Narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas
No Muslim man dies and forty men who do not associate anything with Allah stand over his funeral prayer, except that Allah accepts their intercession for him.
Sahih Muslim 948
What this hadith teaches
A reason to attend the Janazah: your prayer may be one of the forty.
Reference and grade
- Found in
- Grade
- Sahih (in Sahih Muslim)
- Narrator
- Abdullah ibn Abbas
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ فَيَقُومُ عَلَى جَنَازَتِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلاً لاَ يُشْرِكُونَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِلاَّ شَفَّعَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ
Arabic text of Sahih Muslim 948, as given on sunnah.com.