Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1520
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْيَمَانِ، عَنْ مِنْهَالِ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَدْخَلَ رَجُلاً قَبْرَهُ لَيْلاً وَأَسْرَجَ فِي قَبْرِهِ .
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Yahya ibn al-Yaman informed us, from Minhal ibn Khalifah, from Ata’, from Ibn Abbas: ‘The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed a man in his grave at night and lit a lamp in his grave.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says he lit a lamp in the grave; no further reason or detail is stated.