Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1577
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ: نُهِينَا عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ، وَلَمْ يُعْزَمْ عَلَيْنَا .
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; Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Hisham, from Hafsah, from Umm Atiyyah, who said: ‘We were forbidden from following funeral processions, but the prohibition was not made binding upon us.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic contrasts being forbidden with the prohibition not being made binding or emphatic; both clauses are retained.