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Bayhaqi 7057 — Those who said the deceased is drawn in from the foot

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ، ثنا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْيَمَانِ، ثنا الْمِنْهَالُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ، عَنْ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْرًا لَيْلًا وَأُسْرِجَ لَهُ سِرَاجٌ وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْقِبْلَةِ وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ قَالَ: " رَحِمَكَ اللهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَأَوَّاهًا تَالِيًا لِلْقُرْآنِ " ⦗٩١⦘ هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ ضَعِيفٌ وَرُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ ضَعِيفٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَالَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ الشَّافِعِيُّ أَشْهَرُ فِي أَرْضِ الْحِجَازِ يَأْخُذُهُ الْخَلَفُ عَنِ السَّلَفِ فَهُوَ أَوْلَى بِالِاتِّبَاعِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered a grave at night, and a lamp was lit for him (peace and blessings be upon him). He took him (the deceased) from the direction of the qiblah and said four takbirs, then said: "May Allah have mercy on you! You were indeed forbearing and a reciter of the Qur'an."
This chain is weak, and it has also been narrated through another weak route from Ibn Mas'ud. But what Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned is widespread in the land of the Hijaz; the later generations took this practice from the earlier ones, and it is more worthy of being followed.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 7057
Hadith Grading محدثین: منكر
Hadith Takhrij «منكر۔ ترمذي»