Hadith 33600

Chapter 64

باب 64

(64) باب فِي الْحَفَّارِ يَجِدُ الْعَظْمَ هَلْ يَتَنَكَّبُ ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانَ

(1193) Chapter: If A Gravedigger Finds Bones, Should He Leave That Place ? (RU)
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حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ - عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " كَسْرُ عَظْمِ الْمَيِّتِ كَكَسْرِهِ حَيًّا " .

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Breaking a dead man's bone is like breaking it when he is alive. (RU)

Reference (RU): Sunan Abi Dawud 3207 (RU)

In-book reference (RU): Book 21, Hadith 119 (RU)

English translation (RU): Book 20, Hadith 3201 (RU)