Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1526

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ جُرِحَ فَآذَتْهُ الْجِرَاحَةُ فَدَبَّ إِلَى مَشَاقِصِهِ فَذَبَحَ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ أَدَبًا مِنْهُ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Zurarah narrated to us; Sharik ibn Abdullah narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, from Jabir ibn Samurah: ‘A man among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was wounded, and his wound caused him great distress. He crawled toward his arrowheads and used one to kill himself. The Prophet did not perform the funeral prayer over him.’ The narrator said: ‘This was an admonition from him.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source describes the man’s death by suicide in one sentence and states that the Prophet did not perform the funeral prayer over him; the final comment identifies this as an admonition.