Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1028

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1028
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَيُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ مَرْثَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْيَزَنِيِّ، قَالَ كَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَتَقَالَّ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا جَزَّأَهُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثَةُ صُفُوفٍ فَقَدْ أَوْجَبَ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَأُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَمَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ مَالِكِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ‏.‏ وَرَوَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَأَدْخَلَ بَيْنَ مَرْثَدٍ وَمَالِكِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ رَجُلاً ‏.‏ وَرِوَايَةُ هَؤُلاَءِ أَصَحُّ عِنْدَنَا ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak and Yunus ibn Bukayr narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Marthad ibn Abdullah al-Yazani, who said: When Malik ibn Hubayrah led the funeral prayer and considered the number of people present too small, he divided them into three groups. Then he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Whoever has three rows praying over him, it is assured for him.' Reports on this topic are also related from Aishah, Umm Habibah, Abu Hurairah, and Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Abu Isa said: The hadith of Malik ibn Hubayrah is hasan. More than one narrator transmitted it from Muhammad ibn Ishaq in this way. Ibrahim ibn Sa'd transmitted this hadith from Muhammad ibn Ishaq and inserted a man between Marthad and Malik ibn Hubayrah. In our view, the narration of these others is more sound.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • قَالَ كَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَتَقَالَّ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا جَزَّأَهُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثَةُ صُفُوفٍ فَقَدْ أَوْجَبَ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The verb awjaba does not state explicitly what is assured, and the report gives no object in this sentence.

    Should 'it is assured for him' remain indefinite, or is a more specific object justified by the Arabic?