Burials

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarused not to recite when praying over a dead person.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Abi Harmala, themawla of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Sufyan ibn Huwaytib, that Zaynab bintAbi Salama died during the time that Tariq was amir of Madina and herbier was brought out after subh and put in al-Baqi. He said that Tariqused to pray subh right at the beginning of its time. He added, "Iheard Abdullah ibn Umar say to the family, 'You can either pray overyour dead now or you can wait until the sun comes up.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarsaid, "The prayer for a dead person can be done after asr and subh ifthese have been prayed at their times."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'n Nadr, the mawla of Umaribn Ubaydullah that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, ordered that the body of Sad ibn Abi Waqqasbe brought past her in the mosque so that she could make dua for him.Some people disapproved of her doing that, and she said, "How hastypeople are! The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, only prayed over Suhayl ibn Bayda in the mosque."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarsaid, "The prayer over Umar ibn al-Khattab was done in the mosque."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Uthman ibnAffan and Abdullah ibn Umar and Abu Hurayra used to pray over thedead, both men and women, in Madina. They would put the men nearer tothe imam and the women nearer to the qibla.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar,when he prayed over the dead, would say, "Peace be upon you" loudenough for whoever was near to him to hear.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarused to say, "No-one should pray over a dead person unless he is inwudu."

Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "I have not seenany person of knowledge disapproving of praying over either a childborn of adultery or its mother."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died onMonday and was buried on Tuesday and people prayed over himindividually with no one leading them. Some people said that he wouldbe buried near the mimbar, and others said that he would be buried inal-Baqi. Abu Bakr as-Siddiq came and said, "I heard the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'No prophet wasever buried except in the place where he died.' "So a grave was dugfor him there. When he was about to be washed they wished to take offhis shirt but they heard a voice saying "Don't take off his shirt," sothey did not take off his shirt and he was washed with it on, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that hisfather said, "There were two men in Madina, one of whom dug graveswith a niche in the side wall for the body, and the other who did not,and they said, 'Whichever one comes first can do the job,' and the onewho dug graves with a niche came first and dug the Messenger ofAllah's grave, may Allah bless him and grant him peace."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umm Salama,the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, usedto say, "I did not believe that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, had died until I heard the pickaxesfall."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that A'isha,the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,said, "I saw three moons fall into my room, and I related my vision toAbu Bakr as-Siddiq. Then, when the Messenger of Allah died, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, and was buried in my house, Abu Bakrsaid to me, 'This is one of your moons, and he is the best of them.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from more than one reliable sourcethat Sad ibn Abi Waqqas and Said ibn Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl died atal-Aqiq and were carried to Madina and buried there.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that hisfather said, "I would not want to be buried in al-Baqi. I would preferto be buried elsewhere. The one who is buried in al-Baqi is one of twopeople. Either he is unjust (dhalim), and I would not like to beburied with him, or he is salih, and I would not like his bones to bedisturbed for me."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Wafid ibnAmr ibn Said ibn Muadh from Nafi ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim from Masud ibnal-Hakam from AIi ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, used to stand up when a funeralprocession passed by, and then sit down again afterwards.

ahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that AIi ibn AbiTalib used to rest his head on graves and lie on them.

Maliksaid, "As far as we can see ,it is only forbidden to sit on graves torelieve oneself."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Bakr ibn Uthman ibn Sahlibn Hunayf that he had heard Abu Umama ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf say, "Weused to attend funeral processions, and the last of the people wouldnot sit until they had been given permission ."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibnJabir ibn Atik that Atik ibn al-Harith, the grandfather of Abdullahibn Abdullah ibn Jabir on his mother's side, told him that Jabir ibnAtik had told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, came to visit Abdullah ibn Thabit and found him inhis death-throes. He called to him but he did not reply. The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "We belong toAllah, and to Him we are returning," and added, "You are being takenfrom us, Abur-Rabi`." The women cried out and wept, and Jabir beganto silence them. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, "Leave them, and when the necessary time comes, noneof the women should cry." They said, "Messenger of Allah, what is thenecessary time?" and he replied, "When he dies." The dying man'sdaughter said, "By Allah, I hope that you will be a martyr, for youhave completed your preparations for battle," and the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah has madehis reward fall according to his intention. What do you consider dyinga martyr to be?" They said, "Death in the way of Allah." The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There areseven kinds of martyr other than those killed in the way of Allah.Someone who is killed by the plague is a martyr, someone who drowns isa martyr, someone who dies of pleurisy is a martyr, someone who diesof a disease of the belly is a martyr, someone who dies by fire is amartyr, someone who dies under a falling building is a martyr and awoman who dies in childbirth is a martyr."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr fromhis father that Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman told him that she had heardA'isha, the umm al-muminin, say (when it was mentioned to her thatAbdullah ibn Umar used to say, "The dead are tormented by the weepingof the living"), "May Allah forgive Abu Abd ar-Rahman. Of course hehas not lied, but he has forgotten, or made a mistake. The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by a jewishwoman whose family were crying over her and he said, 'You are cryingover her, and she is being tormented in her grave. ' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al-Musayyab from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "No muslim who has three children diewill be touched by the Fire except to fulfil Allah's oath."