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ahmad:9048ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: It is better that one of you should sit on the live coals which burns his clothing and come in contact with his skin than that he should sit on a grave. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3228)   

أحمد:٩٠٤٨حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَأَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ فَتُحْرِقَ ثِيَابَهُ حَتَّى تَخْلُصَ إِلَيْهِ خَيْرٌ لُهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَطَأَ عَلَى قَبْرِ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ  


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muslim:971aZuhayr b. Ḥarb > Jarīr > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

It is better that one of you should sit on live coals which would burn his clothing and come in contact with his skin than that he should sit on a grave.  

مسلم:٩٧١aوَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ فَتُحْرِقَ ثِيَابَهُ فَتَخْلُصَ إِلَى جِلْدِهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ  

nasai:2044Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'If any one of you were to sit on a live coal until it burns his garment, that would be better for him than sitting on a grave."  

النسائي:٢٠٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ وَكِيعٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ حَتَّى تَحْرِقَ ثِيَابَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ  

abudawud:3228Musaddad > Khālid > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: It is better that one of you should sit on the live coals which burns his clothing and come in contact with his skin than that he should sit on a grave.  

أبو داود:٣٢٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ فَتَحْرِقَ ثِيَابَهُ حَتَّى تَخْلُصَ إِلَى جِلْدِهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ  

ibnmajah:1566Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If one of you were to sit on a live coal that burns him, that would be better for him than if he were to sit on a grave.”  

ابن ماجة:١٥٦٦حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ تُحْرِقُهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ  

ahmad:9732Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If one of you were to sit on a live coal that burns him, that would be better for him than if he were to sit on a grave.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1566)  

أحمد:٩٧٣٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَأَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ حَتَّى تَحْتَرِقَ ثِيَابُهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ  

ahmad:8108Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sharīk > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: It is better that one of you should sit on the live coals which burns his clothing and come in contact with his skin than that he should sit on a grave. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3228)   

أحمد:٨١٠٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَأَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ فَتُحْرِقَ ثِيَابَهُ حَتَّى تُفْضِيَ إِلَى جِلْدِهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ  

ahmad:10832ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: It is better that one of you should sit on the live coals which burns his clothing and come in contact with his skin than that he should sit on a grave. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3228)   

أحمد:١٠٨٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَأَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ حَتَّى تَحْتَرِقَ ثِيَابُهُ وَتَخْلُصَ إِلَيْهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَطَأَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ قُعُودِ الْمَرْءِ عَلَى قُبُورِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ غَيْرِ انْتِظَارٍ لِدَفْنِ الْمَيِّتِ فِي أَوْقَاتِ الضَّرُورَاتِ

ibnhibban:3166Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn > Shaybān b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: It is better that one of you should sit on the live coals which burns his clothing and come in contact with his skin than that he should sit on a grave. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3228)   

ابن حبّان:٣١٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَأَنَّ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ فَتُحْرِقَ ثِيَابَهُ حَتَّى تَخْلُصَ إِلَيْهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَقْعُدَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ»  

nasai-kubra:2182Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If one of you were to sit on a live coal that burns him, that would be better for him than if he were to sit on a grave.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1566)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢١٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ وَكِيعٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ حَتَّى تَحْرِقَ ثِيَابَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ»  

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"لأَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى جَمْرَةٍ فَتَحْتَرِقَ ثِيَابُه فَتَخَلُصَ إِلَى جِلْدهِ خَيرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ".  

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