Question

Can you please provide the full Hadith you have answered here from Sahih Muslim regarding delaying a Janazah?

Answer

The text of the Hadith is as follows:

Sayyiduna Jabir ibn ‘Abdillah (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) reported: “Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) once delivered a sermon and mentioned a Sahabi who passed away. His shroud was not [large enough] to cover his body and he was buried at night.  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) reprimanded them that a person be buried at night, until he (Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) performs the Janazah except if there is a dire necessity. And Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “When one of you shrouds his brother, he should shroud him well.'”

(Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 943)

See an explanation of this Hadith here

Kindly refer to a Mufti/Darul Ifta regarding a fatwa on burying at night.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

صحيح مسلم:
(٩٤٣) – حدثنا هارون بن عبد الله، وحجاج بن الشاعر، قالا: حدثنا حجاج بن محمد، قال: قال ابن جريج: أخبرني أبو الزبير، أنه سمع جابر بن عبد الله، يحدث، أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم خطب يوما، فذكر رجلا من أصحابه قبض فكفن في كفن غير طائل، وقبر ليلا، فزجر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يقبر الرجل بالليل حتى يصلى عليه، إلا أن يضطر إنسان إلى ذلك، وقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إذا كفن أحدكم أخاه، فليحسن كفنه».