Hadith 1355

If a boy becomes a Muslim and then dies, should a funeral prayer be offered for him? Should Islām be explained to a boy (below the age of puberty)?

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Darussalam · Volume 2

23 - THE BOOK OF FUNERALS[AL-JANÁ'IZ]

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 1354 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 93

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English translation

1355. Ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنهما added: Later on Allāh's Messenger ﷺ once again went along with Ubaī bin Ka'b to the date-palm trees (garden) where Ibn Šaiyyād was staying. The Prophet ﷺ wanted to hear something from Ibn Šaiyyād before Ibn Šaiyyād could see him, and the Prophet ﷺ saw him lying, covered with a sheet and from where his murmurs were heard. Ibn Šaiyyād's mother saw Allāh's Messenger ﷺ while he was hiding himself behind the trunks of the date-palm trees. She addressed Ibn Šaiyyād, "O Šafī! (and that was the name of Ibn Šaiyyād) Here is Muḥammad." And with that Ibn Šaiyyād got up. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Had this woman left him (had she not disturbed him), then Ibn Šaiyyād would have revealed the reality of his case."

Arabic text

1355 - وَقَالَ سَالِمٌ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَقُولُ: انْطَلَقَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ إِلَى النَّخْلِ الَّتِي فِيهَا ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ، وَهُوَ يَخْتِلُ أَنْ يَسْمَعَ مِنْ ابْنِ صَيَّادٍ شَيْئًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرَاهُ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ، فَرَآهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ - يَعْنِي فِي قَطِيفَةٍ لَهُ فِيهَا رَمْزَةٌ أَوْ زَمْرَةٌ - فَرَأَتْ أمُّ ابْنِ صَيّادٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَهُوَ يَتَّقِي بِجُذُوعِ النَّخْلِ، فَقَالَتْ لِابْنِ صَيَّادٍ: يَا صَافِ - وَهُوَ اسْمُ ابْنِ صَيَّادٍ - هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَثَارَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَوْ تَرَكَتْهُ بَيَّنَ»، وَقَالَ شُعَيْبٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: فَرَفَصَهُ رَمْرَمَةٌ - أَوْ زَمْزَمَةٌ - وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ الكَلْبِيُّ، وَعُقَيْلٌ: رَمْرَمَةٌ، وَقَالَ مَعْمَرٌ: رَمْزَةٌ

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(1) (H.1354) Ibn Šaiyyād: was a soothsayer. (See the footnote of Hadīth No.3055, Vol.4.) (2) (H.1354) i.e., Verse No.10 of the Sūrah-Ad-Dukhān, 44:10. (The Qur'an).