Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Uthman ibn
Affan and Abdullah ibn Umar and Abu Hurayra used to pray over the
dead, both men and women, in Madina. They would put the men nearer to
the imam and the women nearer to the qibla.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar,
when he prayed over the dead, would say, "Peace be upon you" loud
enough for whoever was near to him to hear.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar
used to say, "No-one should pray over a dead person unless he is in
wudu."
Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "I have not seen
any person of knowledge disapproving of praying over either a child
born of adultery or its mother."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 26
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حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تُوُفِّيَ يَوْمَ الاِثْنَيْنِ وَدُفِنَ يَوْمَ الثُّلاَثَاءِ وَصَلَّى النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ أَفْذَاذًا لاَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ أَحَدٌ . فَقَالَ نَاسٌ يُدْفَنُ عِنْدَ الْمِنْبَرِ . وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ يُدْفَنُ بِالْبَقِيعِ . فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" مَا دُفِنَ نَبِيٌّ قَطُّ إِلاَّ فِي مَكَانِهِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ " . فَحُفِرَ لَهُ فِيهِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عِنْدَ غُسْلِهِ أَرَادُوا نَزْعَ قَمِيصِهِ فَسَمِعُوا صَوْتًا يَقُولُ لاَ تَنْزِعُوا الْقَمِيصَ فَلَمْ يُنْزَعِ الْقَمِيصُ وَغُسِّلَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died on
Monday and was buried on Tuesday and people prayed over him
individually with no one leading them. Some people said that he would
be buried near the mimbar, and others said that he would be buried in
al-Baqi. Abu Bakr as-Siddiq came and said, "I heard the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'No prophet was
ever buried except in the place where he died.' "So a grave was dug
for him there. When he was about to be washed they wished to take off
his shirt but they heard a voice saying "Don't take off his shirt," so
they did not take off his shirt and he was washed with it on, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 27
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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلاَنِ أَحَدُهُمَا يَلْحَدُ وَالآخَرُ لاَ يَلْحَدُ فَقَالُوا أَيُّهُمَا جَاءَ أَوَّلُ عَمِلَ عَمَلَهُ . فَجَاءَ الَّذِي يَلْحَدُ فَلَحَدَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his
father said, "There were two men in Madina, one of whom dug graves
with a niche in the side wall for the body, and the other who did not,
and they said, 'Whichever one comes first can do the job,' and the one
who dug graves with a niche came first and dug the Messenger of
Allah's grave, may Allah bless him and grant him peace."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 28
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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَتْ تَقُولُ مَا صَدَّقْتُ بِمَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ وَقْعَ الْكَرَازِينِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umm Salama,
the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used
to say, "I did not believe that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, had died until I heard the pickaxes
fall."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 29
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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ رَأَيْتُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَقْمَارٍ سَقَطْنَ فِي حُجْرَتِي فَقَصَصْتُ رُؤْيَاىَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَدُفِنَ فِي بَيْتِهَا قَالَ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَذَا أَحَدُ أَقْمَارِكِ وَهُوَ خَيْرُهَا .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that A'isha,
the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, "I saw three moons fall into my room, and I related my vision to
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. Then, when the Messenger of Allah died, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, and was buried in my house, Abu Bakr
said to me, 'This is one of your moons, and he is the best of them.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from more than one reliable source
that Sad ibn Abi Waqqas and Said ibn Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl died at
al-Aqiq and were carried to Madina and buried there.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his
father said, "I would not want to be buried in al-Baqi. I would prefer
to be buried elsewhere. The one who is buried in al-Baqi is one of two
people. Either he is unjust (dhalim), and I would not like to be
buried with him, or he is salih, and I would not like his bones to be
disturbed for me."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Wafid ibn
Amr ibn Said ibn Muadh from Nafi ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim from Masud ibn
al-Hakam from AIi ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, used to stand up when a funeral
procession passed by, and then sit down again afterwards.
ahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that AIi ibn Abi
Talib used to rest his head on graves and lie on them.
Malik
said, "As far as we can see ,it is only forbidden to sit on graves to
relieve oneself."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Bakr ibn Uthman ibn Sahl
ibn Hunayf that he had heard Abu Umama ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf say, "We
used to attend funeral processions, and the last of the people would
not sit until they had been given permission ."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 35
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حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ، عَنْ عَتِيكِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، - وَهُوَ جَدُّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ أَبُو أُمِّهِ - أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَتِيكٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَاءَ يَعُودُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ غُلِبَ عَلَيْهِ فَصَاحَ بِهِ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ فَاسْتَرْجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ " غُلِبْنَا عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا الرَّبِيعِ " . فَصَاحَ النِّسْوَةُ وَبَكَيْنَ فَجَعَلَ جَابِرٌ يُسَكِّتُهُنَّ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " دَعْهُنَّ فَإِذَا وَجَبَ فَلاَ تَبْكِيَنَّ بَاكِيَةٌ " . قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْوُجُوبُ قَالَ " إِذَا مَاتَ " . فَقَالَتِ ابْنَتُهُ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ شَهِيدًا فَإِنَّكَ كُنْتَ قَدْ قَضَيْتَ جِهَازَكَ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَوْقَعَ أَجْرَهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ نِيَّتِهِ وَمَا تَعُدُّونَ الشَّهَادَةَ " . قَالُوا الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الشُّهَدَاءُ سَبْعَةٌ سِوَى الْقَتْلِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الْمَطْعُونُ شَهِيدٌ وَالْغَرِقُ شَهِيدٌ وَصَاحِبُ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْمَبْطُونُ شَهِيدٌ وَالْحَرِقُ شَهِيدٌ وَالَّذِي يَمُوتُ تَحْتَ الْهَدْمِ شَهِيدٌ وَالْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ بِجُمْعٍ شَهِيدٌ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn
Jabir ibn Atik that Atik ibn al-Harith, the grandfather of Abdullah
ibn Abdullah ibn Jabir on his mother's side, told him that Jabir ibn
Atik had told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, came to visit Abdullah ibn Thabit and found him in
his death-throes. He called to him but he did not reply. The Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "We belong to
Allah, and to Him we are returning," and added, "You are being taken
from us, Abur-Rabi`." The women cried out and wept, and Jabir began
to silence them. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "Leave them, and when the necessary time comes, none
of the women should cry." They said, "Messenger of Allah, what is the
necessary time?" and he replied, "When he dies." The dying man's
daughter said, "By Allah, I hope that you will be a martyr, for you
have completed your preparations for battle," and the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah has made
his reward fall according to his intention. What do you consider dying
a martyr to be?" They said, "Death in the way of Allah." The Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There are
seven kinds of martyr other than those killed in the way of Allah.
Someone who is killed by the plague is a martyr, someone who drowns is
a martyr, someone who dies of pleurisy is a martyr, someone who dies
of a disease of the belly is a martyr, someone who dies by fire is a
martyr, someone who dies under a falling building is a martyr and a
woman who dies in childbirth is a martyr."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr from
his father that Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman told him that she had heard
A'isha, the umm al-muminin, say (when it was mentioned to her that
Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, "The dead are tormented by the weeping
of the living"), "May Allah forgive Abu Abd ar-Rahman. Of course he
has not lied, but he has forgotten, or made a mistake. The Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by a jewish
woman whose family were crying over her and he said, 'You are crying
over her, and she is being tormented in her grave. ' "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 37
Hadith 505600
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حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لاَ يَمُوتُ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al-
Musayyab from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "No muslim who has three children die
will be touched by the Fire except to fulfil Allah's oath."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 38
Hadith 505610
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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ السَّلَمِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ يَمُوتُ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَيَحْتَسِبُهُمْ إِلاَّ كَانُوا جُنَّةً مِنَ النَّارِ " . فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوِ اثْنَانِ قَالَ " أَوِ اثْنَانِ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Amr
ibn Hazm from his father from Abu'n-Nadr as-Salami that the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If three of
a muslim's children die, and he remains content with that, they will
be a protection for him from the Fire." A woman who was with the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Or
two, Messengerof Allah?", and he said, "Or two."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 39
Hadith 505620
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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْحُبَابِ، سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" مَا يَزَالُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يُصَابُ فِي وَلَدِهِ وَحَامَّتِهِ حَتَّى يَلْقَى اللَّهَ وَلَيْسَتْ لَهُ خَطِيئَةٌ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard from Abu'l-Hubab
Said ibn Yasar from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, "The mumin continues to be struck
by misfortune in his children and close friends until he meets Allah
with no wrong actions."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 40
Hadith 505630
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حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لِيُعَزِّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي مَصَائِبِهِمُ الْمُصِيبَةُ بِي " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim
ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "Let the misfortune that befalls me be
a comfort to the Muslims in their misfortunes."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman
from Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "If a misfortune befalls some one and he says, as
Allah has ordered, 'We belong to Allah and to Him we are returning. O
Allah, reward me in my misfortune and give me better than it
afterwards,' Allah will do that for him" (Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi
rajiun. Allahumma' jurniy fi musiybatiy, wa a qibhiy khayran minha,
illa faala 'llahu dhalika bihi.).
Umm Salama said, "When Abu
Salama died I said that, and then I said, 'Who is better than Abu
Salama?' " And then Allah left her the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, and he married her.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that al-Qasim
ibn Muhammad said, "One of my wives died and Muhammad ibn Kab al
Quradhi came to console me about her. He told me of one among the Bani
Israil who was a diligent, worshipping, knowing and understanding man
who had a wife that he admired and loved, and she died. He grieved
over her intensely and lamented her until he withdrew into a house and
locked himself in, hidden from everyone, and no-one visited him. A
woman heard about him and went to him, saying, 'I need him to give me
an opinion. Nothing will satisfy me except what he says about it.'
Everyone went away, but she stuck to his door and said, 'I must see
him.' Someone said to him, 'There is a woman who wishes to ask your
opinion about something,' and she insisted, 'I will only talk to him
about it.' When everyone had gone away, and she still had not left
his door, he said, 'Let her in.' So she went in and saw him and said,
'I have come to ask your opinion about something.' He said, 'What is
it?' She said, 'I borrowed a piece of jewellery from a neighbour of
mine, and I have worn it and used it for a long time. Then they sent
to me for it. Should I let them have it back?' He said, 'Yes, by
Allah.' She said, 'I have had it for a long time.' He said, 'It is
more correct for you to return it to them, since they have lent it to
you for such a long time.' She said, 'Yes. May Allah have mercy on
you. Do you then grieve over what Allah has lent you and then taken
from you, when He has a greater right to it than you?' Then he saw
the situation he was in, and Allah helped him by her words."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 43
Hadith 505660
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حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ، مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ، عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهَا تَقُولُ، لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمُخْتَفِيَ وَالْمُخْتَفِيَةَ يَعْنِي نَبَّاشَ الْقُبُورِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that Abu'r-Rijal Muhammad ibn Abd
ar-Rahman heard his mother Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman say, "The Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, cursed both men and
women who dug up," meaning those who dug up graves.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 44
Hadith 505670
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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَتْ تَقُولُ كَسْرُ عَظْمِ الْمُسْلِمِ مَيْتًا كَكَسْرِهِ وَهُوَ حَىٌّ . تَعْنِي فِي الإِثْمِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that A'isha, the
wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to
say, "Breaking the bone of a muslim when he is dead is like breaking
it when he is alive." She meant if done in wrong action.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 45
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حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ وَهُوَ مُسْتَنِدٌ إِلَى صَدْرِهَا وَأَصْغَتْ إِلَيْهِ يَقُولُ
" اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from Abbad
ibn Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, told him that she had heard the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say
before he died, while he was leaning on her breast and she was
listening to him, "O Allah, forgive me and have mercy on me and join
me with the highest company."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 16, Hadith 46
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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ يَمُوتُ حَتَّى يُخَيَّرَ " . قَالَتْ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ " اللَّهُمَّ الرَّفِيقَ الأَعْلَى " . فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ ذَاهِبٌ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that A'isha said,
"The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, 'No prophet dies until he is given the choice.' " She continued,
"I heard him say ,'O Allah, the highest company,' and I knew that he
was going."