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Lesson 67
Consoling and
Animal Care
·
Consoling can be given for three days, except for someone who is absent or who lives far
away. Food should be prepared for the family of the deceased. Qur’an should be
recited as a sort of supplication for the dead, but without payment. Also
charity can be distributed after paying the debts of the deceased.
· Mourning
should not exceed three days, except for the mourning of the Muslim wife for her
husband.
· It
is recommended to visit tombs as a kind of remembrance of the Hereafter and as a
supplication for Muslims. It is offensive for women to visit tombs often.[46]
Good
manners towards animals
·
Be
kind and never be cruel to them.
·
Give
them food and drink.
·
Avoid
killing them except for fear of their harm.
· Make them comfortable while slaughtering.[
Evidence from Qur'an and Sunnah
Consolation:
Usamah
Ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Prepare
food for the family of Ja`far for there came upon them an incident which has
engaged them.” (Reported by
At-Tirmidhi)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“The soul of a believer is suspended
(from his entry to heaven)
until the payment of his debt.” (Reported by
At-Tirmidhi)
Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
Yes.” (Reported
by Muslim, An-Nasa’i, and Ahmad)
Mourning:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“It
is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to observe
mourning for one who has died more than three nights, except for four months
and ten days in the case of a husband.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Visiting
the graves:
`Abdullah
Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
“The Messenger of Allah (peace
be upon him) cursed women who
visit graves often.” (Reported by At-Tirmidhi)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“I
forbade you to visit graves, now you may visit them, for in visiting them
there is admonition.” (Reported by Abu Dawud)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“A woman was punished
because of a cat which she had jailed until it died and hence she entered
the Hell. She did not allow it to eat or drink as it was confined, nor did
she free it so that it might eat the insects of the earth.” (Reported
by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Who has put this bird to
distress by taking its offspring? Whoever did so should return them to
it.” (Reported by Abu Dawud)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“For
no one punishes with fire except the Lord of the fire.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Horses are kept for one of
three purposes: A man may keep them
(for Allah's Cause)
to receive a reward in the Hereafter; another may keep them as a means of
protection; and a third may keep them to be a burden for him. As for the man
for whom the horse is a
source of reward, he is the one who ties it for Allah's Cause, and he ties
it with a long rope in a pasture or a garden, then, whatever it eats or
drinks in that pasture or garden will be added to his good deeds. And if it
breaks its rope and jumps over one
or two hills, then, for all its footsteps and its manure, good deeds will be
written for him. And if it passes by a river and drinks of its water though
its owner had no intention to water it from that river, even then he will
have good deeds written for him. So that horse will be
(a source of) reward
for such a man.If a man ties a horse for earning his livelihood and
abstaining from asking others for help and he does not forget Allah's right,
i.e. pays its Zakah and gives it to be used in Allah's Cause, then that
horse will be a means of protection for him. But if a man ties it out of
pride and to show off and to excite others, then that horse will be a burden
(of sins) for him.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Verily Allah has prescribed kind attitude towards everything. So, when you
sacrifice (an animal),
do it in a good way. If you slaughter, let it be in the best manner. Let one
of you sharpen his knife and comfort his sacrificial animal
(reduce its pain).”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
Anas Ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased
with him) narrated:
“The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prohibited shooting the animals with arrows until they are dead.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Five kinds of animals are
mischief-doers and can be killed even in the Sanctuary: They are the rat,
the scorpion, the kite, the crow and the rabid dog.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
