Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال
Sahih Muslim, 2960
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Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

7 transmitters

Narrated by Yahya bin Yahya bin BukayrfromZuhayr bin HarbfromSufyan bin 'UyaynahfromYahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-QatanfromSufyan bin 'Uyaynahfrom'Abdullah bin Abi Bakr bin Muh. b. 'AmrfromAnas bin Malik

Hadith text · Matn

‏ يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلاَثَةٌ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ يَتْبَعُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ ‏

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English translation

Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Three things follow the bier of a dead man. Two of them come back and one is left with him: the members of his family, wealth and his good deeds. The members of his family and wealth come back and the deeds alone are left with him.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 55, Hadith 8
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 42, Hadith 7064 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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