11. Funerals

١١۔ كتاب الجنائز

11.20 The deceased who is spoken well of and the one who is spoken badly of

١١۔٢٠ باب فِيمَنْ يُثْنَى عَلَيْهِ خَيْرٌ أَوْ شَرٌّ مِنَ الْمَوْتَى

muslim:949aYaḥyá b. Ayyūb And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah Wazuhayr b. Ḥarb Waʿalī b. Ḥujr al-Saʿdī > Ibn ʿUlayyah Wa-al-Lafẓ Liyaḥyá > Ibn ʿUlayyah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas b. Mālik > Mur Bijanāzah Faʾuthnī ʿAlayhā Khayr

There passed a bier (being carried by people) and it was lauded in good terms. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: It has become certain, it has become certain, it has become certain. And there passed a bier and it was condemned in bad words. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: It has become certain, it has become certain, it has become certain. 'Umar said: May my father and mother be ransom for you! There passed a bier and it was praised in good terms, and you said: It has become certain, it has become certain, it has become certain. And there passed a bier and it was condemned in bad words, and you said: It has become certain, it has become certain, it has become certain. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him) said: He whom you praised in good terms, Paradise has become certain for him, and he whom you condemned in bad words, Hell has become certain for him. You are Allah's witnesses in the earth, you are Allah's witnesses in the earth, you are Allah's witnesses in the earth.  

مسلم:٩٤٩aوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ مُرَّ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا خَيْرٌ فَقَالَ

نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ وَمُرَّ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا شَرٌّ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ قَالَ عُمَرُ فِدًى لَكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي مُرَّ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا فَقُلْتَ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ وَمُرَّ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا شَرٌّ فَقُلْتَ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ وَجَبَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَثْنَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ خَيْرًا وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ وَمَنْ أَثْنَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ شَرًّا وَجَبَتْ لَهُ النَّارُ أَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ اللَّهِ فِي الأَرْضِ أَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ اللَّهِ فِي الأَرْضِ أَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ اللَّهِ فِي الأَرْضِ  

muslim:949b[Chain 1] Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Thābit > Anas

This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.  

مسلم:٩٤٩bوَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مُرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَذَكَرَ بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّ حَدِيثَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أَتَمُّ