Sunan Abu Dawud — Funerals

Narrated 'Aishah:I swear by Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed over Suhail b. al-Baida' in the mosque

حدثنا سعيد بن منصور، حدثنا فليح بن سليمان، عن صالح بن عجلان، ومحمد بن عبد الله بن عباد، عن عباد بن عبد الله بن الزبير، عن عايشة، قالت والله ما صلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على سهيل ابن البيضاء الا في المسجد

Narrated 'Aishah:I swear by Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed in the mosque over the two sons of al-Baida': Suhail and his brother

حدثنا هارون بن عبد الله، حدثنا ابن ابي فديك، عن الضحاك، - يعني ابن عثمان - عن ابي النضر، عن ابي سلمة، عن عايشة، قالت والله لقد صلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على ابنى بيضاء في المسجد سهيل واخيه

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone prays over the dead in the mosque, there is nothing on him

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا يحيى، عن ابن ابي ذيب، حدثني صالح، مولى التوامة عن ابي هريرة، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " من صلى على جنازة في المسجد فلا شىء عليه

Narrated 'Uqbah bin 'Amir:There were three times at which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to forbid us to pray or bury our dead - when the sun begins to rise till it is fully up, when the sun is at its height midway till it passes the meridian, and when the sun draws near to setting till it sets, or as he said

حدثنا عثمان بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا وكيع، حدثنا موسى بن على بن رباح، قال سمعت ابي يحدث، انه سمع عقبة بن عامر، قال ثلاث ساعات كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ينهانا ان نصلي فيهن او نقبر فيهن موتانا حين تطلع الشمس بازغة حتى ترتفع وحين يقوم قايم الظهيرة حتى تميل وحين تضيف الشمس للغروب حتى تغرب او كما قال

Yahya ibn Subayh said:Ammar client of al-Harith ibn Nawfal told me that he attended the funeral of Umm Kulthum, and her son. The body of the boy was placed near the imam. I objected to it. Among the people there were Ibn Abbas, AbuSa'id al-Khudri, AbuQatadah and AbuHurayrah. They said: This is the sunnah (established practice of the Prophet)

حدثنا يزيد بن خالد بن موهب الرملي، حدثنا ابن وهب، عن ابن جريج، عن يحيى بن صبيح، حدثني عمار، مولى الحارث بن نوفل انه شهد جنازة ام كلثوم وابنها فجعل الغلام مما يلي الامام فانكرت ذلك وفي القوم ابن عباس وابو سعيد الخدري وابو قتادة وابو هريرة فقالوا هذه السنة

Nafi' AbuGhalib said:I was in the Sikkat al-Mirbad. A bier passed and a large number of people were accompanying it. They said: Bier of Abdullah ibn Umayr. So I followed it. Suddenly I saw a man, who had a thin garment on riding his small mule. He had a piece of cloth on his head to protect himself from the sun. I asked: Who is this important man? People said: This is Anas ibn Malik. When the bier was placed, Anas stood and led the funeral prayer over him while I was just behind him, and there was no obstruction between me and him. He stood near his head, and uttered four takbirs (Allah is Most Great). He neither lengthened the prayer nor hurried it. He then went to sit down. They said: AbuHamzah, (here is the bier of) an Ansari woman. They brought her near him and there was a green cupola-shaped structure over her bier. He stood opposite her hips and led the funeral prayer over her as he had led it over the man. He then sat down. Al-Ala' ibn Ziyad asked: AbuHamzah, did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say the funeral prayer over the dead as you have done, uttering four takbirs (Allah is Most Great) over her, and standing opposite the head of a man and the hips of a woman? He replied: Yes. He asked: AbuHamzah, did you fight with the Messenger of Allah? He replied: Yes. I fought with him in the battle of Hunayn. The polytheists came out and invaded us so severely that we saw our horses behind our backs. Among the people (i.e. the unbelievers) there was a man who was attacking us, and striking and wounding us (with his sword). Allah then defeated them. They were then brought and began to take the oath of allegiance to him for Islam. A man from among the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) said: I make a vow to myself that if Allah brings the man who was striking us (with his sword) that day, I shall behead him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) kept silent and the man was brought (as a captive). When he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he said: Messenger of Allah, I have repented to Allah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stopped (for a while) receiving his oath of allegiance, so that the other man might fulfil his vow. But the man began to wait for the order of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for his murder. He was afraid of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to kill him. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw that he did not do anything, he received his oath of allegiance. The man said: Messenger of Allah, what about my vow? He said: I stopped (receiving his oath of allegiance) today so that you might fulfil your vow. He said: Messenger of Allah, why did you not give any signal to me? The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is not worthy of a Prophet to give a signal. AbuGhalib said: I asked (the people) about Anas standing opposite the hips of a woman. They told me that this practice was due to the fact that (in the days of the Prophet) there were no cupola-shaped structures over the biers of women. So the imam used to stand opposite the hips of a woman to hide her from the people. Abu Dawud said: The saying of the Prophet (ﷺ) "I have been commanded to fight against the people until they say: There is no god bu Allah" abrogated this tradition of fulfilling the vow by his remark: "I have repented

Narrated Samurah bin Jundab:I prayed behing the Prophet (ﷺ) over a woman who died in childbirth, and he stood opposite her waist

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا يزيد بن زريع، حدثنا حسين المعلم، حدثنا عبد الله بن بريدة، عن سمرة بن جندب، قال صليت وراء النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم على امراة ماتت في نفاسها فقام عليها للصلاة وسطها

Narrated Al-Sha'bi:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed a grave dug freshly. They arranged a row and uttered four takbirs over it. I asked al-Sha'bi: Who told you ? He replied: A reliable person whom 'Abd Allah b. 'Abbas attended

حدثنا محمد بن العلاء، قال اخبرنا ابن ادريس، قال سمعت ابا اسحاق، عن الشعبي، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم مر بقبر رطب فصفوا عليه وكبر عليه اربعا . فقلت للشعبي من حدثك قال الثقة من شهده عبد الله بن عباس

Narrated Ibn Abi Laila: Zaid b. Arqam used to utter four takbirs (Allah is Most Great) over our dead person (during prayer). He uttered five takbirs on a dead person. So I asked him. He replied: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to utter those. Abu Dawud said: I remember the tradition of Ibn al-Muthanna in a more guarded way

حدثنا ابو الوليد الطيالسي، حدثنا شعبة، ح وحدثنا محمد بن المثنى، حدثنا محمد بن جعفر، عن شعبة، عن عمرو بن مرة، عن ابن ابي ليلى، قال كان زيد - يعني ابن ارقم - يكبر على جنايزنا اربعا وانه كبر على جنازة خمسا فسالته فقال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يكبرها . قال ابو داود وانا لحديث ابن المثنى اتقن

Narrated Talhah b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Awf:I prayed over a dead person along with Ibn 'Abbas. He recited Surat al-Fatihah and he said: This is the Sunnah

حدثنا محمد بن كثير، اخبرنا سفيان، عن سعد بن ابراهيم، عن طلحة بن عبد الله بن عوف، قال صليت مع ابن عباس على جنازة فقرا بفاتحة الكتاب فقال انها من السنة

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When you pray over the dead, make a sincere supplication for him

حدثنا عبد العزيز بن يحيى الحراني، حدثني محمد، - يعني ابن سلمة - عن محمد بن اسحاق، عن محمد بن ابراهيم، عن ابي سلمة بن عبد الرحمن، عن ابي هريرة، قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول " اذا صليتم على الميت فاخلصوا له الدعاء

Ali ibn Shammakh said:I was present with Marwan who asked AbuHurayrah: Did you hear how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray over the dead? He said: Even with the words that you said. (The narrator said: They exchanged hot words between them before that.) Abu Hurairah said: O Allah, Thou art its Lord. Thou didst create it, Thou didst guide it to Islam, Thou hast taken its spirit, and Thou knowest best its inner nature and outer aspect. We have come as intercessors, so forgive him. Abu Dawud said: Shu'bah made a mistake in mentioning the name of 'Ali b. Shammakh. He said in his version: 'Uthman b. Shammas. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad b. Ibrahim al-Mawsili say that Ahmad b. Hanbal said: In every meeting which I attended with Hammad b. Zaid he forbade to narrate this traditions from 'Abd al-Warith and Ja'far b. Sulaiman

حدثنا ابو معمر عبد الله بن عمرو، حدثنا عبد الوارث، حدثنا ابو الجلاس، عقبة بن سيار حدثني علي بن شماخ، قال شهدت مروان سال ابا هريرة كيف سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي على الجنازة قال امع الذي قلت قال نعم . قال كلام كان بينهما قبل ذلك . قال ابو هريرة " اللهم انت ربها وانت خلقتها وانت هديتها للاسلام وانت قبضت روحها وانت اعلم بسرها وعلانيتها جيناك شفعاء فاغفر له " . قال ابو داود اخطا شعبة في اسم علي بن شماخ قال فيه عثمان بن شماس وسمعت احمد بن ابراهيم الموصلي يحدث احمد بن حنبل قال ما اعلم اني جلست من حماد بن زيد مجلسا الا نهى فيه عن عبد الوارث وجعفر بن سليمان

Narrated AbuHurayrah: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed over a dead person, he said: O Allah, forgive those of us who are living and those of us who are dead, those of us who are present and those of us who are absent, our young and our old, our male and our female. O Allah, to whomsoever of us Thou givest life grant him life as a believer, and whomsoever of us Thou takest in death take him in death as a follower of Islam. O Allah, do not withhold from us the reward (of faith) and do not lead us astray after his death

حدثنا موسى بن مروان الرقي، حدثنا شعيب، - يعني ابن اسحاق - عن الاوزاعي، عن يحيى بن ابي كثير، عن ابي سلمة، عن ابي هريرة، قال صلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على جنازة فقال " اللهم اغفر لحينا وميتنا وصغيرنا وكبيرنا وذكرنا وانثانا وشاهدنا وغايبنا اللهم من احييته منا فاحيه على الايمان ومن توفيته منا فتوفه على الاسلام اللهم لا تحرمنا اجره ولا تضلنا بعده

Narrated Wathilah ibn al-Asqa': The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in prayer over bier of a Muslim and I heard him say: O Allah, so and so, son of so and so, is in Thy protection, so guard him from the trial in the grave. (AbdurRahman in his version said: "In Thy protection and in Thy nearer presence, so guard him from the trial in the grave) and the punishment in Hell. Thou art faithful and worthy of praise. O Allah, forgive him and show him mercy. Thou art the forgiving and the merciful one." AbdurRahman said: "On the authority of Marwan ibn Janah

حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن ابراهيم الدمشقي، حدثنا الوليد، ح وحدثنا ابراهيم بن موسى الرازي، اخبرنا الوليد، - وحديث عبد الرحمن اتم - حدثنا مروان بن جناح، عن يونس بن ميسرة بن حلبس، عن واثلة بن الاسقع، قال صلى بنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على رجل من المسلمين فسمعته يقول " اللهم ان فلان بن فلان في ذمتك فقه فتنة القبر " . قال عبد الرحمن " في ذمتك وحبل جوارك فقه من فتنة القبر وعذاب النار وانت اهل الوفاء والحمد اللهم فاغفر له وارحمه انك انت الغفور الرحيم " . قال عبد الرحمن عن مروان بن جناح

Narrated Abu Hurairah:A negress (or a youth) used to sweep the mosque. The Prophet (ﷺ) missed him, and when he asked about him the people told him that he had died. He said: Why have you not informed me ? He said: Lead me to his grave. So they led him and he prayed over him

حدثنا سليمان بن حرب، ومسدد، قالا حدثنا حماد، عن ثابت، عن ابي رافع، عن ابي هريرة، ان امراة، سوداء او رجلا كان يقم المسجد ففقده النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فسال عنه فقيل مات . فقال " الا اذنتموني به " . قال " دلوني على قبره " . فدلوه فصلى عليه

Narrated Abu Hurairah:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave the people news of death of Negus on the day on which he died, took them out to the place of prayer, drew them up in rows and said: "Allah is Most Great" four times

حدثنا القعنبي، قال قرات على مالك بن انس عن ابن شهاب، عن سعيد بن المسيب، عن ابي هريرة، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نعى للناس النجاشي في اليوم الذي مات فيه وخرج بهم الى المصلى فصف بهم وكبر اربع تكبيرات

Narrated Abu Burdah:On the authority of his father: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to proceed to the land of Negus. Mentioning the rest of the tradition he said that Negus said: I bear witness that he is the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and it is he about whom Christ son of Mary gave good news. It I were not in the land which I am, I would come to him and carry his shoes

حدثنا عباد بن موسى، حدثنا اسماعيل، - يعني ابن جعفر - عن اسراييل، عن ابي اسحاق، عن ابي بردة، عن ابيه، قال امرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ان ننطلق الى ارض النجاشي فذكر حديثه قال النجاشي اشهد انه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وانه الذي بشر به عيسى ابن مريم ولولا ما انا فيه من الملك لاتيته حتى احمل نعليه

Narrated Al-Muttalib: When Uthman ibn Maz'un died, he was brought out on his bier and buried. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered a man to bring him a stone, but he was unable to carry it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up and going over to it rolled up his sleeves. The narrator Kathir told that al-Muttalib remarked: The one who told me about the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I still seem to see the whiteness of the forearms of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he rolled up his sleeves. He then carried it and placed it at his head saying: I am marking my brother's grave with it, and I shall bury beside him those of my family who die

حدثنا عبد الوهاب بن نجدة، حدثنا سعيد بن سالم، ح وحدثنا يحيى بن الفضل السجستاني، حدثنا حاتم، - يعني ابن اسماعيل - بمعناه عن كثير بن زيد المدني، عن المطلب، قال لما مات عثمان بن مظعون اخرج بجنازته فدفن امر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم رجلا ان ياتيه بحجر فلم يستطع حمله فقام اليها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وحسر عن ذراعيه - قال كثير قال المطلب قال الذي يخبرني ذلك عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال - كاني انظر الى بياض ذراعى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حين حسر عنهما ثم حملها فوضعها عند راسه وقال " اتعلم بها قبر اخي وادفن اليه من مات من اهلي

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Breaking a dead man's bone is like breaking it when he is alive

حدثنا القعنبي، حدثنا عبد العزيز بن محمد، عن سعد، - يعني ابن سعيد - عن عمرة بنت عبد الرحمن، عن عايشة، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " كسر عظم الميت ككسره حيا

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The niche in the side of the grave is for us and the excavation in the middle is for others

حدثنا اسحاق بن اسماعيل، حدثنا حكام بن سلم، عن علي بن عبد الاعلى، عن ابيه، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن ابن عباس، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " اللحد لنا والشق لغيرنا