Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1503
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْهَجَرِيُّ، قَالَ صَلَيْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى الأَسْلَمِيِّ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَلَى جِنَازَةِ ابْنَةٍ لَهُ فَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعًا فَمَكَثَ بَعْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ شَيْئًا . قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُ الْقَوْمَ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِهِ مِنْ نَوَاحِي الصُّفُوفِ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَكُنْتُمْ تُرَوْنَ أَنِّي مُكَبِّرٌ خَمْسًا قَالُوا تَخَوَّفْنَا ذَلِكَ . قَالَ لَمْ أَكُنْ لأَفْعَلَ . وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كَانَ يُكَبِّرُ أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ يَمْكُثُ سَاعَةً فَيَقُولُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Abd al-Rahman al-Muharibi narrated to us; al-Hajari said: ‘I prayed with Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa al-Aslami, a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), over a funeral for one of his daughters. He said four takbirs over her, then paused briefly after the fourth. I heard the people in the rows making tasbih to draw his attention. He said the salams, then asked, “Did you think I was going to say a fifth takbir?” They said, “We feared that.” He replied, “I was not going to do that. I heard the Messenger of Allah say four takbirs, then pause for a while and say whatever Allah willed him to say, then say the salams.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report distinguishes the brief pause after the fourth takbir from the greeting that followed, and preserves the companions’ concern that a fifth might be said.