سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي غُسْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَChapter: What was narrated concerning the washing of the Prophet (SAW)
Hadith 1467
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خِذَامٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ، قَالَ : " لَمَّا غَسَّلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ذَهَبَ يَلْتَمِسُ مِنْهُ مَا يَلْتَمِسُ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ ، فَقَالَ بِأَبِي الطَّيِّبُ : طِبْتَ حَيًّا وَطِبْتَ مَيِّتًا " .
´It was narrated that ‘Ali bin Abu Talib said that when he washed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) he looked for what which is usually looked for on the deceased (i.e., dirt), and he found none. He said:` “May my father be sacrificed for you, you are pure; you were pure in life and you are pure in death.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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Our esteemed researcher has declared the mentioned narration weak in terms of its chain of transmission.
Whereas other scholars have considered it authentic.
For details, see: (Takhrij al-Mukhtarah, no. 452, and Sunan Ibn Majah by Dr. Bashar Awwad, hadith: 1467)
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Before giving the ritual bath (ghusl) to the deceased, the stomach should be gently massaged.
If any impurity appears, it should be washed away.
➌
This hadith indicates that, in general, something of this nature is usually observed from the deceased.
However, nothing of this sort appeared from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Those who gave the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) the ritual bath were:
Al-Abbas (radi Allahu anhu), Ali (radi Allahu anhu), the two sons of Al-Abbas—Fadl and Qutham (radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), Shuqran (radi Allahu anhu), Usamah ibn Zayd (radi Allahu anhu), and Aws ibn Khawli (radi Allahu anhu).
Al-Abbas (radi Allahu anhu), Fadl, and Qutham (radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in) were turning the body of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Usamah and Shuqran (radi Allahu anhum) were pouring water, Ali (radi Allahu anhu) was performing the ritual bath,
and Aws (radi Allahu anhu) was supporting him against his chest. (Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum, p. 633)
➊
Our esteemed researcher has declared the mentioned narration weak in terms of its chain of transmission.
Whereas other scholars have considered it authentic.
For details, see: (Takhrij al-Mukhtarah, no. 452, and Sunan Ibn Majah by Dr. Bashar Awwad, hadith: 1467)
➋
Before giving the ritual bath (ghusl) to the deceased, the stomach should be gently massaged.
If any impurity appears, it should be washed away.
➌
This hadith indicates that, in general, something of this nature is usually observed from the deceased.
However, nothing of this sort appeared from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Those who gave the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) the ritual bath were:
Al-Abbas (radi Allahu anhu), Ali (radi Allahu anhu), the two sons of Al-Abbas—Fadl and Qutham (radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), Shuqran (radi Allahu anhu), Usamah ibn Zayd (radi Allahu anhu), and Aws ibn Khawli (radi Allahu anhu).
Al-Abbas (radi Allahu anhu), Fadl, and Qutham (radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in) were turning the body of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Usamah and Shuqran (radi Allahu anhum) were pouring water, Ali (radi Allahu anhu) was performing the ritual bath,
and Aws (radi Allahu anhu) was supporting him against his chest. (Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum, p. 633)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1467
