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Mishkat al-Masabih 1682

Chapter: Walking at a Funeral and Prayer over the Dead - Section 3

Good (hasan) graded by Al-Albani Mishkat al-Masabih 1682

Narrator:Ali

وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَنَا بِالْقِيَامِ فِي الْجَنَازَةِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَأَمَرَنَا بِالْجُلُوسِ. رَوَاهُ أَحْمد

‘Ali said that God’s messenger had told them to stand at a funeral, but later he sat and ordered them to sit. Ahmad transmitted it.

Reported by Ahmad (No. 589). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 1682).

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