Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1494
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ فَقَامَ حِيَالَ رَأْسِهِ فَجِيءَ بِجِنَازَةٍ أُخْرَى بِامْرَأَةٍ فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ صَلِّ عَلَيْهَا . فَقَامَ حِيَالَ وَسَطِ السَّرِيرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَلاَءُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَامَ مِنَ الْجِنَازَةِ مُقَامَكَ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ وَقَامَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ مُقَامَكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ . فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ احْفَظُوا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us; Sa‘id ibn Amir narrated to us, from Hammam, from Abu Ghalib, who said: ‘I saw Anas ibn Malik perform the funeral prayer for a man, standing level with his head. Then another funeral was brought, for a woman, and they said, “Abu Hamzah, perform the prayer for her.” He stood level with the middle of the bier. Al-Ala’ ibn Ziyad said to him, “Abu Hamzah, is this how you saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stand in relation to a man and a woman, as you have stood?” He said, “Yes.” Then he turned to us and said, “Remember this.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report contrasts Anas’s position at a man’s head and at a woman’s middle, and preserves the question, confirmation, and instruction to remember.