أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ نَاجِيَةَ بْنَ کَعْبٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ أَتَی النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ مَاتَ فَقَالَ اذْهَبْ فَوَارِهِ قَالَ إِنَّهُ مَاتَ مُشْرِکًا قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَوَارِهِ فَلَمَّا وَارَيْتُهُ رَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لِي اغْتَسِلْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 192
It was narrated that Abu Ishaq said: “I heard Najiyah bin Ka’b narrating from ‘Ali that he came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and said: ‘Abu Talib has died.’ He said: ‘Go and bury him.’ He said: ‘He died as an idolator.’ He said: ‘Go and bury him.’ (‘Ali said:) ‘When I had buried him I went back to him and he said to me: ‘Perform Ghusl.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020