3. Funerals

٣۔ كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ

3.43 [Machine] The order for the funeral

٣۔٤٣ الْأَمْرُ بِالْجِنَازَةِ

nasai-kubra:2045Qutaybah b. Saʿīd Fī Ḥadīthih > Mālik b. Anas > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf

a poor woman fell sick and the Messenger of Allah was informed of her sickness. The Messenger of Allah used to visit the poor when they were sick and ask about them. The Messnger of Allah said: "If she dies, then inform me." Then her funeral took place at night and they did not like to wake the Messenger of Allah. When morning came, the Messenger of Allah was told what had happened to her. He said: "Did I not tell you to inform me?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, we did not like to wake you up at night." The Messenger of Allah went out and the people lined up by her grave and he said four Takbirs. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1907)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ

أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ مِسْكِينَةً مَرِضَتٍ فَأُخْبِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَرَضِهَا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْرِفُ الْمَسَاكِينَ وَيَسْأَلُ عَنْهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا مَاتَتْ فَآذِنُونِي فَأُخْرِجَ بِجَنَازَتِهَا لَيْلًا» وَكَرِهُوا أَنْ يُوقِظُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أُخْبِرَ بِالَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهَا قَالَ «أَلَمْ آمُرْكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْذِنُونِي بِهَا» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَرِهْنَا أَنْ نُوقِظَكَ لَيْلًا «فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى صَفَّ بِالنَّاسِ عَلَى قَبْرِهَا وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ»