Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1519

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُلَىِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ، سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ، يَقُولُ: ثَلاَثُ سَاعَاتٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَنْهَانَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ فِيهِنَّ أَوْ نَقْبِرَ فِيهِنَّ مَوْتَانَا حِينَ تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ بَازِغَةً، وَحِينَ يَقُومُ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ حَتَّى تَمِيلَ الشَّمْسُ، وَحِينَ تَضَيَّفُ لِلْغُرُوبِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ ‏.‏

Translation

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; Waki‘ narrated to us. And Amr ibn Rafi narrated to us; Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us. Both routes go through Musa ibn Ulayy ibn Rabah, who said: I heard my father say: I heard Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani say: ‘The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us to pray or bury our dead during three times: when the sun rises until it has fully risen; when midday is at its height until the sun passes the meridian; and when the sun inclines toward setting until it sets.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The report applies the three time periods to both prayer and burial of the deceased. Both transmission routes are preserved.