Hadith 95

Sunan Ibn Majah

Book 6: Chapters Regarding Funerals Sahih

Chapter 32

Offering the funeral prayer at the grave

باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ

Sahih
Sunan Ibn Majah 1527
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ، أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، ‏.‏ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، سَوْدَاءَ كَانَتْ تَقُمُّ الْمَسْجِدَ فَفَقَدَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهَا بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهَا مَاتَتْ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏ فَأَتَى قَبْرَهَا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا ‏.‏
"‏ فَهَلاَّ آذَنْتُمُونِي ‏"
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that a black woman used to sweep the mosque. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) noticed she was missing and he asked about her after a few days. He was told that she had died. He said:

“Why did you not tell me?” Then he went to her grave and offered the funeral prayer for her.