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

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1055

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Women Visiting Graves

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Companion’s words (mawquf) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1055

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، قَالَ تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِحُبْشِيٍّ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَحُمِلَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَدُفِنَ فِيهَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَتَتْ قَبْرَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَتْ وَكُنَّا كَنَدْمَانَىْ جَذِيمَةَ حِقْبَةً مِنَ الدَّهْرِ حَتَّى قِيلَ لَنْ يَتَصَدَّعَا فَلَمَّا تَفَرَّقْنَا كَأَنِّي وَمَالِكًا لِطُولِ اجْتِمَاعٍ لَمْ نَبِتْ لَيْلَةً مَعَا ثُمَّ قَالَتْ

وَاللَّهِ لَوْ حَضَرْتُكَ مَا دُفِنْتَ إِلاَّ حَيْثُ مُتَّ وَلَوْ شَهِدْتُكَ مَا زُرْتُكَ ‏.‏

Abdullah bin Abi Mulaikah said:

"Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr died in Al-Hubshi" He said: "He was carried to Makkah to be buried there. So when Aishah arrived she went to the grave of Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr and she said: "We were like two drinking companions of Jadhimah for such a long time that they would say: 'They will never part.' So when we were separated it was as if I and Malik - due to the length of unity - never spent a night together."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1055).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ) الصِّدِّيقِ وَهُوَ أَخُو عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ( بِالْحُبْشِيِّ ) فِي النِّهَايَةِ بِضَمِّ الْحَاءِ وَسُكُونِ الْبَاءِ وَكَسْرِ الشِّينِ وَتَشْدِيدِ الْيَاءِ , مَوْضِعٌ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ مَكَّةَ. وَقَالَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ : جَبَلٌ بِأَسْفَلَ مَكَّةَ. وَقَالَ السُّيُوطِيُّ : مَكَانٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ مَكَّةَ اِثْنَا عَشَرَ مِيلًا ( فَحُمِلَ ) أَيْ نُقِلَ مِنْ الْحُبْشِيِّ ( فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ عَائِشَةُ ) أَيْ مَكَّةَ ( فَقَالَتْ ) أَيْ مُنْشِدَةً مُشِيرَةً إِلَى أَنَّ طُولَ الِاجْتِمَاعِ فِي الدُّنْيَا بَعْدَ زَوَالِهِ يَكُونُ كَأَقْصَرِ زَمَنٍ وَأَسْرَعِهِ كَمَا هُوَ شَأْنُ الْفَانِي جَمِيعِهِ ( وَكُنَّا كَنَدْمَانَيْ جَذِيمَةَ…

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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 WeakDaif The hadith No. 1055
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1055
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1055

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 1718

We were like the companions of Jadhima (Jadhima was a legendary pre-Islamic king with his centre in al-Anbar. He had two boon- companions, 'Aqil and Malik, who are said to have been together for forty years. The verses are from a lament by Mutammim b. Nuwaira al-Yarbu'i over his brother Malik) for…

وَعَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ: لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ عبد الرَّحْمَن بن أبي بكر بالحبشي (مَوضِع قريب من مَكَّة) وَهُوَ مَوْضِعٌ فَحُمِلَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَدُفِنَ بِهَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَتَتْ قَبْرَ عَبْدِ…

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