Sunan Ibn Majah 1509
What was narrated concerning offering the funeral prayer for a child
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حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْبَخْتَرِيُّ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ
صَلُّوا عَلَى أَطْفَالِكُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ مِنْ أَفْرَاطِكُمْ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Hishām b. ʿAmmār
- al-Bakhtarī b. ʿUbayd
- his father
- Abū Hurayrah
- al-Nabī ﷺ
“The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Offer the (funeral) prayer for your children, for they have gone ahead of you (i.e. to prepare your place in Paradise for you).”
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Weak | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Very Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Very Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Very Daif | fawazahmed0 |