صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الجنائزThe Book of Prayer - Funerals
باب جَعْلِ الْقَطِيفَةِ فِي الْقَبْرِ:Chapter: Putting a piece of velvet in the grave
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ ، وَوَكِيعٌ ، جميعا ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَمْرَةَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : " جُعِلَ فِي قَبْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَطِيفَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ " ، قَالَ مُسْلِم : أَبُو جَمْرَةَ اسْمُهُ نَصْرُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ ، وَأَبُو التَّيَّاحِ وَاسْمَهْ يَزِيدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، مَاتَا بِسَرَخْسَ .
Ibn 'Abbas said that a piece of red stuff was put in the grave of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) .
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: The freed slave of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam placed this sheet in the grave solely on the basis that, after you sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, no one else should use it. However, since this was not correct, according to Imam Ibn Abd al-Barr, it was taken out. And the majority of jurists (jumhur fuqaha) have deemed it disliked (makruh) to spread cloth beneath the deceased.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2241
