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1016. Anas bin Mālik narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came to Hamzah on the Day of Uhud, he stood over him and saw that he had been mutilated. He said: Had it not been that Ṣafiyah would be distressed, then I would have left him to be eaten by the beasts until he was gathered on the Day of Judgement from their stomachs." He said: "Then he called for a Namirah to shroud him with. When it was extended over his head, it left his feet exposed, and when it was extended over his feet, it left his head exposed." He said: "There were many dead and few cloths." He said: "One, two and three men were shrouded in one cloth and buried in one grave." He said: "So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was asking which of them knew the most Qur'ān, so he could put him toward the Qiblah." He said: "So
the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ buried them and he did not perform (funeral prayers) for them.” (Da’if)
Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Anas is a Hasan Gharib Hadīth. We do not know of it as a Hadīth of Anas except through this route. (And An-Namirah is an old garment.)
Usāmah bin Zaid has been contradicted in this narration. Al-Laith bin Sa’d reported it from Ibn Shihāb, from ‘Abdur-Rahmān bin Ka’b bin Mālik, from Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh bin Zaid. And, Ma’mar reported it from Az-Zuhri, from ‘Abdullāh bin Tha’labah, from Jābir. We do not know of anyone who mentioned it as a narration of Az-Zuhri from Anas, except for Usāmah bin Zaid.
I asked Muḥammad about this Hadīth, and he said: “The Hadīth of Al-Laith from Ibn Shihāb, from ‘Abdur-Rahmān bin Ka’b bin Mālik bin Jābir is more correct.”
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Commentary
This narration is a proof that the Prophet ﷺ did not perform the funeral prayer of the martyrs of Uhud. The issue of the performing funeral prayer of martyrs will be discussed in a forthcoming chapter. Religious scholars and those who have learnt the Qur’ān by heart are honorable and respected in this world, and their respect will remain after their death.
