Hadith 12796

Muwatta Malik

موطأ مالك

39
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ عَنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ الشُّهَدَاءُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لاَ يُغَسَّلُونَ وَلاَ يُصَلَّى عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ يُدْفَنُونَ فِي الثِّيَابِ الَّتِي قُتِلُوا فِيهَا . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَتِلْكَ السُّنَّةُ فِيمَنْ قُتِلَ فِي الْمُعْتَرَكِ فَلَمْ يُدْرَكْ حَتَّى مَاتَ . قَالَ وَأَمَّا مَنْ حُمِلَ مِنْهُمْ فَعَاشَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ يُغَسَّلُ وَيُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ كَمَا عُمِلَ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ .


Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard the people ofknowledge say that martyrs in the way of Allah were not washed, norwere any of them prayed over. They were buried in the garments inwhich they were slain.Malik said, "That is the sunna forsomeone who is killed on the battleground and is not reached until heis already dead. Someone who is carried off and lives for as long asAllah wills after it, is washed and prayed over as was Umar ibn al-Khattab."

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 21, Hadith 37

Arabic reference: Book 21, Hadith 997