Narrator: Abu Hurayrah
حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ كُلْثُومٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ ثُمَّ أَتَى قَبْرَ الْمَيِّتِ فَحَثَى عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَأْسِهِ ثَلاَثًا .
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It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer, then he came to the grave of the deceased and scattered three handfuls of earth from the side of (the deceased’s) head.
Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1565 ).
Scholars’ grades
The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.
Scholar Grade Applies to Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH
Authentic Sahih The hadith
No. 1565
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH
Weak Daif The hadith
No. 1565
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH
Authentic Sahih The hadith
No. 1565
On the same subject
Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 1982
، صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهَا خَمْسًا وَقَالَ كَبَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Narrated by Zayd ibn Arqam
Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1277
كَانَ يُكَبِّرُ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ فِي الأُولَى سَبْعًا قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَفِي الآخِرَةِ خَمْسًا قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ .
Narrator: سعد بن عائذ الأنصاري
Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1077
كَبَّرَ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فِي أَوَّلِ تَكْبِيرَةٍ وَوَضَعَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
Not graded Musnad Ahmad 18495
Narrated by Zayd ibn Arqam Arabic only
Not graded Musnad Ahmad 18507
Narrated by Zayd ibn Arqam Arabic only
Not graded Musnad Ahmad 22351
Narrated by Hudhayfah Arabic only
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