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ahmad:11810ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever follows a funeral procession should not sit down until the deceased is laid to rest."  

أحمد:١١٨١٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَبِعَ جِنَازَةً فَلَا يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ  


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muslim:959aʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Saʿīd

When you follow a bier, do not sit until it is placed on the (ground).  

مسلم:٩٥٩aحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اتَّبَعْتُمْ جَنَازَةً فَلاَ تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ  

muslim:959b[Chain 1] Surayj b. Yūnus And ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl Wahū Ibn ʿUlayyah > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Whenever you come across a bier you should stand up, and he who follows it should not sit down till it is placed on the ground.  

مسلم:٩٥٩bوَحَدَّثَنِي سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتَوَائِيِّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا فَمَنْ تَبِعَهَا فَلاَ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ  

abudawud:3173Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When you follow a funeral, do not sit until the bier is placed (on the ground). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Thawri (i.e. Sufyan) from Suhail, from his father on the authority of Abu Hurairah. This version has: until it (the bier) is placed on the ground. It has also been narrated by Abu Mu'wiyah from Suhail. This has: Until it is placed in the grave. Abu Dawud said: Sufyan's version is more guarded than that of Abu Mu'awiyah.  

أبو داود:٣١٧٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَبِعْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَلاَ تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فِيهِ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ بِالأَرْضِ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ قَالَ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَسُفْيَانُ أَحْفَظُ مِنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ
ahmad:11443Wakīʿ > Sharīk > Suhayl from his father > Abū Saʿīd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to not sit down until the funeral was placed.  

أحمد:١١٤٤٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا تَبِعَ جَنَازَةً لَمْ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ  

ahmad:11328Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Zuhayr > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

When you follow a bier, do not sit until it is placed on the (ground). (Using translation from Muslim 959a)  

أحمد:١١٣٢٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَبِعْتُمْجَنَازَةً فَلَا تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَقْعُدَ الْمَرْءُ إِذَا تَبِعَ الْجَنَازَةَ إِلَى أَنْ تُوضَعَ

ibnhibban:3104Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Abān > ʿAbīdah b. Ḥumayd > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ > al-Nuʿmān b. Abū ʿAyyāsh > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you follows a funeral procession, they should not sit down until the deceased is laid down."  

ابن حبّان:٣١٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُكْرَمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا تَبِعَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَلَا يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ»  

suyuti:1489a

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When you follow a funeral, do not sit until the bier is placed (on the ground). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Thawri (i.e. Sufyan) from Suhail, from his father on the authority of Abu Hurairah. This version has: until it (the bier) is placed on the ground. It has also been narrated by Abu Mu'wiyah from Suhail. This has: Until it is placed in the grave. Abu Dawud said: Sufyan's version is more guarded than that of Abu Mu'awiyah. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3173)   

السيوطي:١٤٨٩a

"إذا تَبعْتُم الجِنَازةَ فلا تَجْلِسُوا حتى تُوضعَ ".  

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