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ahmad:12517Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Abū ʿĀmir / al-Khazzāz > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] "That Aswad used to clean the mosque, then he died and was buried at night. The Prophet ﷺ came and was informed about it. He said, 'Go to his grave.' So they went to his grave and he said, 'These graves are filled with darkness upon their inhabitants, but Allah illuminates them with my prayers upon them.' Then he came to the grave and prayed for him. A man from the Ansar said, 'O Messenger of Allah, my brother died and you did not pray for him.' The Prophet ﷺ asked, 'Where is his grave?' So he informed him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went with the Ansari."  

أحمد:١٢٥١٧حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ يَعْنِي الْخَزَّازَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ أَسْوَدَ كَانَ يُنَظِّفُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَمَاتَ فَدُفِنَ لَيْلًا وَأَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأُخْبِرَ فَقَالَ انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى قَبْرِهِ فَانْطَلَقُوا إِلَى قَبْرِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْقُبُورَ مُمْتَلِئَةٌ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا ظُلْمَةً وَإِنَّ اللهَ يُنَوِّرُهَا بِصَلَاتِي عَلَيْهَا فَأَتَى الْقَبْرَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَخِي مَاتَ وَلَمْ تُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَأَيْنَ قَبْرُهُ؟ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَعَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ