Does the warmth of a deceased person's back two hours after death indicate a bad end, knowing that he had started praying months before his death, was beloved among people, and fasted on the Day of Arafah?
The change in the body after death is not an indication of a good or bad end, but is often the result of natural causes. The true sign of a servant's righteousness is his piety. If a servant is guided to perform a righteous deed and dies upon it, this is a sign of a good end, as stated in the noble Hadith. And it is incumbent upon whoever washes the deceased or sees his body to conceal what he sees, for the sanctity of a Muslim dead is like his sanctity alive. It is recommended to conceal every bad thing seen in him, unless the deceased was an innovator or held destructive principles, in which case it may be revealed for warning.
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