أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ أَخَاکُمْ النَّجَاشِيَّ قَدْ مَاتَ فَقُومُوا فَصَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَقُمْنَا فَصَفَفْنَا عَلَيْهِ کَمَا يُصَفُّ عَلَی الْمَيِّتِ وَصَلَّيْنَا عَلَيْهِ کَمَا يُصَلَّی عَلَی الْمَيِّتِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1981
It was narrated that ‘Imran bin Hussain said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said to us: ‘Your brother An-Najashi has died, so get up and offer the funeral prayer for him.’ So we got up and formed rows to pray for him, as rows are formed to pray for the dead, and he led us in praying for him as people pray for the dead.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020