حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ أَسْوَدَ رَجُلًا أَوْ امْرَأَةً کَانَ يَکُونُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَقُمُّ الْمَسْجِدَ فَمَاتَ وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَوْتِهِ فَذَکَرَهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلَ ذَلِکَ الْإِنْسَانُ قَالُوا مَاتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَفَلَا آذَنْتُمُونِي فَقَالُوا إِنَّهُ کَانَ کَذَا وَکَذَا قِصَّتُهُ قَالَ فَحَقَرُوا شَأْنَهُ قَالَ فَدُلُّونِي عَلَی قَبْرِهِ فَأَتَی قَبْرَهُ فَصَلَّی عَلَيْهِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 1337
Narrated Abu Huraira: A black person, a male or a female used to clean the Mosque and then died. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) did not know about it . One day the Prophet remembered him and said, "What happened to that person?" The people replied, "O Allah's Apostle! He died." He said, "Why did you not inform me?" They said, "His story was so and so (i.e. regarded him as insignificant)." He said, "Show me his grave." He then went to his grave and offered the funeral prayer.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020