Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1539

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَلَهُ قِيرَاطٌ وَمَنِ انْتَظَرَ حَتَّى يُفْرَغَ مِنْهَا فَلَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا وَمَا الْقِيرَاطَانِ قَالَ ‏"‏ مِثْلُ الْجَبَلَيْنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

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, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘Whoever performs the funeral prayer receives one qirat, and whoever waits until it is finished receives two qirats.’ They asked, ‘What are the two qirats?’ He replied, ‘Like two mountains.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The measurement qirat is retained as the report’s term, with the comparison to two mountains included.