سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي التَّكْبِيرِ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ أَرْبَعًاChapter: What was narrated concerning saying four takbir in the funeral prayer
Hadith 1503
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْهَجَرِيُّ ، قَالَ : صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى الْأَسْلَمِيِّ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى جِنَازَةِ ابْنَةٍ لَهُ ، فَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعًا ، فَمَكَثَ بَعْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ شَيْئًا ، قَالَ : فَسَمِعْتُ الْقَوْمَ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِهِ مِنْ نَوَاحِي الصُّفُوفِ فَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَكُنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ أَنِّي مُكَبِّرٌ خَمْسًا ؟ ، قَالُوا : تَخَوَّفْنَا ذَلِكَ ، قَالَ : لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَفْعَلَ ، وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " كَانَ يُكَبِّرُ أَرْبَعًا ، ثُمَّ يَمْكُثُ سَاعَةً ، فَيَقُولُ : مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ، ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ " .
´Al-Hajari said:` “I prayed with ‘Abdullah bin Abi Awfa Al-Aslami, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), offering the funeral prayer for a daughter of his. He said Takbir over her four times, and he paused for a while after the fourth. I heard the people saying Subhan- Allah to him throughout the rows. Then he said the Salam and said: ‘Did you think that I was going to say a fifth Takbir?’ They said: ‘We were afraid of that.’ He said: ‘I was not going to do that, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say four Takbir, then pause for a while, and he would say whatever Allah willed he should say, then he would say the Salam.’”
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
From this, it is understood that the practice of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was both to give the salutation (salam) immediately after the fourth takbir, and also to recite a supplication (dua) after the fourth takbir and then give the salutation. Therefore, both methods are correct. According to some scholars, the aforementioned narration is hasan (good).
From this, it is understood that the practice of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was both to give the salutation (salam) immediately after the fourth takbir, and also to recite a supplication (dua) after the fourth takbir and then give the salutation. Therefore, both methods are correct. According to some scholars, the aforementioned narration is hasan (good).
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1503
