سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الطِّفْلِChapter: What was narrated concerning offering the funeral prayer for a child
Hadith 1507
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ حَيَّةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي زِيَادُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي جُبَيْرُ بْنُ حَيَّةَ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " الطِّفْلُ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ " .
´Abu Jubair bin Hayyah narrated that he heard Mughirah bin Shu’bah say:` “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘The (funeral) prayer should be offered for a child.’”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊
In the narration of Sunan Abu Dawood, this hadith is mentioned in these words:
The funeral prayer (salat al-janazah) should be performed for the stillborn child,
and forgiveness and mercy should be supplicated for his parents. (Sunan Abi Dawood, al-Jana'iz, Chapter: Walking in front of the bier, Hadith: 3180)
➋
The funeral prayer (salat al-janazah) for a child born dead should be performed in the case
when he was born after the completion of four months of pregnancy or thereafter.
Because at that time, the soul (ruh) is breathed into the fetus.
Therefore, only the one born after this can be considered a deceased (mayyit).
➊
In the narration of Sunan Abu Dawood, this hadith is mentioned in these words:
The funeral prayer (salat al-janazah) should be performed for the stillborn child,
and forgiveness and mercy should be supplicated for his parents. (Sunan Abi Dawood, al-Jana'iz, Chapter: Walking in front of the bier, Hadith: 3180)
➋
The funeral prayer (salat al-janazah) for a child born dead should be performed in the case
when he was born after the completion of four months of pregnancy or thereafter.
Because at that time, the soul (ruh) is breathed into the fetus.
Therefore, only the one born after this can be considered a deceased (mayyit).
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1507
