Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1650

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Mishkat al-Masabih 1650
Arabic hadith text

وَعَن عَليّ رَضِي الله عَنهُ قَالَ: رَأَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَامَ فَقُمْنَا وَقَعَدَ فَقَعَدْنَا يَعْنِي فِي الْجَنَازَةِ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ مَالِكٍ وَأَبِي دَاوُدَ: قَامَ فِي الْجَنَازَةِ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ بَعْدُ

Translation

Ali reported: We saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stand, so we stood; he sat, so we sat—that is, during a funeral. Muslim transmitted it. In the version of Malik and Abu Dawud: He stood for a funeral and afterward sat down.

Translation notes

  • The English witness gives two possible interpretations of the timing of the later sitting; the Arabic source does not resolve this.