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4 Jumada II 1448 AH

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Musnad Abi Ya'la 22 — when the Companions intended to dig the blessed

حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ السَّبَّاكُ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى السَّامِيُّ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ .
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : لَمَّا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَحْفِرُوا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَكَانَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ يَضْرَحُ - يَحْفِرُ - لِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ ، وَكَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ زَيْدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ هُوَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَحْفِرُ لِأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ ، وَكَانَ يَلْحَدُ ، فَدَعَا الْعَبَّاسُ رَجُلَيْنِ ، فَقَالَ لِأَحَدِهِمَا : اذْهَبْ إِلَى أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ ، وَلِلْآخَرِ : اذْهَبْ إِلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ ، اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِرَسُولِكَ ، فَوَجَدَ صَاحِبُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ ، فَجَاءَ بِهِ فَلَحَدَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ، فَلَمَّا فُرِغَ مِنْ جِهَازِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ ، وُضِعَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ ، وَقَدْ كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي دَفْنِهِ ، فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ : نَدْفِنُهُ فِي مَسْجِدِهِ ، وَقَالَ قَائِلٌ : بَلْ يُدْفَنُ مَعَ أَصْحَابِهِ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : مَا قُبِضَ نَبِيٌّ إِلَّا دُفِنَ حَيْثُ قُبِضَ ، فَرُفِعَ فِرَاشُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ ، فَحُفِرَ لَهُ تَحْتَهُ ، ثُمَّ دُعِيَ النَّاسُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْسَالًا : الرِّجَالُ ، حَتَّى إِذَا فُرِغَ مِنْهُمْ ، أُدْخِلَ النِّسَاءُ ، حَتَّى إِذَا فُرِغَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ أُدْخِلَ الصِّبْيَانُ ، وَلَمْ يَؤُمَّ النَّاسَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَدٌ ، فَدُفِنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ اللَّيْلِ لَيْلَةَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) intended to dig the blessed grave for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), (the situation was that) Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to dig a straight grave in the manner of the people of Makkah, and Sayyiduna Abu Talhah Zayd bin Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) used to prepare a niche grave (lahd) in the way of the people of Madinah. So Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) called two men; he told one: "Go to Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him)," and told the other: "Go to Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him)," and at the same time he supplicated: 'Allahumma khir li-rasulik' (O Allah, choose for Your Messenger what is best in Your sight). The man who had gone to call Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) brought him, and he prepared a lahd for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When the preparation (washing and shrouding) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was completed on Tuesday, he (peace and blessings be upon him) was placed on his blessed bed. At that time the Muslims differed about the place of his (peace and blessings be upon him) burial. Someone said: "We will bury him (peace and blessings be upon him) in his mosque," and someone said: "Rather, he (peace and blessings be upon him) will be buried with his Companions (in al-Baqi')." Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "No prophet's soul is taken except that he is buried where his soul is taken." So the bed of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on which he (peace and blessings be upon him) had passed away was lifted, and the grave was dug right there beneath him (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the people were called to offer the funeral prayer over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and they came group after group: first the men prayed; when they had finished, the women entered; and when they had finished, the children were brought in. No one led the people as imam in the funeral prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was laid to rest in the middle of the night, on the eve of Wednesday.
Hadith Reference مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه / 22
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