Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1670, 1671

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " من تبع جَنَازَة وحلمها ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ: فَقَدْ قَضَى مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ حَقِّهَا ". رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَقَدْ رَوَى فِي «شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ» : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَمَلَ جَنَازَةَ سَعْدِ ابْن معَاذ بَين العمودين

Translation

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, ‘Whoever follows a funeral and carries it three times has fulfilled what is due to it from him.’ Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it and said, ‘This is a singular hadith.’ It is also reported in Sharh al-Sunnah that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, carried the funeral bier of Saad ibn Muadh between the two poles.

Translation notes
  • The Arabic source reads حلمها where the context and English witness suggest حملها, ‘carries it’; the contextual reading is used provisionally.

  • حلمها

    The supplied text reads ḥalāmah, while the context and witness point to ḥamalaha, ‘carried it’; the source has not been silently corrected.

    Is حلمها a transcription error for حملها in this report?