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ahmad:24881Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Sallām b. Abū Muṭīʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever washes a deceased person, fulfills his trust in him, and does not reveal anything about him that should be kept secret, he will be free from his sins as the day his mother gave birth to him. This was said by night. Among you, who do you think is the closest to him? If he knows, then he knows, and if he does not know, then who do you see having a share of righteousness and trustworthiness in him?"  

أحمد:٢٤٨٨١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامُ بْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا فَأَدَّى فِيهِ الْأَمَانَةَ وَلَمْ يُفْشِ عَلَيْهِ مَا يَكُونُ مِنْهُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ قَالَ لِيَلِهِ أَقْرَبُكُمْ مِنْهُ إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا يَعْلَمُ فَمَنْ تَرَوْنَ أَنَّ عِنْدَهُ حَظًّا مِنْ وَرَعٍ وَأَمَانَةٍ  


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ahmad:24910ʿAffān > Sallām b. Abū Muṭīʿ > Jābir > al-Shaʿbī > Yaḥyá b. al-Jazzār > ʿĀʾishah Man Ghassal Mayyit Faʾaddá Fīh al-Amānah /

[Machine] Aisha who washed a dead body and fulfilled her responsibility by not revealing what was in it at that time. This was one of his sins like the day his mother gave birth to him. She said, and the Messenger of Allah said, "His night is closer to him than all of you. If he knows, then let his night be from you who you think has a share of piety or trustworthiness."  

أحمد:٢٤٩١٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَلَّامُ بْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ قَالَ قَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا فَأَدَّى فِيهِ الْأَمَانَةَ يَعْنِي أَنْ لَا يُفْشِيَ عَلَيْهِ مَا يَكُونُ مِنْهُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ كَانَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ قَالَتْ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلْيَلِهِ أَقْرَبُ أَهْلِهِ مِنْهُ إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا يَعْلَمُ فَلْيَلِهِ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ تَرَوْنَ أَنَّ عِنْدَهُ حَظًّا مِنْ وَرَعٍ أَوْ أَمَانَةٍ  

bayhaqi:6658Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Abū ʿUthmān > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj > Sallām b. Abū Muṭīʿ > Jābir > al-Shaʿbī > Yaḥyá b. al-Jazzār > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is entrusted with washing a deceased person and fulfills the trust by covering what is with him, will be free of sin as the day his mother gave birth to him." He also said, "The closest among you to him at night is the one who knows him. If he does not know him, then a man known to be pious and trustworthy."  

البيهقي:٦٦٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ الْحَجَّاجِ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامُ بْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ وَلِيَ غُسْلَ مَيِّتٍ فَأَدَّى فِيهِ الْأَمَانَةَ يَعْنِي يَسْتُرُ مَا يَكُونُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ كَانَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ قَالَتْ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِيَلِهِ أَقْرَبُكُمْ مِنْهُ إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا يَعْلَمُ فَرَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ تَدْرُونَ أَنَّ عِنْدَهُ وَرَعًا وَأَمَانَةً  

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السيوطي:٢٢٣٥٩a

"مَنْ غَسَّلَ ميِّتًا فَأدَّى فِيهِ الأَمَانَةَ وَلَمْ يُفْشِ عَلَيهِ مَا يَكُونُ مِنهُ عِنْد ذَلِكَ، خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبه كَيَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ، ليَلِهِ أَقرَبُكُمْ بِهِ إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ فَإِن لَمْ يَعْلَمْ فَمنْ تَرَوْنَ عِندَهُ حَظًّا مِنْ وَرَع وَأمَانَة".  

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