Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1680

Arabic hadith text

عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ: كَانَ ابْن حنيف وَقيس ابْن سَعْدٍ قَاعِدَيْنِ بِالْقَادِسِيَّةِ فَمُرَّ عَلَيْهِمَا بِجَنَازَةٍ فَقَامَا فَقيل لَهما: إِنَّهَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ أَيْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ فَقَالَا: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّتْ بِهِ جَنَازَةٌ فَقَامَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّهَا جَنَازَة يَهُودِيّ. فَقَالَ: «أليست نفسا؟»

Translation

Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla reported: Ibn Hunayf and Qays ibn Saad were sitting in al-Qadisiyya when a funeral passed by them. They stood, and they were told, ‘It is one of the people of the land,’ meaning one of the protected people. They said, ‘A funeral passed by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he stood. He was told, “It is a Jewish funeral,” and he said, “Is it not a soul?”’