Hadith 968

This hadith is listed as number 2242 in Maktaba Shamila

وحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ . ح وحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَيْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الطَّاهِرِ ، أَنَّ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيّ حَدَّثَهُ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ هَارُونَ أَنَّ ثُمَامَةَ بْنَ شُفَيٍّ حَدَّثَهُ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا مَعَ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ بِأَرْضِ الرُّومِ بِرُودِسَ ، فَتُوُفِّيَ صَاحِبٌ لَنَا ، فَأَمَرَ فَضَالَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ بِقَبْرِهِ فَسُوِّيَ ، ثُمّ قَالَ : " سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرُ بِتَسْوِيَتِهَا " .
Thumama bin Shafayy reported: When we were with Fadala bin 'Ubaid in the country of the Romans at a place (known as) Rudis, a friend of ours died. Fadala bin 'Ubaid ordered to prepare a grave for him and then it was leveled; and then he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanding (us) to level the grave.
Hadith Reference صحيح مسلم / كتاب الجنائز / 968
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
Hadith Takhrij «أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة»
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
Urdu Footnote:
The meaning of this hadith is not that the grave should be made completely level with the ground, because in that case, there would be no way to distinguish between a grave and non-grave. Rather, its meaning is that the grave should not be made too high, but the soil of the grave itself should be leveled, and no additional soil should be added. Or, the meaning of this hadith is that the grave should be made level like the ground, that is, flat (musattah), and not like a mound, so that a distinction can be made between a grave and a mound, and the etiquettes related to it can be observed. And if the apparent meaning is intended (i.e., that the grave should be made completely level with the ground), then this would be for the correction of a grave that has been made excessively high, or where there is a risk of shirk (associating partners with Allah), so that unlawful acts cannot be carried out upon it. Its marks and signs should be erased. The marks and signs of the graves of the disbelievers and polytheists can be erased, just as the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had the graves within the precincts of Masjid Nabawi removed.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 2032
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Rhodes.
It is located 19 kilometers off the southwestern coast of Turkey.
And it is situated at the junction of the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea. Muslims first set foot here during the era of Amir Muawiyah radi Allahu anhu in 52/53 Hijri under the leadership of Junadah bin Abi Umayyah Azdi.
However, during the era of Yazid, they returned.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries CE, this island remained a center of the Crusades.
Khalifah Suleiman the Magnificent conquered it in 1522 and incorporated it into the Ottoman Empire.
In 1912, Italy occupied it, and in 1947, the Allies handed Rhodes over to Greece.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3219