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ahmad:13888Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the dead (in the grave), I would have certainly supplicated Allah that He should make you listen the torment of the grave. (Using translation from Muslim 2868)   

أحمد:١٣٨٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ لَا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُاللهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ  


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muslim:2868Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the dead (in the grave), I would have certainly supplicated Allah that He should make you listen the torment of the grave.  

مسلم:٢٨٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنْ لاَ تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ  

nasai:2058Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd > Anas

"When died this man die?" They said: "he died during the Jahiliyyah." So he was delighted and said: "Were it not that you would not bury one another, I would have prayed to Allah to make you hear the torment of the grave."  

النسائي:٢٠٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ صَوْتًا مِنْ قَبْرٍ فَقَالَ مَتَى مَاتَ هَذَا قَالُوا مَاتَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَسُرَّ بِذَلِكَ وَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنْ لاَ تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ  

ahmad:12808Muḥammad > Shuʿbah And Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the dead (in the grave), I would have certainly supplicated Allah that He should make you listen the torment of the grave. (Using translation from Muslim 2868)   

أحمد:١٢٨٠٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَيَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ لَا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ  

ذِكْرُ إِرَادَةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ رَبَّهُ يُسْمِعُ أُمَّتَهُ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ

ibnhibban:3131al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the dead (in the grave), I would have certainly supplicated Allah that He should make you listen the torment of the grave. (Using translation from Muslim 2868)  

ابن حبّان:٣١٣١أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنْ لَا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ»  

nasai-kubra:2196Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd > Anas

"When died this man die?" They said: "he died during the Jahiliyyah." So he was delighted and said: "Were it not that you would not bury one another, I would have prayed to Allah to make you hear the torment of the grave." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2058)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢١٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ صَوْتًا مِنْ قَبْرٍ فَقَالَ «مَتَى مَاتَ هَذَا؟» قَالُوا مَاتَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَسُرَّ بِذَلِكَ وَقَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنْ لَا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ»  

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السيوطي:١٨٠٢٧a

"لَوْلا أَن لا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ الله أن يُسْمَعكُم عَذَابَ القَبْرِ".  

[حم] أحمد وعبد بن حميد، [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي وابن خزيمة، [حب] ابن حبّان عن أنس، [حم] أحمد عن زيد بن ثابت
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السيوطي:٨٥-٤٢٣b

"عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ أنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ قَالَ: لَوْلاَ ألَّا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ الله أنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ القَبْرِ".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن فيه