سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي أَيْنَ يَقُومُ الإِمَامُ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِChapter: Where should the Imam stand when he prays over the body?
Hadith 1494
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ ، قَالَ : رَأَيْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ ، فَقَامَ حِيَالَ رَأْسِهِ ، فَجِيءَ بِجِنَازَةٍ أُخْرَى بِامْرَأَةٍ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ ، صَلِّ عَلَيْهَا ، فَقَامَ حِيَالَ وَسَطِ السَّرِيرِ ، فَقَالَ الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ : يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ ، هَكَذَا رَأَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " قَامَ مِنَ الْجِنَازَةِ مُقَامَكَ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ ، وَقَامَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ مُقَامَكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ ؟ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ " ، فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا ، فَقَالَ : احْفَظُوا .
´It was narrated that Abu Ghalib said:` “I saw Anas bin Malik offering the funeral prayer for a man, and he stood level with his head. Then another funeral was brought, that of a woman, and they said: ‘O Abu Hamzah! Offer the funeral prayer for her.’ So he stood level with the middle of the bed (the body was upon). ‘Ala’ bin Ziyad said to him: ‘O Abu Hamzah! Is this how you saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) standing in relation to the body of a man and a woman as you have stood?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ Then he turned to us and said: ‘Remember this.’”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ When performing the funeral prayer (salat al-janazah), the imam should stand near the head of the deceased man and near the middle (waist) of the deceased woman.
➋ This same opinion is also narrated from Imam Abu Hanifah rahimahullah and Imam Abu Yusuf rahimahullah in one narration; however, the well-known position of the Hanafi school is that whether the deceased is male or female, the imam should stand in line with the chest of the deceased.
➊ When performing the funeral prayer (salat al-janazah), the imam should stand near the head of the deceased man and near the middle (waist) of the deceased woman.
➋ This same opinion is also narrated from Imam Abu Hanifah rahimahullah and Imam Abu Yusuf rahimahullah in one narration; however, the well-known position of the Hanafi school is that whether the deceased is male or female, the imam should stand in line with the chest of the deceased.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1494
