English translation
3229. It was narrated that Busr bin 'Ubaidullāh said: "I heard Wāthilah bin Al-Asqa say: 'I heard Abū Marṭad Al-Ghanawī say: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: Do not sit on graves and do not perform Ṣalāt facing them.'" (Sahih)
Hadith 3229
It Is Disliked To Sit On Graves
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Darussalam · Volume 3
BOOK 20. THE BOOKOF FUNERALSSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 3229 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 217
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Source no. 3229 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح الأحكام (٣٠٩ - ٣١٠)
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Arabic text
3229 - حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى الرَّازِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيَّ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَجْلِسُوا عَلَى الْقُبُورِ، وَلَا تُصَلُّوا إِلَيْهَا»
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It is unlawful to perform Ṣalāt either facing the grave or inside the graveyard. There is, however, an exception, as we have seen before, in the case of the funeral prayer which has no bowing and no prostration.