السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الجنائز
Book of Funerals
باب: غسل المرأة زوجها
A woman washes her husband
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَطَّةَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رُسْتَةَ، ثنا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمِنْقَرِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ابْنُ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: " تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ لَيْلَةَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ لِثَمَانٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ، وَأَوْصَى أَنْ تُغَسِّلَهُ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ امْرَأَتُهُ، وَأَنَّهَا ضَعُفَتْ فَاسْتَعَانَتْ بِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ". وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ الْمَوْصُولُ وَإِنْ كَانَ رَاوِيَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْوَاقِدِيُّ صَاحِبُ التَّارِيخِ وَالْمَغَازِي فَلَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ، وَلَهُ شَوَاهِدُ مَرَاسِيلُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، وَعَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَّ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ عُمَيْسٍ غَسَّلَتْ زَوْجَهَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، وَذَكَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَوْصَى بِذَلِكَ.
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) died on the night of Tuesday, with eight nights remaining of Jumada al-Akhirah, in the year 13 AH. He left instructions that he be washed by Sayyidah Asma' bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her), who was his wife; she had become weak, so Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) assisted her.
This connected (mawsul) hadith, its narrator being Muhammad bin Umar al-Waqidi, the author of the history and the Maghazi, is not strong. It has supporting mursal reports from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, and from Ata bin Abi Rabah from Sa'd bin Ibrahim, that Asma' bint Umays washed her husband Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and some of them mentioned that Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) had instructed that.
This connected (mawsul) hadith, its narrator being Muhammad bin Umar al-Waqidi, the author of the history and the Maghazi, is not strong. It has supporting mursal reports from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, and from Ata bin Abi Rabah from Sa'd bin Ibrahim, that Asma' bint Umays washed her husband Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and some of them mentioned that Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) had instructed that.
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ، ثنا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَزْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " رَحِمَ اللهُ امْرَأً غَسَّلَتْهُ امْرَأَتُهُ، وَكُفِّنَ فِي أَخْلَاقِهِ ". قَالَتْ: فَفُعِلَ ذَلِكَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ، غَسَّلَتْهُ امْرَأَتُهُ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ الْأَشْجَعِيَّةُ، وَكُفِّنَ فِي ثِيَابِهِ الَّتِي كَانَ يَبْتَذِلُهَا. هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ ضَعِيفٌ.
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "May Allah Almighty have mercy on a man who is washed by his wife and shrouded in his old clothes." She said: That was done with Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him); his wife Asma' bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her) washed him, and he was shrouded in the clothes he had worn out.
This chain is weak.
This chain is weak.
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: " لَوْ كُنْتُ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ، مَا غَسَّلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَيْرُ نِسَائِهِ ". قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: فَتَلَهَّفَتْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، وَلَا يُتَلَهَّفُ إِلَّا عَلَى مَا يَجُوزُ.
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: Had I known beforehand what I came to know afterwards, none but his (peace and blessings be upon him) wives would have washed him (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh said: She expressed regret over that, and one only regrets something that is permissible.
The Shaykh said: She expressed regret over that, and one only regrets something that is permissible.
