✍️Works of Ibn Abi al-Dunya

The dying

المحتضرين

Author: أبو بكر عبد الله بن محمد بن عبيد بن سفيان بن قيس البغدادي الأموي القرشي المعروف بابن أبي الدنيا (المتوفى: 281هـ) (d. 281)

About this work

المحتضرين كتاب ألفه الحافظ ابن أبي الدنيا؛ جمع فيه أحوال الذين نزل بهم الموت ذكر فيه الأحاديث والآثار عن الصحابة والتابعين الواردة في ذلك.

Translation

The Dying Ones is a book written by Al-Hafiz Ibn Abi Al-Dunya. In it, he collected the conditions of those who were subjected to death, in which he mentioned the hadiths and narrations from the Companions and Followers that were mentioned in that regard.

Topics covered

The dying of the son of the father of the world
Hadiths and effects on dying
Chapter on having good thoughts about God when death descends
Mention the words of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, upon death
Article about the caliphs upon the presence of death
What did the princes and kings say when death came to her?
Chapter on consoling oneself when dying with patience and seeking reward
Chapter on panic upon death for fear of bad retaliation
Chapter on those who appear with hair upon death
A chapter on various sayings and situations

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