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Mishkat al-Masabih 1650

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

Authentic graded by Al-Albani Mishkat al-Masabih 1650

Narrator:Ali

وَعَن عَليّ رَضِي الله عَنهُ قَالَ: رَأَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَامَ فَقُمْنَا وَقَعَدَ فَقَعَدْنَا يَعْنِي فِي الْجَنَازَةِ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ مَالِكٍ وَأَبِي دَاوُدَ: قَامَ فِي الْجَنَازَةِ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ بَعْدُ

‘Ali said, “We saw God’s messenger stand up so we stood up; he then sat down and we sat down,” the reference being to a funeral. Muslim transmitted it. The version of Malik and Abu Dawud says, “He stood up for a funeral, then sat down afterwards.”(There is some doubt as to whether this means that he sat down after the funeral had passed, or whether the point is that the Prophet’s practice had been to stand up but that he later stopped doing so. Cf. the tradition from ‘Ali on p. 353)

Reported by Muslim (No. 962d, 962e). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 1650).

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Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Authenticصَحِيح The hadith تحقيق مشكاة المصابيح

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 962e

This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters.

وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ، وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، - وَهُوَ الْقَطَّانُ - عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ‏.‏

Also reported by… (4)
  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (1960)قَامَ فَقُمْنَا ، وَقَعَدَ فَقَعَدْنَا يَعْنِي فِي الْجِنَازَةِ
  • تهذيب الآثار للطبري (752)قَامَ فِي الْجِنَازَةِ ، ثُمَّ قَعَدَ
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (279)قَامَ فَقُمْنَا ، وَقَعَدَ فَقَعَدْنَا يَعْنِي فِي الْجِنَازَةِ
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (564)قَامَ فَقُمْنَا وَقَعَدَ فَقَعَدْنَا ، يَعْنِي فِي الْجِنَازَةِ

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