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who greets me with peace without Allah restoring my soul to me so that I may return his greeting.” (1)
Ibn Abd al-Barr also cited this as a general statement traced back to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and clarified it, saying:
“No man passes by the grave of someone he knew in this world and greets him with peace without Allah restoring that person’s soul so that he may return his greeting.” (2)
In al-Nasā’ī and other works, it is narrated that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:
“Allah has appointed angels at my grave who convey to me the greetings of peace from my nation.” (3)
In the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd and other collections, it is narrated from Aws al-Thaqafī that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:
“Frequently invoke blessings upon me on Friday and the eve of Friday, for your invocations of blessing are presented
(1) The hadith is narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—in *Sunan Abī Dāwūd* 2/293 (Book of Pilgrimage Rites, “Chapter on Visiting Graves”); *al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.), 2/527.
(2) In al-Suyūtī’s *al-Mu'jam al-Kabīr* (The Major Lexicon), 1/718, I found two hadiths conveying this meaning. The first states: “No man visits his brother’s grave, greets him with peace, and sits beside him without the deceased returning his greeting and taking comfort in his company until he departs.” Al-Suyūtī said: “Abū al-Shaykh and al-Daylamī, from Abū Hurayra.” The second states: “No man passes by the grave of someone he knew in this world and greets him with peace without the deceased recognizing him and returning his greeting.” Al-Suyūtī said: “Ibn Asākir in his *Tārīkh*, from Abū Hurayra.” In *Kitāb al-Rūh* (The Book of the Soul), p. 4, Hyderabad ed., 1383/1963, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya cited the hadith mentioned by Ibn Taymiyya and stated that Ibn Abd al-Barr transmitted it as *marfū'* (attributed directly to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace). He then quoted several hadiths and reports conveying the same meaning from the chapter “Recognition by the Dead of Visits from the Living” in Ibn Abī al-Dunyā’s *Kitāb al-Qubūr* (The Book of Graves). He did not, however, discuss the status of these hadiths and reports or whether they are authentic. See *Kitāb al-Rūh*, pp. [0–9]–12.
(3) I could not locate the hadith in this wording, but I found one similar in meaning, narrated by al-Nasā'ī and Ahmad from Abd Allāh ibn Mas'ūd—may Allah be pleased with him. Its wording is: “Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has angels who travel throughout the earth and convey to me my community’s greetings of peace.” See *Sunan al-Nasā'ī*, with al-Suyūtī’s commentary, 3/43 (Book of Forgetfulness, “Chapter on Greeting the Prophet with Peace—may Allah bless him and grant him peace”); *al-Musnad* (al-Ma'ārif ed.), 5/244 (no. 3666), 6/114–15, 154 (nos. 4210 and 4320); *Sunan al-Dārimī* 2/317 (Book of Heart-Softening Traditions, “Chapter on the Merit of Invoking Blessings upon the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace”).
يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا رَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ رُوحِي حَتَّى أَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ»
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وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْبَرِّ هَذَا عَامًّا مَرْفُوعًا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
وَبَيَّنَهُ فَقَالَ:
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«مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَمُرُّ بِقَبْرِ الرَّجُلِ كَانَ يَعْرِفُهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَيُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا رَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ رُوحَهُ حَتَّى يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ»
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وَفِي النَّسَائِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَكَّلَ بِقَبْرِي مَلَائِكَةً تُبَلِّغُنِي عَنْ أُمَّتَيِ السَّلَامَ»
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وَفِي السُّنَنِ سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ وَغَيْرِهِ - عَنْ أَوْسٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
" «أَكْثِرُوا عَلَيَّ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَلَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَإِنَّ صَلَاتَكُمْ مَعْرُوضَةٌ
(١) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٢/٢٩٣ (كِتَابُ الْمَنَاسِكِ، بَابُ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ) ; الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٢/٥٢٧
(٢) وَجَدْتُ فِي " الْمُعْجَمِ الْكَبِيرِ " لِلسُّيُوطِيِّ ١/٧١٨ حَدِيثَيْنِ بِهَذَا الْمَعْنَى: الْأَوَّلُ: " مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَزُورُ قَبْرَ حُمَيْدٍ فَيُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقْعُدُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا رَدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ وَأَنِسَ بِهِ حَتَّى يَقُومَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ " وَقَالَ السُّيُوطِيُّ: " أَبُو الشَّيْخِ وَالدَّيْلَمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ". وَالثَّانِي: " مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ يَمُرُّ بِقَبْرٍ كَانَ يَعْرِفُهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا عَرَفَهُ وَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ " قَالَ السُّيُوطِيُّ: " ابْنُ عَسَاكِرَ فِي تَارِيخِهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ". وَأَوْرَدَ ابْنُ قَيِّمِ الْجَوْزِيَّةِ فِي كِتَابِ " الرُّوحِ " ص ٤، ط. حَيْدَرَ آبَادَ ١٣٨٣/١٩٦٣ الْحَدِيثُ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ وَقَالَ إِنَّ عَبْدَ الْبَرِّ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ نَقَلَ عَنْ كِتَابِ الْقُبُورِ لِابْنِ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا: " بَابُ مَعْرِفَةِ الْمَوْتَى بِزِيَادَةِ الْأَحْيَاءِ " عِدَّةَ أَحَادِيثَ وَآثَارٍ بِنَفْسِ الْمَعْنَى، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ عَنْ دَرَجَةِ هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثِ وَالْآثَارِ هَلْ تَصِحُّ أَمْ لَا، انْظُرْ كِتَابَ " الرُّوحِ " (ص [٠ - ٩]- ١٢)
(٣) لَمْ أَجِدِ الْحَدِيثَ بِهَذَا النَّصِّ وَلَكِنِّي وَجَدْتُ حَدِيثًا مُقَارِبًا لَهُ فِي الْمَعْنَى رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَلَفْظُهُ: " إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَلَائِكَةً سَيَّاحِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يُبَلِّغُونِي عَنْ أُمَّتَيِ السَّلَامَ ". انْظُرْ: سُنَنَ النَّسَائِيِّ (بِشَرْحِ السُّيُوطِيِّ) ٣/٤٣ (كِتَابُ السَّهْوِ، بَابُ السَّلَامِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) ; الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ٥/٢٤٤ (رَقْمُ ٣٦٦٦، ٦/١١٤ - ١١٥، ١٥٤ (رَقْمَا ٤٢١٠، ٤٣٢٠) ; سُنَنِ الدَّارِمِيِّ ٢/٣١٧ (كِتَابُ الرِّقَاقِ، بَابُ فِي فَضْلِ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ