Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1031

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1031
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ آدَمَ ابْنُ بِنْتِ أَزْهَرَ السَّمَّانِ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ حَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ الرَّاكِبُ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ وَالْمَاشِي حَيْثُ شَاءَ مِنْهَا وَالطِّفْلُ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ رَوَاهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ قَالُوا يُصَلَّى عَلَى الطِّفْلِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَهِلَّ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ خُلِقَ ‏.‏ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Bishr ibn Adam, the grandson of Azhar al-Samman, the Basran, narrated to us: Isma'il ibn Sa'id ibn Ubayd Allah narrated to us: My father narrated to us, from Ziyad ibn Jubayr ibn Hayyah, from his father, from al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The rider is behind the funeral procession, the walker may be wherever he wishes in relation to it, and the child is prayed over.' Abu Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. Isra'il and more than one other narrator transmitted it from Sa'id ibn Ubayd Allah. Some scholars among the Prophet's Companions and others acted on it. They said that the child is prayed over even if it did not cry at birth, once it is known to have been formed. This is the view of Ahmad and Ishaq.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • ‏ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ قَالُوا يُصَلَّى عَلَى الطِّفْلِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَهِلَّ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ خُلِقَ ‏.

    The source gives a condition involving istihlal and knowing that the child was created, using language whose legal scope is not further defined here.

    Does 'did not cry at birth' accurately render istihlal without imposing a broader legal definition?