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Sunan Ibn Majah 1449

Chapter: What was narrated concerning what is to be said to the sick person when death approaches

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1449

Narrator:Umm Mubashhir

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ كَعْبًا الْوَفَاةُ أَتَتْهُ أُمُّ بِشْرٍ بِنْتُ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ مَعْرُورٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنْ لَقِيتَ فُلاَنًا فَاقْرَأْ عَلَيْهِ مِنِّي السَّلاَمَ ‏.‏ قَالَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكِ يَا أُمَّ بِشْرٍ نَحْنُ أَشْغَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكِ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏

"‏ إِنَّ أَرْوَاحَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ تَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ بَلَى ‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَهُوَ ذَاكَ

It was narrated from ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Ka’b bin Malik, about Ka’b:

“When Ka’b was dying, Umm Bishr bint Bara’ bin Ma’rur came to him and said: ‘O Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman! If you meet so-and-so, convey Salam to him from me.’ He said: ‘May Allah forgive you, O Umm Bishr! We are too busy to think of that.’ She said: ‘O Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman! Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “The souls of the believers are in green birds, eating from the trees of Paradise”?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ She said: ‘That is what I mean.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1449).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( عَنْ عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن كَعْب ) هَكَذَا فِي النُّسَخ الَّتِي رَأَيْت وَالظَّاهِر أَنَّ قَوْله عَنْ أَبِيهِ زِيدَ وَالْحَدِيث مِنْ قَوْل عَبْد الرَّحْمَن نَفْسه فَإِنَّهُ شَاهِده وَرَوَاهُ لَا أَنَّهُ أَخَذَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ الْأَوْفَق بِاللَّفْظِ لَكِنَّ إِمْكَان الْأَخْذ مَوْجُود فَيُمْكِن أَنَّ عَبْد الرَّحْمَن مَا كَانَ حَاضِرًا ثُمَّ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ أَبِيهِ قَبْل مَوْته ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَأَمَّا لَفْظ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ كَعْبًا الْوَفَاة فَأَمَرَهُ سَهْل قَوْله ( أَرْوَاح الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ) أَيْ الشُّهَدَاء كَمَا جَاءَ فِي الرِّوَايَات وَإِنْ كَانَ ظَاهِر هَذَا السَّوْق الْعُمُوم ( فِي حَوَاصِل طَيْر ) أَيْ تَدْخُل فِي أَجْوَاف طَيْر أَوْ تُجْعَل فِي صُوَر طَيْر أَيْ الرُّوح تَتَشَكَ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1449
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1449
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1449
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1449

Other versions

Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 1631

‘Abd ar-Rahman b. Ka‘b told on his father's authority that when death came to Ka‘b,( Ibn Majah in Jana'iz. 4 gives Ka'b b. Malik.) Umm Bishr, daughter of al-Bara’ b. Ma'rur visited him and said, “Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahman, if you meet so and so, give him a greeting from me." He replied, “God forgive you…

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ كَعْبًا الْوَفَاةُ أَتَتْهُ أُمُّ بِشْرٍ بِنْتُ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ مَعْرُورٍ فَقَالَتْ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنْ لَقِيتَ فُلَانًا فَاقْرَأْ…

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  • الكني والأسماء للدولابي (556)أَرْوَاحُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ تَعْلَقُ بِشَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ : بَلَى . قَالَتْ : فَهُوَ ذَلِكَ
  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (20819)أَرْوَاحَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي أَجْوَافِ طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ تَعَلَّقُ بِشَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ ؟ ، قَالَ : بَلَى . قَالَتْ : فَهُوَ ذَاكَ
  • تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر (54005)أَرْوَاحَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ تَعْلُقُ بِشَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ ؟
  • شرح أصول اعتقاد أهل السنة والجماعة للالكائي (1780)أَرْوَاحَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ تُعَلَّقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ
  • مسند ابن أبي شيبة (495)إِنَّ أَرْوَاحَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ طَيْرٌ خَضْرٌ تَعْلُقُ بِشَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ

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