Seeking martyrdom in the way of Allah
Jabir b. "Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with both him and his father, said, "When my father was killed, I began to lift the cloth from his face, weeping, but they stopped me. The Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not stop me. My aunt Fatima began to weep and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "It does not matter whether you weep or do not weep. The angels were shading him with their wings until you removed it."
Al-Bukhari transmitted it and al-Bukhari has a chapter entitled, "The Chapter of the Angels shading the Martyr."
The prayer on the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace
Ahmad related in his Musnad and ad-Diya' in al-Mukhtara from 'Amir b. Rabi'a with a good isnad that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
"There is no slave who prays for blessing on me but that the angels pray on him as long as he prays on me. So let the slave do a little or a lot of it."
Visiting the Sick
Ibn Hibban said in his Sahih with a sound isnad from 'Ali that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
"No Muslim visits another Muslim without a thousand angels praying for blessings on him whatever hour of the day it is until evening, or whatever hour of the night it is until morning."
In a variant of at-Tirmidhi which an-Nawawi mentioned in the Riyad as-Saliheen, is that the Prophet said:
"No Muslim visits another Muslim without a thousand
Angels praying blessing on him until the evening, or visits him in the evening without a thousand angels praying blessing on him until morning and he will have fruits in the Garden."
At-Tirmidhi said that its isnad is good.
Visiting Brothers
Muslim transmitted in his Sahih from Abu Hurayra that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace said:
"A man visited a brother of his in another town and Allah assigned an angel to guard him on his way. When he came to him, the angel said, 'Where are you going?" He said, 'I am going to visit a brother of mine in that town." He said, "Do you have any property with him that you want to check on?" He said, 'No, it is only that I love him. for the sake of Allah. He said, 'I am the messenger of Allah to you to tell you that Allah loves you as you love this man for His sake."""
"On his way" means on his road.
"To check on it" means to see to it and seek to put it in order.
Supplication for believers who are not present
Allah Almighty says:
"And as for those who came after them, they say, 'Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in belief, and do not put into our hearts any rancour towards those who believe. Our Lord, surely You are the All-Gentle, the All-Compassionate."
(59:10)
Muslim transmitted from the hadith of Abu'd-Darda' that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
"A supplication which a Muslim man makes secretly for his brother is answered. At his head is a guardian angel. Whenever he makes supplication for good for his brother, the angel who guards him says, "Amen, and the same for you."
Sleeping in a state of wudu'
"Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
"Whoever spends the night in a state of purity, spends the night with an angel close to him. He does not wake up without the angel saying, "O Allah, forgive Your slave so- and-so, He has spent the night in a state of purity.""
Ibn Hibban related it in his Sahih and al-Mundhiri men- tioned it in ar-Targhib wa't-Tarhib.
"Close to him" means what is next to a person's body, be it a garment or anything else.
His words, "He spent the night in a state of purity" is a reason for forgiveness being asked for him. It is part of what the angel said.
Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with both him and his father, said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace said:
"Purify these bodies of yours and Allah will purify you. There is no slave who spends the night in a state of purity but that an angel remains close to him. He does not pass an hour of the night without saying, 'O Allah, forgive Your slave. He spent the night in a state of purity.""
At-Tabarani related it in al-Awsat and al-Mundhiri said that its isnad is good.