Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1480
حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ رَاشِدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ نَاسًا رُكْبَانًا عَلَى دَوَابِّهِمْ فِي جِنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ " أَلاَ تَسْتَحْيُونَ أَنَّ مَلاَئِكَةَ اللَّهِ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى أَقْدَامِهِمْ وَأَنْتُمْ رُكْبَانٌ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Kathir ibn Ubayd al-Himsi narrated to us; Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid narrated to us, from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Maryam, from Rashid ibn Sa‘d, from Thawban, the mawla of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘The Messenger of Allah saw people riding their mounts in a funeral procession and said, “Are you not ashamed that Allah’s angels are walking while you are riding?”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source identifies Thawban as the Prophet’s mawla; the term is retained without specifying a narrower status.