Sahih Muslim Hadith 2171

What is Sahih Muslim Hadith 2171?

Sahih Muslim Hadith 2171 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 12: The Book of Prayer - Funerals. This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection
Sahih Muslim
Reference in Sirah
Hadith 2171
Narrator in the source
A hadith like this has been transmitted by Hafsa on the authority of Umm 'Atiyya with the exception (of these words that the Prophet asked them to wash her dead body)
Compiler
Imam Muslim
Displayed grading
Sahih

و حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ بِنَحْوِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ثَلَاثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكِ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ ذَلِكِ فَقَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ وَجَعَلْنَا رَأْسَهَا ثَلَاثَةَ قُرُونٍ.

Three times, five times, seven times, or more than that, if you deem fit: Hafsa (further) said on the authority of Umm 'Atiyya رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہا : We braided (the hair) of her head in three plaits.

A hadith like this has been transmitted by Hafsa on the authority of Umm 'Atiyya with the exception (of these words that the Prophet asked them to wash her dead body)

Source information

Collection: Sahih Muslim. Compiler: Imam Muslim. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 2171.

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Source grading label: Sahih. A displayed label is source metadata, not an independent authentication by Sirah.

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