Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1058
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ مُرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِجَنَازَةٍ فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَجَبَتْ " . ثُمَّ قَالَ " أَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ اللَّهِ فِي الأَرْضِ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَكَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us: Humayd informed us, from Anas, who said: A funeral procession passed by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and people spoke well of the deceased. The Messenger of Allah said: 'It is assured.' Then he said: 'You are Allah's witnesses on earth.' Reports on this topic are also related from Umar, Ka'b ibn Ujrah, and Abu Hurairah. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Anas is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ مُرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِجَنَازَةٍ فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَجَبَتْ " .
The Arabic says wajabat, leaving the implied outcome unstated in this sentence.
Should the English leave the outcome implicit, as in the Arabic, or supply a noun such as the deceased's merit?