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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِيمَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَChapter: What was narrated concerning one for whom the funeral prayer is offered by a group of Muslims
Hadith 1489
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْخَرَّاطُ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : هَلَكَ ابْنٌ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، فَقَالَ لِي : يَا كُرَيْبُ ، قُمْ فَانْظُرْ : هَلِ اجْتَمَعَ لِابْنِي أَحَدٌ ؟ ، فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، فَقَالَ : وَيْحَكَ ، كَمْ تَرَاهُمْ ، أَرْبَعِينَ ؟ ، قُلْتُ : لَا ، بَلْ هُمْ أَكْثَرُ ، قَالَ : فَاخْرُجُوا بِابْنِي ، فَأَشْهَدُ لَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " مَا مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يَشْفَعُونَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ إِلَّا شَفَّعَهُمُ اللَّهُ " .
´It was narrated that Kuraib the freed slave of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas said:` “A son of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas died, and he said to me: ‘O Kuraib! Get up and see if anyone has assembled (to pray) for my son.’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Woe to you, how many do you see? Forty?’ I said: ‘No, rather there are more.’ He said: ‘Take my son out, for I bear witness that I hear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “No (group of) forty believers intercede for a believer, but Allah will accept their intercession.”
Related hadith on this topic
Brief Explanation
1؎ : In the previous hadith, the mention is of one hundred Muslims, and in this hadith, it is of forty. Apparently, there seems to be a contradiction between the two. The way to reconcile this is that initially the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was informed of the number being one hundred, then Allah, the Exalted, bestowed further favor upon His servants and reduced this number, decreasing it from one hundred to forty. Furthermore, the number forty is sufficient for forgiveness; now, if there are one hundred, then there is even greater hope for forgiveness, «ان شاء اللہ العزیز» .
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Whether it is the congregational funeral prayer or any other prayer, the greater the number of participants, the more virtuous it becomes. Therefore, Muslims should participate in funeral prayers in as large a number as possible, so that each worshipper may attain greater reward.
➋ In the first hadith, the forgiveness of the deceased is mentioned upon one hundred people offering the funeral prayer, while in the second hadith, forty people are mentioned. It is possible that initially Allah, the Exalted, promised forgiveness for the deceased through the supplication of one hundred people. Later, as an additional favor upon the Ummah of Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), glad tidings of forgiveness were given through the supplication of forty people.
➌ This promise is for the funeral prayer performed by such Muslim individuals who do not commit shirk (associating partners with Allah), because in the narration of Sahih Muslim, these words are present: “Whoever among the Muslims passes away, and forty such men participate in his funeral who do not associate anything with Allah, then Allah accepts their intercession for him.” (Sahih Muslim, Al-Jana’iz, Chapter: Whoever forty people pray over him and intercede for him, Hadith: 948)
➊ Whether it is the congregational funeral prayer or any other prayer, the greater the number of participants, the more virtuous it becomes. Therefore, Muslims should participate in funeral prayers in as large a number as possible, so that each worshipper may attain greater reward.
➋ In the first hadith, the forgiveness of the deceased is mentioned upon one hundred people offering the funeral prayer, while in the second hadith, forty people are mentioned. It is possible that initially Allah, the Exalted, promised forgiveness for the deceased through the supplication of one hundred people. Later, as an additional favor upon the Ummah of Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), glad tidings of forgiveness were given through the supplication of forty people.
➌ This promise is for the funeral prayer performed by such Muslim individuals who do not commit shirk (associating partners with Allah), because in the narration of Sahih Muslim, these words are present: “Whoever among the Muslims passes away, and forty such men participate in his funeral who do not associate anything with Allah, then Allah accepts their intercession for him.” (Sahih Muslim, Al-Jana’iz, Chapter: Whoever forty people pray over him and intercede for him, Hadith: 948)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1489
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊
Those who wish for their supplications to be accepted,
and especially desire that their prayers regarding the deceased be granted,
should keep away from shirk (associating partners with Allah).
And they should fulfill the requirements of faith (iman) and piety (taqwa).
➋
For participation in the funeral prayer, those who are people of tawhid (monotheists, free from shirk and innovation) should be especially informed.
So that the deceased may truly benefit.
What benefit is there if millions of polytheists and innovators gather? And the greater the number of monotheists (people of tawhid) in the funeral, the more preferable it is.
➊
Those who wish for their supplications to be accepted,
and especially desire that their prayers regarding the deceased be granted,
should keep away from shirk (associating partners with Allah).
And they should fulfill the requirements of faith (iman) and piety (taqwa).
➋
For participation in the funeral prayer, those who are people of tawhid (monotheists, free from shirk and innovation) should be especially informed.
So that the deceased may truly benefit.
What benefit is there if millions of polytheists and innovators gather? And the greater the number of monotheists (people of tawhid) in the funeral, the more preferable it is.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3170
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Benefits and Issues:
➊ From this hadith, the virtue of a greater number of people participating in the funeral prayer is established.
➋ In the hadith, the intercession of forty monotheists is mentioned. In some narrations, the number is one hundred. [سنن ابن ماجه ، الجنائز ، حديث : 1488]
And in some, the mention is of three rows. [سنن ابي داود ، الجنائز ، حديث : 3166]
However, this narration is weak, though some scholars have declared the narration of Malik bin Hubayrah to be hasan and thus established this issue. As Imam Shawkani and others have also established the virtue of three rows from this hadith. See: [نيل الاوطار : 62/4]
From this hadith, it is understood that in response to the questioners, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) mentioned the number according to the situation and context. And some scholars have written regarding this: It is possible that at first Allah, the Exalted, promised forgiveness for the deceased through the supplication of one hundred individuals, and later, as an additional favor upon the Ummah of Muhammad, gave the glad tidings of forgiveness through the supplication of forty individuals. And Allah knows best.
➊ From this hadith, the virtue of a greater number of people participating in the funeral prayer is established.
➋ In the hadith, the intercession of forty monotheists is mentioned. In some narrations, the number is one hundred. [سنن ابن ماجه ، الجنائز ، حديث : 1488]
And in some, the mention is of three rows. [سنن ابي داود ، الجنائز ، حديث : 3166]
However, this narration is weak, though some scholars have declared the narration of Malik bin Hubayrah to be hasan and thus established this issue. As Imam Shawkani and others have also established the virtue of three rows from this hadith. See: [نيل الاوطار : 62/4]
From this hadith, it is understood that in response to the questioners, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) mentioned the number according to the situation and context. And some scholars have written regarding this: It is possible that at first Allah, the Exalted, promised forgiveness for the deceased through the supplication of one hundred individuals, and later, as an additional favor upon the Ummah of Muhammad, gave the glad tidings of forgiveness through the supplication of forty individuals. And Allah knows best.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 450
