Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 423

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بَابُ مَا يَقُولُهُ بَعْدَ تَغْمِيضِ الْمَيِّتِ.

Chapter: What to say after closing the eyes of the deceased.

فَضَجُّوا كَعَادَةِ النَّاسِ إِذَا حَصَلَ مِثْلُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ، ضَجُّوا بِالْبُكَاءِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «لَا تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ؛ فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ»، وَكَانُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا حَصَلَ مِثْلُ هَذَا يَدْعُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ بِالْوَيْلِ وَالثُّبُورِ وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - يَقُولُ يَا وَيْلَاهُ يَا ثُبُورَاهُ، وَانْقِطَاعَ ظَهْرَاهُ، وَمَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ.

They wailed as people often do in such moments. Seeing this, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Do not pray for anything but good for yourselves, for the angels say 'Amen' to whatever you utter." In the pre-Islamic era, people would call down woe and destruction upon themselves in their grief—God forbid—crying out, "Oh, the misery! Oh, the ruin! Oh, the breaking of my back!" and similar laments.

فَقَالَ: «لَا تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ؛ فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ» فَفِي هَذِهِ الْحَالِ يَنْبَغِي لِلْإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ لِنَفْسِهِ بِالْخَيْرِ، وَيَقُولَ مَا أَرْشَدَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ: «اللَّهُمَّ أَجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي، وَاخْلُفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا» بَعْدَ قَوْلِهِ: إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ؛ لِأَنَّ كُلَّ مُصِيبَةٍ تَقُولُ فِيهَا: إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، وَفِي مُصِيبَةِ الْمَوْتِ: «اللَّهُمَّ أَجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي، وَاخْلُفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا»، وَكَذَلِكَ غَيْرُهَا، وَقَدْ حَدَّثَ النَّبِيُّ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، فَسَمِعَتْهُ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ زَوْجُهَا - وَكَانَ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهَا - دَعَتْ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ، وَقَالَتْ فِي نَفْسِهَا: مَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ؟

He repeated, "Do not pray for anything but good for yourselves, for the angels say 'Amen' to whatever you utter." In such times, one should pray for good and follow the Prophet's guidance by saying, "O Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace it with something better," after reciting, "Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return." While this recitation is for every hardship, the specific prayer for the loss of a loved one is, "O Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace it with something better." Umm Salamah, the wife of Abu Salamah, heard the Prophet share this teaching. When her husband—the person she loved most—passed away, she recited this prayer, though she wondered to herself, "Who could possibly be better than Abu Salamah?"

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Vocabulary · المفردات (28 verbs · 42 nouns)

• ضَجَّ — to clamor
• حَصَلَ — to happen
• قَالَ — to say
• بَاب — chapter
• تَغْمِيض — closing
• مَيِّت — dead