الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجنازةChapters on Funeral Prayer
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الدَّفْنِ لَيْلًا وَبَيَانِ الْأَوْقَاتِ الْمَنْهِيِّ عَنِ الدَّفْنِ فِيهَا
Chapter on what is reported regarding burial at night and clarifying the times when burial is prohibited
Hadith 3263
عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: تُوُفِّي رَجُلٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ بَنِي عُذْرَةَ فَقُبِرَ لَيْلًا، فَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُقْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ لَيْلًا حَتَّى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَضْطَرُّوا إِلَى ذَلِكَ
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), a man from the Banu Uzrah tribe passed away at night and was buried during the night. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade burial at night until the funeral prayer had been performed, except if people are compelled (to bury at night).
Hadith 3264
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: مَا عَلِمْنَا بِدَفْنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ الْمَسَاحِي مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ لَيْلَةَ الْأَرْبَعَاءِ، قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: وَالْمَسَاحِي الْمَرُورُ
Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: We only came to know of the burial of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when, in the last part of the night of Wednesday, we heard the sounds of shovels and similar tools. Muhammad bin Ishaq says: The meaning of "al-masahi" is shovel.
Hadith 3265
عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: ثَلَاثُ سَاعَاتٍ كَانَ يَنْهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ فِيهَا أَوْ أَنْ نَقْبُرَ فِيهِنَّ مَوْتَانَا: حِينَ تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ بَازِغَةً حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ، وَحِينَ يَقُومُ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ حَتَّى تَمِيلَ الشَّمْسُ، وَحِينَ تَضَايَفَتْ لِلْغُرُوبِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ
Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from performing prayer and burying the dead at these three times: (1) When the sun is rising, until it becomes high; (2) When the one standing at midday stands, until the sun declines; and (3) When the sun inclines to set, until it has set.
