Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1652

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَعَى لِلنَّاسِ النَّجَاشِيَّ الْيَوْمَ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَخرج بِهِمْ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى فَصَفَّ بِهِمْ وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعَ تَكْبِيرَات

Translation

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, announced to the people the Negus’s death on the day he died. He went out with them to the prayer ground, lined them up, and said four takbirs.