Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet said, "They now realize that what I used to tell them was the truth. "And Allah said, 'Verily! You cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. benefit them, and similarly the disbelievers) nor can you make the deaf hear. (27.80).
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 23: Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz), Hadith #453
Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet said, "They now realize that what I used to tell them was the truth. "And Allah said, 'Verily! You cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. benefit them, and similarly the disbelievers) nor can you make the deaf hear. (27.80).
This hadith is from the book of Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz) in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 453 in book 23 of volume 2.
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