أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ قَالَ مَرِضَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعَوَالِي وَکَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحْسَنَ شَيْئٍ عِيَادَةً لِلْمَرِيضِ فَقَالَ إِذَا مَاتَتْ فَآذِنُونِي فَمَاتَتْ لَيْلًا فَدَفَنُوهَا وَلَمْ يُعْلِمُوا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ سَأَلَ عَنْهَا فَقَالُوا کَرِهْنَا أَنْ نُوقِظَکَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَتَی قَبْرَهَا فَصَلَّی عَلَيْهَا وَکَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1987
It was narrated that Abu Umamah bin Sahl said: “A woman from among the people of Al ‘Awali fell sick and the Prophet was the best in visiting the sick. He said: ‘When she dies, inform me.’ She died at night and they buried her without telling the ProphetThe following morning he asked about her and they said: ‘We did not like to wake you, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم .‘ So he went to her grave and offered the funeral prayer for her and said the Takbir four times.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020