Moving The Deceased From One Land To Another — Which Is Disliked
Darussalam · Volume 3
BOOK 20. THE BOOKOF FUNERALSSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3165 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 202
Source no. 3165 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح الأحكام (١٤)
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3165. It was narrated that Jābir bin 'Abdullāh said: "We were moving the slain on the Day of Uḥud in order to bury them, and the caller of the Prophet ﷺ came and said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ is commanding you to bury the slain where they fell.' So we took them back." (Sahīh)
3165 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ نُبَيْحٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: كُنَّا حَمَلْنَا الْقَتْلَى يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ لِنَدْفِنَهُمْ، فَجَاءَ مُنَادِي النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَدْفِنُوا الْقَتْلَى فِي مَضَاجِعِهِمْ» فَرَدَدْنَاهُمْ
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Moving the deceased from one place to another after burial is not desirable. There is however, no harm in moving the deceased to another place before burial. It is desirable to bury the martyrs at the very place they met their martyrdom.