Hadith 118

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 21: The Book of Funerals Sahih

Chapter 51

The Prohibition Of Saying Anything But Good About The Deceased

باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الْهَلْكَى، إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ ‏

Sahih
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1935
أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم هَالِكٌ بِسُوءٍ فَقَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ لاَ تَذْكُرُوا هَلْكَاكُمْ إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ ‏"
It was narrated that 'Aishah said:

"Something bad was said in the presence of the Prophet about a person who had died. He said: 'Do not say anything but good about your dead."'