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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجنازةChapters on Funeral Prayer
بَابُ تَرْكِ الْإِمَامِ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَى الْغَالِّ وَقَاتِلِ نَفْسِهِ وَنَحْوِهَاChapter on the Imam leaving prayer over the one who stole from the war spoils, the suicide, and the like
Hadith 3156
اُردوEn
عَنْ سِمَاكَ (ابْنِ حَرْبٍ) أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ: مَاتَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! مَاتَ فُلَانٌ، قَالَ: ((لَمْ يَمُتْ))، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الثَّانِيَةَ ثُمَّ الثَّالِثَةَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((كَيْفَ مَاتَ؟))، قَالَ: نَحَرَ نَفْسَهُ بِمِشْقَصٍ، قَالَ: فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ، (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ) قَالَ: ((إِذًا لَا أُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ))
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah رضي الله عنه reports that during the time of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم, a man passed away. A person came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم and said: O Messenger of Allah! So-and-so has died. But the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said: He has not died. The man came again, and then a third time, and informed the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم of the same thing. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم asked: How did he die? He replied that he had slaughtered himself with a broad arrow. Upon hearing this, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم did not perform his funeral prayer. In another narration, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said: Then I will not perform his funeral prayer.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … At the end of another narration in Sunan Ibn Majah (1526) and Musnad Ahmad (20883), the words of the narrator of the hadith are also reported: كُلُّ ذَالِکَ أَدَبٌ مِنْهُ. That is: The fact that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did not perform the funeral prayer (salat al-janazah) for this person was a disciplinary action, so that others may take heed and refrain from such an act. Committing suicide is forbidden (haram) and a major sin (kabirah), nevertheless, the general Muslims should perform his funeral prayer.
