The Three That Follow To The Grave

Pages: 80 Cover Type: Paperback Author: Imam Rajab Al-Hanbali Publisher: Dar as-Sunnah Publishers In the Sahih of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, it is reported that Anas ibn Malik narrated that the Prophet said: “Three things follow the deceased person (to the grave), two of them return, and only one remains. His family, wealth and actions follow him. His family and wealth return, but his deeds will remain.” Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar said in his Fathu’l Bari, “The meaning of ‘his deeds remain’ is that he will enter the grave with them”, whether they were righteous or evil. Man is therefore encouraged to have a righteous family that he lives with, and wealth that he supports them and himself with so that when these two companions inevitably leave him, they may continue to be a source of reward for him. The intelligent person is the one who takes from these things sufficiently to help him in the remembrance of Allah, and what will benefit him in the next life. Thus he takes from his wealth what helps