21. Funerals

٢١۔ كتاب الجنائز

21.70 If A Man's Idolater Relative Dies

٢١۔٧٠ باب الرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ لَهُ قَرَابَةُ مُشْرِكٍ

abudawud:3214Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Nājiyah b. Kaʿb > ʿAlī ʿAlayh al-Salām

I said to the Prophet ﷺ: Your old and astray uncle has died. He said: Go and bury your father, and then do not do anything until you come to me. So I went, buried him and came to him. He ordered me (to take a bath), so I took a bath, and he prayed for me.  

أبو داود:٣٢١٤حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ نَاجِيَةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ عَمَّكَ الشَّيْخَ الضَّالَّ قَدْ مَاتَ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَوَارِ أَبَاكَ ثُمَّ لاَ تُحْدِثَنَّ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي فَذَهَبْتُ فَوَارَيْتُهُ وَجِئْتُهُ فَأَمَرَنِي فَاغْتَسَلْتُ وَدَعَا لِي