Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1681
وَعَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا تَبِعَ جَنَازَةً لَمْ يَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَعَرَضَ لَهُ حَبْرٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنَّا هَكَذَا نضع يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ: فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ: «خَالِفُوهُمْ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَبِشْرُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ الرَّاوِي لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيّ
Ubada ibn al-Samit reported: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, followed a funeral, he would not sit until the deceased was placed in the burial niche. A Jewish scholar met him and said, ‘This is how we place it, Muhammad.’ The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, then sat and said, ‘Do differently from them.’ Al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah transmitted it. Al-Tirmidhi said, ‘This is a singular hadith, and Bishr ibn Rafi, the transmitter, is not strong.’
Translation notes
The statement by the Jewish scholar about how ‘we place it’ is translated literally; the relation of the remark to the subsequent action is not further explained in the supplied Arabic.