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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Jana''iz (Funerals)

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1032

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Not Performing The Salat For The Child Until One Is Sure He Was Alive At Birth

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1032

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الْمَكِّيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏

"‏ الطِّفْلُ لاَ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَلاَ يَرِثُ وَلاَ يُورَثُ حَتَّى يَسْتَهِلَّ ‏"

Jabir narrated that:

The Prophet said: "The child is not prayed over, nor does he inherit, nor is he inherited from until one is sure he was alive at birth."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1032).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( الطِّفْلُ لَا يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَلَا يَرِثُ وَلَا يُورَثُ حَتَّى يَسْتَهِلَّ ) قَالَ فِي النِّهَايَةِ : اِسْتِهْلَالُ الصَّبِيِّ تَصْوِيتُهُ عِنْدَ وِلَادَتِهِ اِنْتَهَى وَكَذَا فِي الْمَجْمَعِ , وَفِيهِ أَرَادَ الْعِلْمَ بِحَيَاتِهِ بِصِيَاحٍ أَوْ اِخْتِلَاجٍ أَوْ نَفَسٍ أَوْ حَرَكَةٍ أَوْ عُطَاسٍ اِنْتَهَى. وَقَالَ اِبْنُ الْهُمَامِ : الِاسْتِهْلَالُ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْهُ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى الْحَيَاةِ مِنْ حَرَكَةِ عُضْوٍ أَوْ رَفْعِ صَوْتٍ اِنْتَهَى. وَقَدْ أَخْرَجَ الْبَزَّارُ عَنْ اِبْنِ عُمَرَ مَرْفُوعًا : " اِسْتِهْلَالُ الصَّبِيِّ الْعُطَاسُ ". قَالَ الْحَافِظُ فِي التَّلْخِيصِ : وَإِسْنَادُهُ ضَعِيفٌ اِنْتَهَى. قَوْلُهُ : ( هَذَا حَدِيثٌ قَدْ اِضْطَرَبَ النَّاسُ فِيهِ إِل…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1032
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1032
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1032

Other versions

Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 1691

Jabir reported the Prophet as saying, “Prayer should not be said over an infant which has not uttered a sound, neither may he inherit nor leave an inheritance.” Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, but the latter did not mention “nor leave an inheritance”.

وَعَنْ جَابِرٌ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الطِّفْلُ لَا يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَلَا يَرِثُ وَلَا يُوَرَّثُ حَتَّى يَسْتَهِلَّ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ…

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

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