Muwatta' Malik 16-9
Walking in Front of the Bier
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حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَانُوا يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَ الْجَنَازَةِ وَالْخُلَفَاءُ هَلُمَّ جَرًّا وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Yaḥyá
- Mālik
- Ibn Shihāb
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr and Umar as well as the khalifas up until this time and Abdullah ibn Umar, would walk in front of the bier.
Grades by grader
| Mālik b. Anas | Sound | hadithunlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Salim al-Hilali | Mauquf Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
مرسل
machine translationMursal (a report in which a Successor omits the Companion and attributes it directly to the Prophet ﷺ)
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Dāraquṭnī
والصحيح قول من قال عن الزهري عن سالم عن أبيه أنه كان يمشي قال وقد مشى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأبو بكر وعمر
machine translationThe correct report is that of those who said: from al-Zuhrī, from Sālim, from his father, that he used to walk. He said: And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abū Bakr and ʿUmar walked.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Bayhaqī
واختار البيهقي ترجيح الموصول لأنه من رواية ابن عيينة وهو ثقة حافظ
machine translational-Bayhaqī chose to give preference to the connected (mawṣūl) version because it is from the narration of Ibn ʿUyaynah, who is trustworthy and a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ).
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - محمد بن إبراهيم بن المنذر النيسابوري
وجزم بصحته ابن المنذر يعني الموصول
machine translationIbn al-Mundhir was certain of its authenticity, meaning the connected (mawṣūl) version.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485
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- Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
هذا أيضا خطأ والصواب مرسل وإنما أتى هذا عندي والله أعلم لأن الحديث رواه الزهري عن سالم عن أبيه أنه كان يمشي أمام الجنازة قال وكان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وأبو بكر وعمر يمشون أمام الجنازة وقال كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إنما هو من قول الزهري قال ابن المبارك الحفاظ عن ابن شهاب ثلاثة مالك ومعمر وابن عيينة فإذا اجتمع اثنان على قول أخذنا به وتركنا قول الآخر قال لنا أبو عبد الرحمن وذكر ابن المبارك هذا الكلام عند هذا الحديث
machine translationThis too is a mistake; the correct form is that it is mursal. It came about, in my view, and Allah knows best, because al-Zuhrī narrated the ḥadīth from Sālim, from his father, that he used to walk in front of the funeral procession. He said: The Prophet ﷺ, Abū Bakr and ʿUmar used to walk in front of the funeral procession. And his saying "The Prophet ﷺ used to..." is merely from the words of al-Zuhrī. Ibn al-Mubārak said: The reliable memorizers (ḥuffāẓ) from Ibn Shihāb are three: Mālik, Maʿmar and Ibn ʿUyaynah. When two agree on a statement, we take it and leave the statement of the other. Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān told us: Ibn al-Mubārak mentioned this remark in connection with this ḥadīth.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - al-Tirmidhi
روي مرسلا عن الزهري قال الترمذي وأهل الحديث يرون أنه أصح
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Zarqānī
مرسل
machine translationMursal (a report in which a Successor omits the Companion and attributes it directly to the Prophet ﷺ)
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Zarqānī
أهل الحديث يرون أن المرسل أصحممن وصلوه
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
الصواب مرسل
machine translationThe correct view is that it is mursal.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Ibn Ḥazm
وجزم بصحته ابن حزم يعني الموصول
machine translationIbn Ḥazm was certain of its authenticity, meaning the connected (mawṣūl) version.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Ibn Ḥazm
وجزم بصحته ابن المنذر يعني الموصول
machine translationIbn al-Mundhir was certain of its authenticity, meaning the connected (mawṣūl) version.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - al-Tirmidhi
أهل الحديث كلهم يرون الحديث المرسل في ذلك أصح
machine translationAll the people of ḥadīth consider the mursal report on this matter to be the more authentic.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - al-Bukhari
الحديث الصحيح هو هذا يعني المرسل
machine translationThe authentic ḥadīth is this one, meaning the mursal one.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
هذا خطأ والصواب مرسل
machine translationThis is an error, and the correct version is mursal.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Ibn al-Mubārak
حديث الزهري في هذا مرسل أصح من حديث ابن عيينة وقد وافقه على رفعه ابن جريج وزياد بن سعد وغير واحد
machine translationThe ḥadīth of al-Zuhrī on this matter, as mursal, is more authentic than the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿUyaynah. Ibn Jurayj, Ziyād b. Saʿd and others agreed with him in attributing it to the Prophet (marfūʿ).
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
إنما هو عن الزهري مرسل وحديث سالم فعل ابن عمر وحديث ابن عيينة وهم
machine translationIt is only from al-Zuhrī as mursal. The ḥadīth of Sālim is an action of Ibn ʿUmar, and the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿUyaynah is an error.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Ibn al-Mubārak
أهل الحديث يرون المرسل أصح
machine translationThe people of ḥadīth consider the mursal version to be more authentic.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
وصله خطأ والصواب مرسل
machine translationHe connected its chain (waṣalahu) by mistake; the correct form is that it is mursal.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485 - Dāraquṭnī
وقد ذكر الدارقطني في العلل اختلافا كثيرا فيه على الزهري قال والصحيح قول من قال عن الزهري عن سالم عن أبيه أنه كان يمشي قال وقد مشى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأبو بكر وعمر
machine translational-Dāraquṭnī mentioned in al-ʿIlal much disagreement about it on the authority of al-Zuhrī. He said: The correct report is that of those who said: from al-Zuhrī, from Sālim, from his father, that he used to walk. He said: And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abū Bakr and ʿUmar walked.
in موطأ مالك, p. 485
Other narrations of this report
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1912Sunan an-Nasa'i 1913Sunan an-Nasa'i 1945al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 6963Musnad al-Bazzar 3671al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2051
Narrators
- The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AHالزُّهْرِيُّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبتهعن
- The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AHمَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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Commentaries
al-Tamhīd (Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr)
al-Istidhkār
Sharḥ al-Zarqāni (ʿAbd al-Bāqī)
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