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Mishkat al-Masabih 1649

Chapter: Walking at a Funeral and Prayer over the Dead - Section 1

Authentic graded by Al-Albani Mishkat al-Masabih 1649

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: مَرَّتْ جَنَازَةٌ فَقَامَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا يَهُودِيَّةٌ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ الْجِنَازَة فَقومُوا»

Jabir said that when a funeral passed by God’s messenger stood up [to show respect] and they stood up along with him. They told him it was a Jewish funeral and he replied, “Death is a fearful event, so when you see a funeral stand up.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Reported by Muslim (No. 960a) and Ahmad (No. 13906). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 1649).

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Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Authenticمُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ The hadith تحقيق مشكاة المصابيح

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  • الأوسط في السنن والإجماع والاختلاف لابن المنذر (2986)الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا ، فَمَنْ تَبِعَهَا ، فَلا يَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ
  • الاعتبار في الناسخ والمنسوخ من الآثار للحازمي (196)الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجِنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا لَهَا
  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (2035)الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجِنَازَةَ ، فَقُومُوا
  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (1954)الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجِنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا
  • شرح معاني الآثار للطحاوي (1773)الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجِنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا
  • مسند عبد بن حميد (1161)إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ جِنَازَةً فَقُومُوا

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"Stand up when you see a funeral procession, and he who accompanies it should not sit down until the coffin is placed on the ground." Agreed upon.

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 3173

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إِذَا تَبِعْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَلاَ تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ ‏"

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