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935 – He (Abū Hurayrah) also reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever follows the funeral of a Muslim in faith and seeking reward, and remains with it (1) until the prayer is performed over it and the burial is completed, returns with a reward of two qirāṭs, each qirāṭ the size of Mount Uhud. Whoever prays over it and then returns before it is buried comes back with one qirāṭ.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī.

936 – Umm ʿAṭiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: “We were forbidden to follow funerals, yet the prohibition was not made binding upon us.” Agreed upon.

Its meaning is that the prohibition was not enforced with the same rigor as in matters that are strictly unlawful.

156 – Chapter: The recommendation to increase the number of worshippers at the funeral prayer and to arrange their rows as three or more

937 – ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whenever a community of Muslims numbering one hundred performs the prayer over a deceased person (2), all interceding for him, their intercession for him is accepted.” Narrated by Muslim.

938 – Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘No Muslim man dies and forty men who associate nothing with Allah stand over his bier but that Allah grants them intercession for him.’” Narrated by Muslim.

939 – Marthad ibn ʿAbdallāh al-Yazanī said: “Whenever Mālik ibn Hubayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed over a bier, and he found the people attending it to be few, he divided them into three groups and then said:”

(1) All extant manuscripts follow the reading found in Sahih al-Bukhari; only the Kushmihani transmission has maaha (“with her”), which is preferable because it suits the context and agrees with the wording in the Musnad, 2/493. (2) Here, umma means “a group.” The same hadith is also reported by Muslim, 3/53, through the narrations of Aisha and Anas.

٩٣٥ - وعنه أَنَّ رسولَ اللهِ ﷺ قال : « مَنْ أَتْبَعَ جَنَازَةَ مُسْلِمٍ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا ، وَكَانَ مَعَهُ (١) حَتَّى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَيُفْرَغَ مِنْ دَفْنِهَا ، فَإِنَّهُ يَرْجِعُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ بِقِيرَاطَيْنِ كُلُّ قِيرَاطٍ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُدْفَنَ ، فَإِنَّهُ يَرْجِعُ بِقِيرَاطٍ » رواه البخاري . ٩٣٦ - وعن أُمِّ عطية رضي الله عنها قالت : نُهِينَا عَنْ اتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ ، وَلَمْ يُعْزَمْ عَلَيْنَا . متفق عليه . « ومعناه » ، وَلَمْ يُشَدَّدْ فِي النَّهْيِ كَمَا يُشَدَّدُ فِي الْمُحَرَّمَاتِ . ١٥٦ - باب استحباب تكثير المصلين على الجنازة وجعل صفوفهم ثلاثة فأكثر ٩٣٧ - عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت : قال رسولُ اللهِ ﷺ : « مَا مِنْ مَيِّتٍ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ (٢) يَبْلُغُونَ مِائَةً كُلُّهُمْ يَشْفَعُونَ لَهُ إِلَّا شُفِّعُوا فِيهِ » رواه مسلم . ٩٣٨ - وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال : سَمِعْتُ رسولَ اللهِ ﷺ يقول : « مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ ، فَيَقُومُ عَلَى جَنَازَتِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلًا لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا شَفَعَهُمُ اللهُ فِيهِ » رواه مسلم . ٩٣٩ - وعن مرثد بن عبد الله الْيَزَنِيّ قال : كَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ ، فَتَقَالَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا ، جَزَأَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ :

(١) كذا في المخطوطات كلها ، تبعاً لما في « البخاري » إلا في رواية الكشميهني ففيها « معها » وهي أصح لمطابقتها السياق ولرواية « المسند » (٢/٤٩٣) - ن - . (٢) الأمة : الجماعة . والحديث عند مسلم (٣/٥٣) عن عائشة وأنس أيضاً - ن - .