Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1043

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1043
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتَوَائِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا لَهَا فَمَنْ تَبِعَهَا فَلاَ يَقْعُدَنَّ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ قَالاَ مَنْ تَبِعَ جَنَازَةً فَلاَ يَقْعُدَنَّ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ عَنْ أَعْنَاقِ الرِّجَالِ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَتَقَدَّمُونَ الْجَنَازَةَ فَيَقْعُدُونَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَيْهِمُ الْجَنَازَةُ ‏.‏ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ ‏.‏

Translation

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Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami and al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Khallal al-Hulwani narrated to us: They said: Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us: Hisham al-Dastawa'i narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'When you see a funeral procession, stand for it. Whoever follows it should not sit until it is set down.' Abu Isa said: The hadith of Abu Sa'id on this topic is hasan sahih. This is the view of Ahmad and Ishaq. They said: Whoever follows a funeral procession should not sit until it is lifted from the men's shoulders. It has been related from some scholars among the Prophet's Companions and others that they would walk ahead of the funeral procession and sit before it reached them. This is the view of al-Shafi'i.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • ‏ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَتَقَدَّمُونَ الْجَنَازَةَ فَيَقْعُدُونَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَيْهِمُ الْجَنَازَةُ ‏.

    The Arabic reports a practice differing from the preceding instruction, and the exact circumstances are not elaborated.

    Does the translation preserve the reported practice without suggesting how it is reconciled with the preceding narration?