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The reader: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions. As for what follows:
This is a research paper on reconciling the hadith of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding dressing 'Abd Allah ibn Abi in the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) shirt after his burial, and the hadith of Ibn 'Umar regarding dressing him in it before burial.
Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said in *Fath al-Bari*, Book of Funerals: "Chapter on shrouding in a shirt. He reconciled the two by stating that the meaning of..."
The Shaykh : Page of a part.
The reader: ... Volume three, page one hundred and thirty-nine.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: He said: "And it was said that he reconciled them by interpreting the phrase in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar: 'So he gave it to him,' to mean: 'So he granted him that favor.' Thus, the name 'giving' was applied to the promise figuratively because its occurrence was certain." End of quote. What complicates this is what is in al-Bukhari's narration in the Book of Tafsir:.
Then al-Hafiz said: "It was also said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him one of his shirts first, and then when he [the deceased] was present, he gave him the second one at the request of his son. And in *Al-Iklil* by al-Hakim, there is what supports this." End of quote.
I said: And it seems he is referring to...
The Shaykh : So the speech ends; it is not by Ibn Hajar.
The reader: ... the sufficient.
The Shaykh : No, unless you said, meaning you.
The reader: But... al-Hafiz mentioned that, and then I said, end. Shall I repeat?
The Shaykh : Who said "I said"?
The reader: End. I said, I.
The Shaykh : You mean. Yes, fine.
The reader: And it seems he is referring to what al-Bayhaqi narrated in "Dalail al-Nubuwwah", Chapter on what came regarding the illness of 'Abd Allah ibn Abi ibn Salul...
The Shaykh : Say it, 'Abd Allah?
The reader: In the illness of 'Abd Allah ibn Abi ibn Salul.
The Shaykh : Move the yaa.
The reader: Ibn Abi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: Ibn Salul.
The Shaykh : Ibn Salul. Yes.
The reader: Yes, and his death, volume five, page two hundred and eighty-seven, from Ibn 'Uyaynah from Musa ibn Abi 'Isa, and he is a Tabi' al-Tabi'in..
Al-Bayhaqi said: "This is a mursal report" End of quote, and al-Bayhaqi narrated something similar from the route of al-Hakim from the words of al-Waqidi, which is in his *Mughazi*.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: ... two shirts.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: Then al-Hafiz said: "It was also said: There is no indication in the hadith of Jabir that he dressed him in his shirt after taking him out of the grave, because his wording is: 'So he placed him on his knees and dressed him in his shirt,' and the conjunction 'wa' (and) does not imply sequence. So perhaps he intended to mention what happened in general regarding his honoring him, without intending a specific order." End of quote.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: This is a summary...
The Shaykh : Well done. So three aspects. Do you have an aspect?
The student: He mentioned in the same place that the people of 'Abd Allah proceeded with the burial before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, so he took him out when he came to him.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, but this does not remove the problem.
The questioner : ... the problem...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : It is established... that the shirt was given beforehand, but when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, they took him out because they feared causing hardship for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and giving it to him.
The Shaykh : Meaning he gave them the shirt first. Is there anything else in the research? The reconciliation?
The student: In the aspect he mentioned.
The Shaykh : Fine, bring it.
The student: ... "And similarly, his statement in the hadith of Jabir: 'After 'Abd Allah ibn Abi was buried,' meaning he was lowered into his grave. And the people of 'Abd Allah ibn Abi feared hardship for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in attending, so they hastened to prepare him before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived. When he arrived, he found them having lowered him into his grave, so he ordered him to be taken out to fulfill his promise to shroud him in the shirt and pray over him. And Allah knows best." And it was said...
The Shaykh : Yes, but this returns to the first one.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So how many opinions are there?
The questioner : Two.
The Shaykh : Three. The first: That the meaning of "he gave it to him" is he promised to give it to him, so he applied the name "giving" to the promise because of its certainty.
And the second: That he had two shirts; he gave him the outer shirt, then he gave him the inner shirt, the undershirt.
And the third aspect: That the conjunction 'wa' does not imply sequence, and that Jabir said: "He took him out," meaning from his grave before he was buried, after he was lowered in, and dressed him in his shirt, meaning he had already dressed him in his shirt, and the conjunction 'wa' does not imply sequence. Yes?
The questioner : Here it is mentioned... that the explanation of this hadith quoted part of al-Hafiz's words on reconciling them, and also al-Suyuti mentioned in his marginal notes on al-Nasa'i on this hadith the aspects mentioned by al-Hafiz previously and did not add to them. This is while another problem arose during the research, which is the contradiction between this hadith of Jabir and the hadith narrated by al-Tirmidhi from the route of Ibn 'Abbas from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). For in the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas, it is not the hadith of Ibn 'Umar that is contradictory, but from the route of Ibn 'Abbas. He said:Musnad Ahmad 95Hasan (Darussalam) until he said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3097Sahih (Darussalam) the hadith. This is explicit that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was with the funeral procession until he brought him to the grave, and the hadith of Jabir indicates that he came after that and dressed him in his shirt. Al-Tirmidhi authenticated the narration of al-Tirmidhi, and among the contemporary scholars, Shaykh al-Albani and Ahmad Shakir. And al... said in his marginal notes on al-Nasa'i on reconciling the hadith of Jabir and the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas from 'Umar: "And some people have strained themselves in reconciling in a way that does not completely refute the objection, and Allah the Exalted knows best."
The Shaykh : Fine, the closest thing is that there were two shirts because the context is different. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to 'Abd Allah ibn Abi after he was put in his grave, so he ordered him to be taken out and placed on his knees, and he blew from his saliva on him and dressed him in his shirt.
Fine, the second one says: O Messenger of Allah, give me your shirt so I can shroud him in it and pray over him and seek forgiveness for him. So he gave him his shirt and said: And this is clear that he dressed him in the shirt before... before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... al-Bukhari gave him his shirt and ordered him to shroud him in it.
The Shaykh : Yes, the important thing is that he said: So when he finished, he informed him, so he came to pray over him. And this is clear that he shrouded him in the cloth before... before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came. Otherwise, we would say that 'Abd Allah ibn Abi, were it not for this phrase, we would say: When 'Abd Allah ibn Abi asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for the shirt to shroud him in, he gave it to him, and then he (may Allah be pleased with him) saw that the perfection of that was for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) himself to shroud him with this cloth and dress him in it, so he refrained until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and dressed him in the shirt. And this, were it not for this word, were it not for his saying: So when he finished, he informed him, were it not for this, this would be a good aspect without strain and it is close. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
This is a research paper on reconciling the hadith of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding dressing 'Abd Allah ibn Abi in the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) shirt after his burial, and the hadith of Ibn 'Umar regarding dressing him in it before burial.
Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said in *Fath al-Bari*, Book of Funerals: "Chapter on shrouding in a shirt. He reconciled the two by stating that the meaning of..."
The Shaykh : Page of a part.
The reader: ... Volume three, page one hundred and thirty-nine.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: He said: "And it was said that he reconciled them by interpreting the phrase in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar: 'So he gave it to him,' to mean: 'So he granted him that favor.' Thus, the name 'giving' was applied to the promise figuratively because its occurrence was certain." End of quote. What complicates this is what is in al-Bukhari's narration in the Book of Tafsir:
So he gave him his shirt and ordered him to shroud him in it
فأعطاه قميصه وأمره أن يكفّنه فيهThen al-Hafiz said: "It was also said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him one of his shirts first, and then when he [the deceased] was present, he gave him the second one at the request of his son. And in *Al-Iklil* by al-Hakim, there is what supports this." End of quote.
I said: And it seems he is referring to...
The Shaykh : So the speech ends; it is not by Ibn Hajar.
The reader: ... the sufficient.
The Shaykh : No, unless you said, meaning you.
The reader: But... al-Hafiz mentioned that, and then I said, end. Shall I repeat?
The Shaykh : Who said "I said"?
The reader: End. I said, I.
The Shaykh : You mean. Yes, fine.
The reader: And it seems he is referring to what al-Bayhaqi narrated in "Dalail al-Nubuwwah", Chapter on what came regarding the illness of 'Abd Allah ibn Abi ibn Salul...
The Shaykh : Say it, 'Abd Allah?
The reader: In the illness of 'Abd Allah ibn Abi ibn Salul.
The Shaykh : Move the yaa.
The reader: Ibn Abi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: Ibn Salul.
The Shaykh : Ibn Salul. Yes.
The reader: Yes, and his death, volume five, page two hundred and eighty-seven, from Ibn 'Uyaynah from Musa ibn Abi 'Isa, and he is a Tabi' al-Tabi'in.
That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing two shirts, so his son, who was the son of 'Abd Allah ibn Abi and was called al-Habab, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named him 'Abd Allah, said: O Messenger of Allah, give him the shirt that is next to your skin
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلّم كان عليه قميصان فقال له ابنه وهو ابن عبد الله بن أبي وكان يقال له الحباب فسماه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلّم عبد الله: يا رسول الله، أعطه القميص الذي يلي جلدكAl-Bayhaqi said: "This is a mursal report" End of quote, and al-Bayhaqi narrated something similar from the route of al-Hakim from the words of al-Waqidi, which is in his *Mughazi*.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: ... two shirts.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: Then al-Hafiz said: "It was also said: There is no indication in the hadith of Jabir that he dressed him in his shirt after taking him out of the grave, because his wording is: 'So he placed him on his knees and dressed him in his shirt,' and the conjunction 'wa' (and) does not imply sequence. So perhaps he intended to mention what happened in general regarding his honoring him, without intending a specific order." End of quote.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: This is a summary...
The Shaykh : Well done. So three aspects. Do you have an aspect?
The student: He mentioned in the same place that the people of 'Abd Allah proceeded with the burial before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, so he took him out when he came to him.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, but this does not remove the problem.
The questioner : ... the problem...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : It is established... that the shirt was given beforehand, but when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, they took him out because they feared causing hardship for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and giving it to him.
The Shaykh : Meaning he gave them the shirt first. Is there anything else in the research? The reconciliation?
The student: In the aspect he mentioned.
The Shaykh : Fine, bring it.
The student: ... "And similarly, his statement in the hadith of Jabir: 'After 'Abd Allah ibn Abi was buried,' meaning he was lowered into his grave. And the people of 'Abd Allah ibn Abi feared hardship for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in attending, so they hastened to prepare him before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived. When he arrived, he found them having lowered him into his grave, so he ordered him to be taken out to fulfill his promise to shroud him in the shirt and pray over him. And Allah knows best." And it was said...
The Shaykh : Yes, but this returns to the first one.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So how many opinions are there?
The questioner : Two.
The Shaykh : Three. The first: That the meaning of "he gave it to him" is he promised to give it to him, so he applied the name "giving" to the promise because of its certainty.
And the second: That he had two shirts; he gave him the outer shirt, then he gave him the inner shirt, the undershirt.
And the third aspect: That the conjunction 'wa' does not imply sequence, and that Jabir said: "He took him out," meaning from his grave before he was buried, after he was lowered in, and dressed him in his shirt, meaning he had already dressed him in his shirt, and the conjunction 'wa' does not imply sequence. Yes?
The questioner : Here it is mentioned... that the explanation of this hadith quoted part of al-Hafiz's words on reconciling them, and also al-Suyuti mentioned in his marginal notes on al-Nasa'i on this hadith the aspects mentioned by al-Hafiz previously and did not add to them. This is while another problem arose during the research, which is the contradiction between this hadith of Jabir and the hadith narrated by al-Tirmidhi from the route of Ibn 'Abbas from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). For in the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas, it is not the hadith of Ibn 'Umar that is contradictory, but from the route of Ibn 'Abbas. He said:
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was called to offer the funeral prayer for him, and when he stood by the deceased
دعي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وءاله وسلم للصلاة عليه فقام إليهThen he performed the Salat for him and walked with him (his funeral procession) and he stood at his grave until it was finished.
ثم صلى عليه ومشى معه فقام على قبره حتى فرِغ منهThe Shaykh : Fine, the closest thing is that there were two shirts because the context is different. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to 'Abd Allah ibn Abi after he was put in his grave, so he ordered him to be taken out and placed on his knees, and he blew from his saliva on him and dressed him in his shirt.
Fine, the second one says: O Messenger of Allah, give me your shirt so I can shroud him in it and pray over him and seek forgiveness for him. So he gave him his shirt and said:
When you have finished, inform us
إذا فرغت فآذناThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... al-Bukhari gave him his shirt and ordered him to shroud him in it.
The Shaykh : Yes, the important thing is that he said:
When you are finished, then notify us.
فإذا فرغت فآذناWhen you are finished, then notify us.
فإذا فرغت فآذناThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?