10/35. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 1020 — Sitting During Burial
What Has Been Related About Sitting Before The Deceased Is Placed In The Grave
Hadith About Sitting During Burial
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1020
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1020
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى، عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ جُنَادَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا اتَّبَعَ الْجَنَازَةَ لَمْ يَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَعَرَضَ لَهُ حَبْرٌ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا نَصْنَعُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ . قَالَ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ " خَالِفُوهُمْ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَبِشْرُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ فِي الْحَدِيثِ .
'Ubadah bin As-Samit Narrated from:
When The Messenger Of Allah Follows A Corpse, He Would Not Sit Until (The Deceased Was) Placed In The Lahd. A Rabbi Came Upon Him And Said: 'This Is What We Do, O Muhammad'" He Said: "So The Messenger Of Allah Sat, And He Said: 'Differ From Them.'"
[1] The niche excavated on the side of the grave.Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1020In-book reference : Book 10, Hadith 56English translation : Vol. 2, Book 5, Hadith 1020
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1020
This hadith about sitting during burial reports that when the Messenger of Allah followed a corpse, he would not sit until the deceased was placed in the lahd. Then a rabbi came and said, “This is what we do, O Muhammad.” After that, the Messenger of Allah sat and said, “Differ from them.” The report is focused on a specific funeral action: sitting before the deceased is placed in the grave niche. It also shows a change in action after being told that another religious group did the same. The main searchable topic is burial etiquette hadith, especially sitting at the grave during burial.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report discusses when to sit during burial.
- The Prophet changed the action after the rabbi’s statement.
- The command in the report is to differ from them.
- Burial etiquette includes attention to small actions.
