Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 10, Hadith 55

The Messenger of Allah said: "Mention good things about your dead, and refrain from (mentioning) their evil."

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"When the Messenger of Allah died, they disagreed over where to bury him. So Abu Bakr said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah saying something which I have not forgotten, he said: "Allah does not take (the life of ) a Prophet except at the location in which He wants him to be buried.'" So they buried him at the spot of his bed."

Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 10, Hadith 54


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"When the Messenger of Allah follows a corpse, he would not sit until (the deceased was) placed in the Lahd. A rabbi came upon him and said: 'This is what we do, O Muhammad'" He said: "So the Messenger of Allah sat, and he said: 'Differ from them.'"

Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 10, Hadith 56