Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1708
وَعَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُرْسَلًا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حثا عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ ثَلَاثَ حَثَيَاتٍ بِيَدَيْهِ جَمِيعًا وَأَنَّهُ رَشَّ عَلَى قَبْرِ ابْنِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَوَضَعَ عَلَيْهِ حَصْبَاءَ. رَوَاهُ فِي شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ وَرَوَى الشَّافِعِيُّ من قَوْله: «رش»
Jaafar ibn Muhammad reported from his father, in mursal form, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, cast three handfuls of earth over the deceased, both his hands together; he sprinkled over the grave of his son Ibrahim and placed pebbles on it. It is reported in Sharh al-Sunnah. Al-Shafii transmitted from the words ‘he sprinkled.’
Translation notes
The source identifies the report as mursal, a technical hadith classification, without explaining it.