Jabir said: We went out with God’s messenger to [the funeral of] Sa'd b. Mu'adh when he died. God’s messenger prayed over him, and when he was placed in his grave and the ground was levelled over him, God’s messenger extolled God and we did so also at great length. He then said, “God is most great," and we did the same. Someone asked him why he had extolled God and then said, “God is most great," to which he replied, “This upright servant’s grave had closed in on him, but finally God removed the pressure from him." Ahmad transmitted it.
Hadith Referenceمشكوة المصابيح / كتاب الإيمان / 135
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:ضعيف | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij´تحقيق و تخريج: محدث العصر حافظ زبير على زئي رحمه الله` «إسناده حسن، رواه أحمد (3/ 360 ح 14934) ٭ محمود ويقال محمد بن عبد الرحمٰن بن عمرو بن الجموح: ثقة، وثقه أبو زرعة الرازي (کتاب الجرح والتعديل 316/7) و ابن حبان (5/ 373) و باقي السند حسن .»
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Hadith Authentication: The chain of narration for this report is weak. The narrator of this report, Mahmood bin Abdur Rahman bin Amr, is majhool (unknown). A majhool narrator is one whose reliability (thiqa) is not established.
There are two types of majhool: ➊ The narrator who has only one student and whose reliability is not established through an authentic source. He is also called majhool al-‘ayn. ➋ The narrator who has more than one student, but whose reliability is not established through an authentic source. He is called majhool al-haal or mastoor.
↰ According to the preferred opinion, whether a narrator is majhool al-‘ayn or majhool al-haal (mastoor), his solitary narration is weak.
Source: Adwa al-Masabih fi Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih, Page: 135