أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَقَ عَنْ نَاجِيَةَ بْنِ کَعْبٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ عَمَّکَ الشَّيْخَ الضَّالَّ مَاتَ فَمَنْ يُوَارِيهِ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَوَارِ أَبَاکَ وَلَا تُحْدِثَنَّ حَدَثًا حَتَّی تَأْتِيَنِي فَوَارَيْتُهُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَأَمَرَنِي فَاغْتَسَلْتُ وَدَعَا لِي وَذَکَرَ دُعَائً لَمْ أَحْفَظْهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2012
It was narrated that ‘Ali said: “I said to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ‘Your paternal uncle, the old misguided man has died. Who will bury him?’ He said: ‘Go and bury your father, then do not do anything until you come to me.’ So I buried him then I came, and he told me to perform Ghusl and he prayed for me, and he mentioned a supplication that I do not remember.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020