حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُنِيرٍ، عَنْ
سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ
هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ
أَبِي غَالِبٍ، قَالَ : " صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ
أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ ، فَقَامَ حِيَالَ رَأْسِهِ ، ثُمَّ جَاءُوا بِجَنَازَةِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ ، صَلِّ عَلَيْهَا ، فَقَامَ حِيَالَ وَسَطِ السَّرِيرِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ : هَكَذَا رَأَيْتَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَامَ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ مُقَامَكَ مِنْهَا ، وَمِنَ الرَّجُلِ مُقَامَكَ مِنْهُ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ ، قَالَ : احْفَظُوا " . وَفِي الْبَاب : عَنْ سَمُرَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ ، وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ مِثْلَ هَذَا ، وَرَوَى
وَكِيعٌ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ ، عَنْ
هَمَّامٍ فَوَهِمَ فِيهِ ، فَقَالَ : عَنْ
غَالِبٍ، عَنْ
أَنَسٍ، وَالصَّحِيحُ عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ ، وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ
عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي غَالِبٍ مِثْلَ رِوَايَةِ هَمَّامٍ ، وَاخْتَلَفُوا فِي اسْمِ أَبِي غَالِبٍ هَذَا ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ : يُقَالُ : اسْمُهُ نَافِعٌ ، وَيُقَالُ : رَافِعٌ ، وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَى هَذَا ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ : أَحْمَدَ ، وَإِسْحَاق .
´Abu Ghalib narrated:` "I prayed for the funeral of a man with Anas bin Malik, so he stood parallel to his head. Then they came with the body of a woman from the Quraish. They said: 'O Abu Hamzah perform the prayer for her.' So he stood parallel to her waist. Al-Ala bin Ziyad said to him: 'Is this how you saw the Messenger of Allah standing in the place for the funeral as you did for her, and for a place that you stood for the man?' He said: 'Yes.' When he was finished he said: 'Remember (this).'"
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
From this hadith, it is understood that if the funeral prayer (salat al-janazah) is for a woman, the imam should stand at her waist, and for a man, the imam should stand opposite his head. This is because Anas bin Malik led the funeral prayer of Abdullah bin Umair while standing at his head, and when Alaa bin Ziyad asked him about it, he replied that he had seen the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) do the same.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1034