أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ نَافِعًا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ صَلَّی عَلَی تِسْعِ جَنَائِزَ جَمِيعًا فَجَعَلَ الرِّجَالَ يَلُونَ الْإِمَامَ وَالنِّسَائَ يَلِينَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَصَفَّهُنَّ صَفًّا وَاحِدًا وَوُضِعَتْ جَنَازَةُ أُمِّ کُلْثُومِ بِنْتِ عَلِيٍّ امْرَأَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَابْنٍ لَهَا يُقَالُ لَهُ زَيْدٌ وُضِعَا جَمِيعًا وَالْإِمَامُ يَوْمَئِذٍ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْعَاصِ وَفِي النَّاسِ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ وَأَبُو قَتَادَةَ فَوُضِعَ الْغُلَامُ مِمَّا يَلِي الْإِمَامَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ فَأَنْکَرْتُ ذَلِکَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَأَبِي قَتَادَةَ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا قَالُوا هِيَ السُّنَّةُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1984
Ibn Juraij said: “I heard Nafi’ claim that Ibn ‘Umar offered the funeral prayer for nine together. He put the men closer to the Imam and the women closer to the Qiblah, and he placed them (the women) in one row. And the body of Umm Kulthum bint ‘Ali the wife of ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab, and a son of hers called Zaid were placed together. The Imam that day was Saeed bin Al-’As and among the people were Ibn ‘Umar, Abu Hurairah, Abu Saeed and Abi Qatadah. The boy was placed closer to the Imam. A man said something objecting to that, so I looked at Ibn ‘Abbas, Abu Hurairah, Abu Saeed and Abu Qatadah and said: ‘What is this?’ They said: ‘It is the Sunnah.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020