السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: النهي عن الصلاة إلى القبور
The prohibition of praying towards graves
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أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَصْفَهَانِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي بُسْرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، ثنا أَبُو إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ يَقُولُ: ثنا أَبُو مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " لَا تَجْلِسُوا عَلَى الْقُبُورِ، وَلَا تُصَلُّوا إِلَيْهَا " رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ.
Sayyiduna Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Do not sit on graves, and do not pray facing them."
أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ الْفَضْلِ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، ثنا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: " قُمْتُ يَوْمًا أُصَلِّي وَبَيْنَ يَدِيَّ قَبْرٌ لَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ فَنَادَانِي عُمَرُ: الْقَبْرَ الْقَبْرَ، فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يَعْنِي الْقَمَرَ، فَقَالَ لِي بَعْضُ مَنْ يَلِينِي: إِنَّمَا يَعْنِي الْقَبْرَ فَتَنَحَّيْتُ عَنْهُ " ⦗٦١١⦘ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يُصَلَّى إِلَى حَشٍّ أَوْ حَمَّامٍ، أَوْ قَبْرٍ، وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْكَرَاهِيَةِ إِذَا لَمْ يُعْلَمْ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي تُصِيبُهُ بِبَدَنِهِ وَثِيَابِهِ نَجَاسَةٌ؛ لِمَا رُوِّينَا فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ الثَّابِتِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " جُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ طَيِّبَةً طَهُورًا وَمَسْجِدًا، وَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ أَدْرَكَتْهُ الصَّلَاةُ صَلَّى حَيْثُ كَانَ ".
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was standing in prayer and there was a grave in front of me, which I was not aware of. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called out to me: "The grave, the grave!" I kept thinking he was saying "the moon". Those near me told me that he meant "the grave", so I moved away from it.
(b) Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) disliked praying facing a toilet, a bathhouse or a grave.
(c) All of this is by way of dislike, as long as no impurity is known in the spot that one's body and clothes touch, because of what is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith: "The earth has been made pure, a means of purification and a mosque for me; so any man whom the time of prayer reaches should pray wherever he is."
(b) Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) disliked praying facing a toilet, a bathhouse or a grave.
(c) All of this is by way of dislike, as long as no impurity is known in the spot that one's body and clothes touch, because of what is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith: "The earth has been made pure, a means of purification and a mosque for me; so any man whom the time of prayer reaches should pray wherever he is."
وَأنبأ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ، ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أنبأ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِنَافِعٍ: " أَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ وَسَطَ الْقُبُورِ؟ قَالَ: لَقَدْ صَلَّيْنَا عَلَى عَائِشَةَ، وَأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا وَسَطَ الْبَقِيعِ وَالْإِمَامُ يَوْمَ صَلَّيْنَا عَلَى عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، وَحَضَرَ ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ ".
Ibn Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him): Did Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) dislike praying in the middle of graveyards? He said: We prayed over Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) in the middle of the Baqi' graveyard; the imam was Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), and Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was also present.
