al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2172
✧ Visit to the grave of the polytheist
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أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ
زَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَبْرَ أُمِّهِ فَبَكَى وَأَبْكَى مَنْ حَوْلَهُ وَقَالَ «اسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي فِي أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهَا فَلَمْ يُأْذَنْ لِي وَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فِي أَنْ أَزُورَ قَبْرَهَا فَأَذِنَ لِي فَزُورُوا الْقُبُورَ فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُ الْمَوْتَ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Qutaybah b. Saʿīd
- Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd
- Yazīd b. Kaysān
- Abū Ḥāzim
- Abū Hurayrah
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited the grave of his mother and wept, and made those around him weep. He said: "I asked my Lord for permission to seek forgiveness for her, but it was not granted to me. I asked Him permission to visit her grave, and He granted it to me. So visit graves, for they remind of death."
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