Offering the funeral prayer at the grave Sunan Ibn Majah 1530
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَعُودُهُ. فَدَفَنُوهُ بِاللَّيْلِ. فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَعْلَمُوهُ. فَقَالَ " مَا مَنَعَكُمْ أَنْ تُعْلِمُونِي " . قَالُوا كَانَ اللَّيْلُ وَكَانَتِ الظُّلْمَةُ فَكَرِهْنَا أَنْ نَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَ . فَأَتَى قَبْرَهُ، فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ .
Translation
It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said
“A man died whom the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) used to visit, and they buried him at night. Whenmorningcame, they told him. He said: ‘What kept you from telling me?’They said: ‘It was night and it was dark, and we did not like tocauseyou any inconvenience.’ Then he went to the grave and offeredthefuneral prayer for him.”