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Dafin al-Mayyit - You must know that burying the dead is obligatory. Ubay ibn Ka’b (ra) said,

“When death approached Adam … the angels came carrying his shroud, embalmment and tools for digging and instruments for measurement… they took out his soul, washed his body, shrouded it into cloth and embalmed him. They then dug a grave, offered their prayer upon him, then put him in the grave, made ablution upon him and filled it with earth. Then they said, ‘O children of Adam! This will be your tradition of burial rites.’ …” Musnad Imam Ahmad and Qasas al-Anbiyaa for ibn Katheer

And Abu Hurairah (ra) narrated that the Prophet (saw) said,

Whoever was present at a funeral until the body was prayed over will have a Qeeraat (of reward) and whoever remained present until the body was buried will have two Qeeraat.” They asked, “What are the two Qeeraat?” he said, “it is like two huge mountains.” Saheeh al-Bukhari and Saheeh al-Muslim



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  1. You must know that burying the dead is obligatory.
  2. You must know it is forbidden to provoke anyone.
  3. You must hate for Allah's sake exclusively.
  4. You must know it is forbidden for a Muslim man to wear gold.

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25. Spying

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28. Revenge

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