The Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Get up and
leave us. You do not belong to our number.
When we were with him, a man came to him.
He had a sheet of cloth and something in his
hand. He turned his attention to him and said:
Apostle of Allah, when I saw you, I turned
towards you. I saw a group of trees and heard
the sound of fledglings. I took them and put
them in my garment. Their mother then came
and began to hover round my head. I showed
them to her, and she fell on them. I wrapped
them with my garment. They are now with me.
He said: Put them away from you. So I put
them away, but their mother stayed with
them. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_
him) said to his companions: Are you
surprised at the affection of the mother for her
young? They said: Yes, Apostle of Allah. He
said: I swear by Him Who has sent me with
the Truth, Allah is more affectionate to His
servants than a mother to her young ones.
Take them back put them and where you took
them from when their mother should have
been with them. So he took them back.