Road To Heaven - Hadith

1	Narrated by Sa'd bin Ubaid	Transmitted by Sahih Bukhari
Allah's Messenger (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) said: "None of you should long for death, for if he is a good man, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil-doer, he may stop the evil deeds and repent." [Vol 9:#341]

2	Narrated by Abdullah bin Amr	Transmitted by Baihaqi (Mishkat)
Allah's Messenger (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) said:"The gift of a believer is death." [1609]

3	Narrated by Obadah bin Swamet	Transmitted by Sahih Bukhari and Muslim (Mishkat)
Allah's Messenger (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) said: "Whose like to meet Allah, Allah also likes to meet him, and whoso does not like to meet Allah, Allah also does not like to meet him. Ayesha (RA) or some of his wives said: Certainly we dislike death. He replies: That is not so; but when death comes to a believer, he is given good news of the pleasure of Allah and His gifts. There is then nothing dearer to him than what is before him. So he likes to meet Allah and Allah also likes to meet him. And an unbeliever-when death comes to him, he is given good news of the punishment of Allah and of His chastisement. And there is nothing more detestable to him than what lies in front of him. So he dislikes to meet Allah, and Allah also dislikes to meet him." [1601]

4	Narrated by Al-Hasan al-Basri	Transmitted by Darimi (Mishkat)
Allah's Messenger (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) said: He whom death overtakes while he is engaged in acquiring knowledge with a view to reviving Islam with the help of it, there will be one degree between him and the Prophets in Paradise. [Vol 1:#231]

5	Narrated by Abu Qatadah	Transmitted by Sahih Bukhari and Muslim (Mishkat)
The messenger of Allah (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) passed by a dead body and said: Either a relieved man or one from whom relief is sought. They (companions) asked: O Messenger of Allah (Sal-allahu-aleihi- wasallam), what is " a relieved man or one from whom relief is sought?" He said: A faithful servant takes relief from the turmoils of the world and its troubles to the mercy of Allah; and as for a sinful servant, men, cities, trees and beasts are relieved of him. [1603]

6	Narrated by Ayesha Siddiqah	Transmitted by Sahih Bukhari (Mishkat)
The Prophet (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) said, "Don't backbite the dead, as they reached what they had sent in advance." [1664]

7	Narrated by Abu Hurairah	Transmitted by Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah (Mishkat)
The Prophet (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) said, "When you pray for a dead man (or person), make your prayer sincere for him." [1674]

8	Narrated by Abdullah bin Masud	Transmitted by Sahih Bukhari
The Prophet (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) said, "He who slaps his cheeks, tears his clothes and follows the ways and traditions of the Days of Ignorance is not one of us." [Vol 2:#382]

9	Narrated by Abu Hurairah	Transmitted by Ibn Majah, Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman. (Mishkat)
The Prophet (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) said, "Verily what a believer continues to receive (in the form of reward) for his action and his virtues after his death is the knowledge which he acquired and then disseminated, the pious son that he left behind him, or a copy of the Qur'an which he left as a legacy, or the mosques that he had built, or the inn that he had built for the wayfarers, or the canal that he caused to flow, or a sadaqah which he gave out of his property in the state when he was healthy and alive. (These are the acts of goodness the reward of which) reaches him even after his death." [254]

10	Narrated by Ayesha	Transmitted by Bukhari and Muslim (Mishkat)
A man asked the Holy Prophet (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam): My mother has died, and i consider that if she could have talked I could have given alms. So, will there be reward for her if I give alms? "Yes" he replied. [1950]

11	Narrated by Abu Hurairah	Transmitted by Ahmad (Mishkat)
The Prophet (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) said, "Verily the Al-Mighty and Glorious Allah will certainly raise the rank of a pious servant in Paradise, and he will ask: O lord, How is the for me? Allah will reply: Owing to your son who sought forgiveness for you." [2354]

12	Narrated by Al-Qasim bin Muhammad	Transmitted by Sahih Bukhari
Allah's Apostle (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasallam) said (to Ayesha), "If that (i.e., your death) should happen while I am still alive, I would ask Allah to forgive you and would invoke Allah for you." [Vol 9:#324]