المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الجنائز
Book of Funerals
بَابُ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الطِّفْلِ وَعَلَى وَلَدِ الزِّنَا
The funeral prayer for a child and for a child born of zina
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قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ : حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ، أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ ، قَالَ : صَلَّى ابْنُ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا - عَلَى مَوْلُودٍ فِي الدَّارِ ، ثُمَّ بَعَثَ بِهِ فَدُفِنَ . فَقُلْتُ لِنَافِعٍ : أَكَانَ اسْتَهَلَّ ؟ قَالَ : لَا أَدْرِي .
هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ .
هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he offered the funeral prayer over a newborn child in the house itself, then sent it off (for burial) and it was buried. (The narrator of the hadith, Ubaydullah, says:) I asked Nafi': Had the child cried out at birth? He replied: I do not know.
The chain of this narration is sahih (authentic).
The chain of this narration is sahih (authentic).
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ، عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ ، أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا - فِي جِنَازَةٍ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يُوَسْوِسُونَ : هُوَ ابْنُ زِنْيَةٍ ، فَقَالَ فُلَانٌ : يُقَالُ : هُوَ شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَابْنَ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا - فَقَالَ : لَا ، هُوَ خَيْرُ الثَّلَاثَةِ .
It is narrated from Maymun bin Mihran that he was with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) at a funeral when the people present began whispering among themselves that this was a child of zina (an illegitimate child). Meanwhile someone said that it is well known about such a person that he is the worst of the three. When this reached Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), he rejected this notion, saying: "Certainly not; rather, he is the best of the three."
Clarification: The imams and commentators explain that the child is better than his fornicating parents because he is free and innocent of the intention of sin and of that shameful act, and the universal principle of the pure Shari'ah, 'And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another' (Surah Fatir: 18), makes it perfectly clear that no soul is made to bear the burden of another's sins.
Clarification: The imams and commentators explain that the child is better than his fornicating parents because he is free and innocent of the intention of sin and of that shameful act, and the universal principle of the pure Shari'ah, 'And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another' (Surah Fatir: 18), makes it perfectly clear that no soul is made to bear the burden of another's sins.
وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ : حَدَّثَنَا سَلْمُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا - قَالَ : صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا مِنَ الزِّنَا ، وَعَلَى وَلَدِهَا .
Imam Ahmad bin Mani' (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that it is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led the funeral prayer of a woman who had died in the state of nifas after giving birth as a result of zina, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) also offered the funeral prayer over that child of hers.
