سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي غُسْلِ الْمَيِّتِChapter: What was narrated concerning washing the deceased
Hadith 1462
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا وَكَفَّنَهُ وَحَنَّطَهُ وَحَمَلَهُ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ، وَلَمْ يُفْشِ عَلَيْهِ مَا رَأَى ، خَرَجَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ مِثْلَ يَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ " .
´It was narrated from ‘Ali that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “Whoever washes a deceased person, shrouds him, embalms him, carries him and offers the funeral prayer for him, and does not disclose what he has seen, he will emerge from his sins as on the day his mother bore him.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
This narration is not authentic.
However, from other evidences it is clear that concealing inappropriate matters known about the deceased is a meritorious act.
The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
Whoever gives ablution (ghusl) to a Muslim and conceals his faults, Allah the Exalted will forgive him forty times. (Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim, Al-Jana'iz: 1/362)
Its chain of narration is authentic.
Allamah al-Albani rahimahullah has also declared it authentic.
See: (Sahih al-Targhib, Hadith: 3492)
This narration is not authentic.
However, from other evidences it is clear that concealing inappropriate matters known about the deceased is a meritorious act.
The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
Whoever gives ablution (ghusl) to a Muslim and conceals his faults, Allah the Exalted will forgive him forty times. (Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim, Al-Jana'iz: 1/362)
Its chain of narration is authentic.
Allamah al-Albani rahimahullah has also declared it authentic.
See: (Sahih al-Targhib, Hadith: 3492)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1462
