Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1534
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " إِنَّ النَّجَاشِيَّ قَدْ مَاتَ " . فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَأَصْحَابُهُ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ . فَصَفَّنَا خَلْفَهُ وَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abd al-A‘la narrated to us, from Ma‘mar, from al-Zuhri, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah: ‘The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The Negus has died.” The Messenger of Allah and his Companions went out to al-Baqi‘. We formed rows behind him, and the Messenger of Allah stepped forward and said four takbirs.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report’s place name is al-Baqi‘, as stated in the Arabic source.