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ahmad:14540Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Quṭbah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When you bury the deceased, bury him in a manner of three."  

أحمد:١٤٥٤٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا قُطْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَجْمَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ فَأَجْمِرُوهُ ثَلَاثًا  


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Collected by Ḥākim, Suyūṭī
hakim:1310ʿAlī b. ʿĪsá > Aḥmad b. Najdah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Quṭbah b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you bury the deceased, then offer Witr (an odd number of prayers)."  

الحاكم:١٣١٠حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا قُطْبَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَجْمَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ فَأَوْتِرُوا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ