Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1684

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ كَانَ جَالِسًا فَمُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَقَامَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى جَاوَزَتِ الْجَنَازَةُ فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ: إِنَّمَا مُرَّ بِجَنَازَةِ يَهُودِيٍّ وَكَانَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى طَرِيقِهَا جَالِسا وَكره أَن تعلوا رَأسه جَنَازَة يَهُودِيّ فَقَامَ. رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيّ

Translation

Jafar ibn Muhammad reported from his father that al-Hasan ibn Ali was sitting when a funeral passed by him. The people stood until the funeral had gone past. Al-Hasan said, ‘A funeral of a Jew passed by while the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was sitting in its path. He disliked having a Jewish funeral pass above his head, so he stood.’ Al-Nasai transmitted it.