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nasai-kubra:11760 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Three things follow the deceased: his family, his wealth, and his deeds. Two of them return, his family and his wealth, and the one thing that remains is his deeds" [377] 11761. And it was narrated by Suwaid ibn Nasr, from Ibn al-Mubarak, from Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah.  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٧٦٠ – عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلَاثَةٌ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ وَهُوَ عَمَلُهُ [377] 11761 وَعَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ بِهِ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:6514 – al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > Anas b. Mālik

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When carried to his grave, a dead person is followed by three, two of which return (after his burial) and one remains with him: his relative, his property, and his deeds follow him; relatives and his property go back while his deeds remain with him."  

البخاري:٦٥١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهُ ﷺ يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلاَثَةٌ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى مَعَهُ وَاحِدٌ يَتْبَعُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ  

muslim:2960 – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Tamīmī And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Ibn ʿUyaynah > Yaḥyá > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > Anas b. Mālik

Three things follow the bier of a dead man. Two of them come back and one is left with him: the members of his family, wealth and his good deeds. The members of his family and wealth come back and the deeds alone are left with him.  

مسلم:٢٩٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلاَثَةٌ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ يَتْبَعُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ  

nasai:1937 – Qutaybah > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > Anas b. Mālik

"I heard Anas bin Malik say: The Messenger of Allah said: 'The dead person is followed by three: His family, his wealth and his deeds. Then two of them come back: His family and his wealth, and there remain only his deeds."'  

النسائي:١٩٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلاَثَةٌ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ عَمَلُهُ  

tirmidhi:2379 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > Ibn Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm al-Anṣārī > Anas b. Mālik > Rasūl

"Three follow the deceased, two of them return, and one remains. He is followed by his family, his wealth, and his deeds. So his family and his wealth returns, and his deeds remain."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٣٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ هُوَ ابْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلاَثٌ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ يَتْبَعُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:12080 – Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > Anas

Three things follow the bier of a dead man. Two of them come back and one is left with him: the members of his family, wealth and his good deeds. The members of his family and wealth come back and the deeds alone are left with him. (Using translation from Muslim 2960)   

أحمد:١٢٠٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ سَمِعَ أَنَسًا يُحَدِّثُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلَاثٌ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ يَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ  

nasai-kubra:2075 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > Anas

"I heard Anas bin Malik say: The Messenger of Allah said: 'The dead person is followed by three: His family, his wealth and his deeds. Then two of them come back: His family and his wealth, and there remain only his deeds."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1937)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠٧٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتُ ثَلَاثَةٌ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ وَهُوَ عَمَلُهُ»  

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السيوطي:٢٧٧٠٨a –

"يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلاثَةٌ: أَهْلُهُ، وَمَالُهُ، وَعَمَلُهُ، فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ، يَرْجعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ، وَيَبْقَى مَعَه عَمَلُهُ".  

ابن المبارك، [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [ن] النسائي عن أنس