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as a mosque. (1)
A report identical in purport to ʿĀʾishah’s comes from her father as well, may Allah be pleased with them both.
Ibn Zanjawayh relates—on the authority of ʿUmar, the client of Ghufrah—who said:
“When they deliberated over the burial of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), someone suggested, ‘Let us bury him where he used to pray, in his very place of prayer!’ Abu Bakr replied, ‘Allah forbid that we should turn him into an idol to be worshipped.’ Others said, ‘Let us bury him in al-Baqīʿ, where his brothers from…’
If someone says, “Yet the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was buried in his house, and his two Companions were buried there with him,” we answer: ʿAisha stated that this was done solely to prevent his grave from being turned into a mosque. In addition, the Prophet used to bury his Companions in al-Baqiʿ, and his own practice carries greater authority than anyone else’s. His Companions therefore considered it appropriate to reserve this exception for him. It is also reported that “the prophets are buried where they die,” which both protected them from excessive visitation and distinguished him from others.
(1) Reported by al-Bukhari 3/156, 8/114; Muslim 2/67; Abu ʿAwana 1/399; Ahmad 6/80, 121, 255; al-Siraj, Musnad 3/48/2, all through ʿUrwa from her. Also by Ahmad 6/146, 252 and al-Baghawi, Sharh al-Sunnah, vol. 1, p. 415, through Saʿid b. al-Musayyib from her. The chain is sound according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim).
مسجداً (١).
ومثل قول عائشة هذا ما روي عن أبيها رضي الله عنهما .
فأخرج ابن زنجويه عن عمر مولى غفرة قال :
لما ائتمروا في دفن رسول الله ﷺ قال قائل : ندفنه حيث
كان يصلي في مقامه ! وقال أبو بكر : معاذ الله أن نجعله وثناً
يعبد ، وقال الآخرون : ندفنه في البقيع حيث دفن إخوانه من
= فإن قيل : فالنبي ﷺ قبر في بيته ، وقبر صاحباه معه ؟ قلنا : قالت عائشة :
إنما فعل ذلك لئلا يتخذ قبره مسجداً ، ولأن النبي ﷺ كان يدفن أصحابه
بالبقيع ، وفعله أولى من فعل غيره ، وإنما أصحابه رأوا تخصيصه بذلك ،
ولأنه روي : «يدفن الأنبياء حيث يموتون»، وصيانة لهم عن كثرة الطراق ،
وتمييزاً له عن غيره .
(١) رواه البخاري (٣ / ١٥٦ و ٨ / ١١٤) ، ومسلم (٢ / ٦٧) وأبو عوانة
(١ / ٣٩٩) ، وأحمد (٦ / ٨٠ و ١٢١ و ٢٥٥) ، والسراج في «مسنده» (٣ / ٤٨ / ٢) عن عروة عنها .
وأحمد (٦ / ١٤٦ و ٢٥٢) ، والبغوي في «شرح السنة» (ج ١ ص ٤١٥) عن
سعيد بن المسيب عنها .
وسنده صحيح على شرط الشيخين .