السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الجنائز
Book of Funerals
باب: الثناء على الميت وذكره بما كان فيه من الخير
Praising the deceased and mentioning the good that was in him
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، ثنا آدَمُ، ثنا شُعْبَةُ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ: مَرُّوا بِجِنَازَةٍ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " وَجَبَتْ " ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأُخْرَى فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا شَرًّا فَقَالَ: " وَجَبَتْ " فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: مَا وَجَبَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ: " هَذَا أَثْنَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ خَيْرًا فَوَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ وَهَذَا أَثْنَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ شَرًّا فَوَجَبَتْ لَهُ النَّارُ وَأَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ "، رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ بْنِ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ.
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said that people passed by him (peace and blessings be upon him) with a funeral and praised the deceased well, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wajabat (It has become due)." Then another funeral passed and its evil was mentioned, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wajabat (It has become due)." Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah, what has become due? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one whose good you mentioned, Paradise has become due for him; and the one whose evil you mentioned, the Fire has become due for him. And you are the witnesses of Allah on earth."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ، أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ مُرَّ بِجِنَازَةٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: " أَثْنُوا عَلَيْهِ " فَقَالُوا: كَانَ فِيمَا عَلِمْنَا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، وَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ خَيْرًا فَقَالَ: " وَجَبَتْ " قَالَ ثُمَّ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ: " أَثْنُوا " عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا: بِئْسَ الْمَرْءُ كَانَ فِي دِينِ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: " وَجَبَتْ، أَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ ".
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that a funeral passed by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Praise him." They said: As far as we know, he loved Allah and His Messenger; that is, they praised him well. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It has become due." Then another funeral passed by him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Speak about him." The people spoke ill of him, saying that he was not good in the religion of Allah. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It has become due for him, and you are the witnesses of Allah on earth."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالُوا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ، أنبأ عَفَّانُ، أنبأ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ الدِّيلِيِّ، قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَقَدْ وَقَعَ بِهَا مَرَضٌ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ فَمَرَّتْ بِهِمْ جِنَازَةٌ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: وَجَبَتْ. ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأُخْرَى فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: وَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِالثَّالِثِ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا شَرًّا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: ⦗١٢٦⦘ وَجَبَتْ. فَقَالَ أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ فَقُلْتُ: مَا وَجَبَتْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ شَهِدَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ بِخَيْرٍ أَدْخَلَهُ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ " قَالَ: قُلْنَا وَثَلَاثَةٌ؟ قَالَ: " وَثَلَاثَةٌ " قَالَ: قُلْنَا: وَاثْنَانِ؟ قَالَ: " وَاثْنَانِ "، قَالَ: لَمْ نَسْأَلْهُ عَنِ الْوَاحِدِ. أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ عَفَّانُ فَذَكَرَهُ.
Abu al-Aswad al-Dili said: I set out for Madinah while an illness had spread there, and I sat with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). A funeral passed by them and the deceased was praised well, so Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It has become due." Then another funeral passed and its good was mentioned, so Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It has become due." Then a third funeral passed and its evil was mentioned, so Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It has become due." Abu al-Aswad said: I said: O Commander of the Believers, what has become due? He said: I said just as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any Muslim for whom four people testify to his goodness (righteousness), Allah Almighty will admit him to Paradise." We said: And if there are three? He said: "Three as well." We said: And two? He said: "Two as well." Then we did not ask him about one.
