‘Abdullāĥ Bin ‘Abbās رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا reports that the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘The very first reward given to the true believer on his death is that all the participants of his funeral Ṣalāĥ are forgiven.’

(Attarghīb Wattarĥīb, vol. 4, pp. 178, Ḥadīš 13)

First gift in the grave

Someone asked the Prophet of Raḥmaĥ, the Intercessor of Ummaĥ, the Owner of Jannaĥ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, ‘What is the very first gift that is awarded to a true believer when he enters his grave?’ The Merciful Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم answered, ‘All the participants of his funeral Ṣalāĥ are forgiven.’

(Shu’ab-ul-Īmān, vol. 7, pp. 8, Ḥadīš 9257)

The funeral of a heavenly person

The Greatest and Holiest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘When a Heavenly person passes away, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ feels shy (befitting His status) in punishing those who carried the bier of that person and those who followed the funeral procession and those who offered his funeral Ṣalāĥ.’ (Al-Firdaus bimā Šaur-ul-Khaṭṭāb, vol. 1, pp. 282)

Šawāb of accompanying the funeral

Sayyidunā Dāwūd عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّـنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام humbly asked Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, ‘Yā Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! What is the Šawāb of accompanying the funeral merely for Your pleasure?’ Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ replied, ‘The day when