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suyuti:599-11bWāthilah b. al-Sqaʿ
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"عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الأسْقَع أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّى عَلَى الجَنَائِزِ إِذَا كانَ الطاعُونُ، فَكَانَ إِذَا أَشْرَفَ عَلَى المَقْبَرةِ قَالَ: الَسَّلَامُ عَليكُمْ أهْلَ دَارِ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنينَ، كنتُم لَنَا سَلَفًا، وَنَحْنُ لَكُمْ تَبَعًا وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ الله بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ".  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:2040ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Ḥaramī b. ʿUmārah > Shuʿbah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

when the Messenger of Allah came to the graveyard he would say: "As-salamu 'alaykum ahli ad-diyari min al-mu'minin wal-muslimin wa inna I sha' Allahu bikum lana faratun wa nahnu lakum taba'un, as'alullahal-'afiyata lana wa lakum. (Peace by upon the inhabitants of this place among the believers and Muslims. Soon we will join you, if Allah willing. You have gone on ahead of us and we will follow you. I ask Allah to keep us and you safe and sound.)"  

النسائي:٢٠٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَتَى عَلَى الْمَقَابِرِ فَقَالَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لاَحِقُونَ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَنَحْنُ لَكُمْ تَبَعٌ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَافِيَةَ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ  

nasai-kubra:2178ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Ḥaramī b. ʿUmārah > Shuʿbah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

when the Messenger of Allah came to the graveyard he would say: "As-salamu 'alaykum ahli ad-diyari min al-mu'minin wal-muslimin wa inna I sha' Allahu bikum lana faratun wa nahnu lakum taba'un, as'alullahal-'afiyata lana wa lakum. (Peace by upon the inhabitants of this place among the believers and Muslims. Soon we will join you, if Allah willing. You have gone on ahead of us and we will follow you. I ask Allah to keep us and you safe and sound.)" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2040)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢١٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَتَى عَلَى الْمَقَابِرِ قَالَ «السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ بِكُمْ لَلَاحِقُونَ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَنَحْنُ لَكُمْ تَبَعٌ أَسْأَلُ اللهَ الْعَافِيَةَ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ»  

nasai-kubra:10864ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Ḥaramī b. ʿUmārah > Shuʿbah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

when the Messenger of Allah came to the graveyard he would say: "As-salamu 'alaykum ahli ad-diyari min al-mu'minin wal-muslimin wa inna I sha' Allahu bikum lana faratun wa nahnu lakum taba'un, as'alullahal-'afiyata lana wa lakum. (Peace by upon the inhabitants of this place among the believers and Muslims. Soon we will join you, if Allah willing. You have gone on ahead of us and we will follow you. I ask Allah to keep us and you safe and sound.)" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2040)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٨٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَتَى عَلَى الْمَقَابِرِ قَالَ «السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدَّارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَنَحْنُ لَكُمْ تَبَعٌ وَأَسْأَلُ اللهَ الْعَافِيَةَ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ»