أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَاذَانَ عَنْ الْبَرَائِ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي جَنَازَةٍ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَی الْقَبْرِ وَلَمْ يُلْحَدْ فَجَلَسَ وَجَلَسْنَا حَوْلَهُ کَأَنَّ عَلَی رُئُوسِنَا الطَّيْرَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2007
It was narrated that Al-Bara’ said: “We went out with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم for a funeral, and when we reached the grave the Lahd had not yet been prepared. He sat, and we sat around him, as if there were birds on our heads (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020