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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 8 · Prayers (Salat)
Sahih

كَنْسِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَالْتِقَاطِ الْخِرَقِ وَالْقَذَى وَالْعِيدَانِ

Sweeping the mosque and picking up rags, dirt and bits of wood

أَنَّ رَجُلاً، أَسْوَدَ ـ أَوِ امْرَأَةً سَوْدَاءَ ـ كَانَ يَقُمُّ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَمَاتَ، فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا مَاتَ. قَالَ " أَفَلاَ كُنْتُمْ آذَنْتُمُونِي بِهِ دُلُّونِي عَلَى قَبْرِهِ ". ـ أَوْ قَالَ قَبْرِهَا ـ فَأَتَى قَبْرَهُ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ.

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ،

Translation

Abu Hurairah reported that a black man – or a black woman – used to sweep the mosque and died. The Prophet ﷺ asked about him, and they said, “He has died.” He said, “Should you not have informed me of it? Show me his grave” – or he said: “her grave”. Then he went to his grave and prayed (the funeral prayer) over him.

Other translations

Deutsch

Abu Huraira berichtete, dass ein schwarzer Mann – oder eine schwarze Frau – die Moschee zu fegen pflegte und starb. Der Prophet ﷺ fragte nach ihm, und man sagte: „Er ist gestorben.“ Er sagte: „Hättet ihr mir das nicht mitteilen sollen? Zeigt mir sein Grab“ – oder er sagte: „ihr Grab“. Da ging er zu seinem Grab und betete für ihn (das Totengebet).

Türkçe

Ebû Hüreyre (r.a.), siyahî bir adamın –ya da siyahî bir kadının– mescidi süpürdüğünü ve öldüğünü rivayet etti. Nebî ﷺ onu sordu. “Öldü” dediler. Şöyle buyurdu: “Bana haber vermeniz gerekmez miydi? Bana onun kabrini gösterin” –ya da “o kadının kabrini” dedi–. Bunun üzerine onun kabrine gitti ve onun için (cenaze) namazı kıldı.

Other versions of this report

The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.

  • أَنَّ امْرَأَةً ـ أَوْ رَجُلاً ـ كَانَتْ تَقُمُّ الْمَسْجِدَ ـ وَلاَ أُرَاهُ إِلاَّ امْرَأَةً ـ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ صَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرِهِ.

    Abu Hurairah reported that a woman – or a man – used to sweep the mosque – and I think it was none other than a woman – and he mentioned the report of the Prophet ﷺ that he prayed (the funeral prayer) at his grave.

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaAbu Hurairah† 59 AH · MedinaAbu Rafi' al-Sa'agh† 90 AH · BasraThabit bin Aslam Albanani† 120 AH · BasraHammad bin Zayd† 179 AH · BasraSulaiman bin Harb† 224 AH · Meccaal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Abu Hurairahأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

    d. 59 AH / 681 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Abu Rafi' al-Sa'aghأَبِي رَافِعٍ

    d. 90 AH · Follower Tabi' 2nd Generation

  4. d. 120 AH · Follower Tabi' 4th generation

  5. Hammad bin Zaydحَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ

    d. 179 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation

  6. Sulaiman bin Harbسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ

    d. 224 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation

  7. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler