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Authenticity Of The Ahadith Regarding Preserving The Bodies Of The Prophets
Asalam Alakum Ghamidi sahib
MashAllah you have done extra ordinary work regarding the Hadith project. Can you please verify the authenticity of the following two Hadiths regarding the bodies of the prophets?
1. Hadith in Sahih Ibn Hibban (910)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Indeed, Allah has made it forbidden for the earth to consume the bodies of the Prophets.”
This narration is also considered authentic (Sahih) by hadith scholars.
2. Sahih al-Bukhari (Hadith 1339) — Book of Funerals:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said,
“On the night of my ascension (Mi’raj), I passed by Musa (Moses) who was standing and praying in his grave.”
This supports the idea of the ongoing, preserved state of the prophets even after death, though it doesn’t explicitly mention the earth not consuming their bodies.
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Authenticity Of The Ahadith Regarding Preserving The Bodies Of The Prophets
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The reports are reliable, and God knows best.
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This Hadith of Sahih Ibn-e-Hibban mentioned in the question is narrated in several books and only a small excerpt is quoted from the complete Hadith in the question. You can read the complete Hadith below:
https://sunnah.com/abudawud:1047
https://sunnah.com/abudawud:1531
It is not considered Sahih by all the Hadith scholars. While Albani and several others considered it Sahih, Zubair Ali Zai considers it weak. He writes:
إسناده ضعيف
نسائي (1375) ابن ماجه (1085،1636) يأتي (1531)
عبد الرحمٰن بن يزيد ھو ابن تميم،غير ابن جابر،كما حققه البخاري وأبو داود وابن أخي حسين الجعفي وغيرھم،انظر النهاية في الفتن والملاحم بتحقيقي (545) وعلل ابن رجب (ص 465467) وھو ضعيف (تقريب التهذيب:4040) وأخطأ من زعم بأنه ابن جابر
انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 48&
إسناده ضعيف
سنن أبي داود (1047،1531) نسائي (1375) وانظر الحديث الآتي (1636)
عبد الرحمٰن ھو ابن يزيد بن تميم،انظر سنن أبي داود (1047) وأخطأ من زعم بأنه ابن يزيد بن جابر فالسند معلل
انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 416There is one narrator in this Hadith Abdur Rehman bin Yazid bin Jabir, who according to Zubair Ali Zai is Abdur Rehman bin Yazid bin Tamim in reality and mistakenly reported as Ibn-e-Jabir. While Ibn-e-Jabir is a siqqa narrator, but ibn-e-Tamim is a weak narrator and unreliable. This issue of mixing these two up was well known to Hadith scholars. And the people who famoulsy reported from Ibn-e-Tamim and mistakenly considered him Ibn-e-Jabir include Hussain bin Ali Al-jafi who has also narrated this particular Hadith from Ibn-e-Tamim and mistakenly considered him Ibn-e-Jabir.
Bukhari said this while commenting on Abdur Rehman bin Yazid bin Tamim:
قال البخاري: عنده مناكير، وهو الذي روى عنه أهل الكوفة أبو أسامة وحسين، يعني الجعفي، فقالوا: عبد الرحمن بن يزيد بن جابر. [تهذيب التهذيب (2/ 565)]
Similarly, Abu Dawd said about Abdur Rehman bin Yazid bin Tamim:
وقال أبو بكر بن أبي داود: قدم – يعني: الكوفة – فارا مع القدرية وقد سمع أبو أسامة من ابن المبارك عن ابن جابر، وجميعا يحدثان عن مكحول، وابن جابر أيضا دمشقي، فلما قدم هذا، قال: أنا عبد الرحمن بن يزيد الدمشقي، وحدث عن مكحول فظن أبو أسامة أنه ابن جابر الذي روى عنه ابن المبارك، وابن جابر ثقة مأمون يجمع حديثه، وابن تميم ضعيف روى عن الزهري أحاديث مناكير، حدثنا ببعضها محمد بن يحيى النيسابوري في علل حديث الزهري، وقال: أحرج على من حدث عني هذه الأحاديث مفردة، قال: وقدم ابن تميم هذا مع ثور بن يزيد، وبرد بن سنان، ومحمد بن راشد، وابن ثوبان فروا من القتل، وكانوا قدرية فقدموا العراق فسمع منهم أهل العراق [تهذيب الكمال (17/ 482)]
Therefore, the scholars who consider this narration weak also have a strong basis in their argument.
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We also get a hint from the History that Sahaba were either not aware of this particular Hadith (if correctly narrated) or they did not have this belief altogether. Al-Abbas (rta) is reported to have said at the time of the death of Prophet Muhammad (sws) when he was trying to calm down the situation when Umar (rta) was very emotional in reaction to the comments made by the hypocrites:
إنّ رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، يأسنُ كما يأسَنُ البَشَر، وإنّ رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، قد مات فادفنوا صاحبكم
(The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, decomposes just as any other human. The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, has died, so bury your companion)
This is mentioned via broken chain from Abbas (rta) to Ikrimah and onwards.
Similar statement is also reported via complete chain by Tabarani and authenticated by Ibn-e-Hajr Asqlani in (المطالب العالية )-Number 4319 from Abbas (rta) to Abdullah Ibn-e-Abbas (rta) to Ikrimah and onwards. Where Al-Abbas (rta) said:
فخل بيننا وبينه، فلندفنه، فإنه يأسن كما يأسن الناس
(So leave us alone with him, let us bury him, for he will decompose just as people do.)
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