Hadith
Mishkat al-Masabih #1615
Funerals· كتاب الجنائز
mishkat_al_masabih:1615عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا يَلْحَدُ وَالْآخَرُ لَا يَلْحَدُ. فَقَالُوا: أَيُّهُمَا جَاءَ أَوَّلًا عَمِلَ عَمَلَهُ. فَجَاءَ الَّذِي يَلْحَدُ فَلَحَدَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. رَوَاهُ فِي شَرْحِ السّنة
‘Urwa b. az-Zubair said there were two men in Medina, one of whom made a niche when digging a grave, the other of whom did not. The people said that the one who came first should do as he was accustomed to do, and the one who made a niche came and made one for God’s messenger. transmitted it in Sharh as-sunna.
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كان بالمدينة رجلان أحدهما يل← Oldest
كان بالمدينة رجلان أحدهما يل
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Urwa ibn al-Zubayr← Compiler
عروة بن الزبير
Tabi'ithiqa
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Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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