Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1901

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا، يَقُولُ أَتَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَبْرَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَىٍّ وَقَدْ وُضِعَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ لَهُ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَأَلْبَسَهُ قَمِيصَهُ وَنَفَثَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ رِيقِهِ وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ ‏.‏

Translation

‘Abd al-Jabbar ibn al-‘Ala’ ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar narrated to us, from Sufyan, from ‘Amr, who said: I heard Jabir say: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to the grave of ‘Abd Allah ibn Ubayy after he had been placed in his grave, and stood over it. He ordered that the man be brought out, and he was brought out for him. He placed him on his knees, put his own shirt on him, and blew some of his saliva over him. Allah, Exalted is He, knows best.

Translation notes
  • The closing phrase ‘Allah knows best’ appears in the source narrator’s wording.