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Sunan Ibn Majah 1494 (Book 6, Hadith 62) #30846
Funeral Prayers for Men and Women

SUMMARY: The hadith is about Anas bin Malik offering the funeral prayer for a man and a woman, and how he stood in relation to the body of each.

It was narrated that Abu Ghalib said: "I saw Anas bin Malik offering the funeral prayer for a man, and he stood level with his head. Then another funeral was brought, that of a woman, and they said: 'O Abu Hamzah! Offer the funeral prayer for her.’ So he stood level with the middle of the bed (the body was upon)'.Ala’ bin Ziyad said to him: 'O Abu Hamzah! Is this how you saw the Messenger of Allah standing in relation to the body of a man and a woman as you have stood?’ He said: 'Yes.’ Then he turned to us and said: 'Remember this.’"
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ صَلَّى عَلَى جِنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ فَقَامَ حِيَالَ رَأْسِهِ فَجِيءَ بِجِنَازَةٍ أُخْرَى بِامْرَأَةٍ فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ صَلِّ عَلَيْهَا ‏.‏ فَقَامَ حِيَالَ وَسَطِ السَّرِيرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَلاَءُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ ـ قَامَ مِنَ الْجِنَازَةِ مُقَامَكَ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ وَقَامَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ مُقَامَكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ احْفَظُوا

TOPICS
funeral  *  prayer  *  standing  *  relation  *  janazah  *  salat  *  qiyam  *  alqarib

QUICK LESSONS:
Offer funerals according to Islamic guidelines ; Respect deceased people regardless of gender ; Follow Prophet Muhammad’s teachings correctly ; Remember what has been taught by Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about how to offer funeral prayers for men and women. It was narrated by Abu Ghalib that he saw Anas bin Malik offering the funeral prayer for a man, standing level with his head. Then another funeral was brought of a woman, and they asked Abu Hamzah to offer the prayer for her. He stood level with the middle of her bed where her body was laid on it. 'Ala bin Ziyad asked him if this is how he saw Prophet Muhammad ﷺ standing in relation to bodies of men and women as he did just now. He replied yes, then turned around to them saying "Remember this". This hadith teaches us that when offering funeral prayers we should stand at different levels depending on whether it's a man or woman's body being prayed upon; men should be prayed at head level while women should be prayed at mid-body level. It also teaches us that we must remember what Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught us so that we can follow his teachings correctly in our daily lives.

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