To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6514
يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلاَثَةٌ، فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى مَعَهُ وَاحِدٌ، يَتْبَعُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ، فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ، وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ
yatbaʿu al-mayyita thalāthatun, fayarjiʿu āthnāni wayabqā maʿah wāḥidun, yatbaʿuhu ahluhu wamāluhu waʿamaluhu, fayarjiʿu ahluhu wamāluhu, wayabqā ʿamaluhu
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Narrated Anas bin Malik:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When carried to his grave, a dead person is followed by three, two of which return (after his burial) and one remains with him: his relative, his property, and his deeds follow him; relatives and his property go back while his deeds remain with him
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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 6514
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