Darussalam · Volume 2
11. THE BOOK OF THE RITES OF HAJJ AND UMRAHSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2042 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 218
Source no. 2042 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح
Source no. 1780 · Volume 6 · Page 282
Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح، وكذا قال الحافظ، وحسنه ابن القيم)
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2042. (Another chain) from Abū Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do not make your houses into graves, and do not make my grave an 'Eid' (a regular place of visitation), and send your Salāt upon me, for your Salāt will reach me wherever you might be." (Hasan)
2042 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَجْعَلُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ قُبُورًا، وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا قَبْرِي عِيدًا، وَصَلُّوا عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّ صَلَاتَكُمْ تَبْلُغُنِي حَيْثُ كُنْتُمْ»
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The example of a cemetery is very apt, because neither prayers nor formulae of remembering Allāh are said there. Neither is the Qur'ān recited there. So a house where no prayers are said is as good as a cemetery. That is why men have been specially told to perform their voluntary prayers in their houses.