he dies, the angels will accompany his funeral procession and I will forgive him.’ (Sharḥ-uṣ-Ṣudūr, pp. 97)

Šawāb equivalent to mount Uḥud

Sayyidunā Abū Ĥurayraĥ رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ reports that the Prophet of Raḥmaĥ, the Intercessor of the Ummaĥ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘The one who left home to accompany a funeral (considering it as a duty of believers and with the intention to earn Šawāb), offered the funeral Ṣalāĥ and accompanied the funeral till its burial, Šawāb of two Qīrāṭ is written for him. Each Qīrāṭ is equivalent to the mount Uḥud. There is one Qīrāṭ Šawāb for the person who returns after the funeral Ṣalāĥ (without participation in the burial).’ (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, pp. 472, Ḥadīš 945)

The funeral Ṣalāĥ has admonition

Sayyidunā Abū Żar Ghifārī رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ narrated that the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said to me, ‘Visit the graves, it will remind you of the Hereafter and bathe the deceased as touching the mortal body (dead body) is a great lesson and offer the funeral Ṣalāĥ so that it makes you sorrowful, for a sorrowful person is under the shadow of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and does pious deeds.’ (Al-Mustadrak lil-Ḥākim, vol. 1, pp. 711, Ḥadīš 1435)

Excellence of giving ritual bath to the corpse

Sayyidunā ‘Alī-ul-Murtaḍā کَـرَّمَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی وَجۡـھَـهُ الۡـکَـرِیۡم reported that the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘The one who gives