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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجنازةChapters on Funeral Prayer
بَابُ ثَنَاءِ النَّاسِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ وَشَهَادَتِهِمْChapter on the praise of people for the deceased and their testimony
Hadith 3240
اُردوEn
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَوَافَيْتُهَا وَقَدْ وَقَعَ فِيهَا مَرَضٌ فَهُمْ يَمُوتُونَ مَوْتًا ذَرِيعًا، فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ جَنَازَةٌ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرٌ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: وَجَبَتْ، ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأُخْرَى فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرٌ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: وَجَبَتْ، ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِالثَّالِثَةِ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا شَرٌّ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: وَجَبَتْ، فَقَالَ أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ: مَا وَجَبَتْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! قَالَ: قُلْتُ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ شَهِدَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ بِخَيْرٍ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ))، قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: وَثَلَاثَةٌ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: ((وَثَلَاثَةٌ))، قَالَ: قُلْنَا: وَاثْنَانِ؟ قَالَ: ((وَاثْنَانِ))، قَالَ: ثُمَّ لَمْ نَسْأَلْهُ عَنِ الْوَاحِدِ
Abu al-Aswad says: I came to Madinah Munawwarah, at that time a plague had spread there and people were dying rapidly. I was sitting with Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) when a funeral passed by, and people spoke words of goodness about the deceased. He said: It has become obligatory. After that, another funeral passed by, and praiseworthy words were also spoken about that one, so he said: It has become obligatory. Then a third funeral passed by, and it was criticized, but even then he said: It has become obligatory. Abu al-Aswad said: O Commander of the Faithful! What has become obligatory? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I only spoke as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said, that if four people testify to the goodness of a Muslim, Allah admits him to Paradise. We asked: And three people? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Even three. We asked: And two people? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Even two. Then we could not ask about the testimony of one person.
